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Constrained school choice in Egypt
Krafft, Caroline; Elbadawy, Asmaa; Sieverding, Maia - 2017
This paper examines patterns of school choice in Egypt from primary through higher education. We use a mixed-methods approach that combines survey data with qualitative in-depth interviews to explore schooling decisions. Some private and religious schools exist, but we find that in most...
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Choose the school, choose the performance : new evidence on the determinants of student performance in eight European countries
Bonacini, Luca; Brunetti, Irene; Gallo, Giovanni - 2021
, while the differences between general and vocational schools are mainly explained by family social status. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599413
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Inequality of opportunity in education : accounting for the contributions of sibs, schools and sorting across East Africa
Anand, Paul; Behrman, Jere R.; Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Jones, Sam - 2018
Inequalities in the opportunity to obtain a good education in low-income countries are widely understood to be related to household resources and schooling quality. Yet, to date, most researchers have investigated the contributions of these two factors separately. This paper considers them...
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The (big) role of family constellations in return migration and transnationalism
Kopliku Dema, Bresena; Drishti, Elvisa - 2022
Purpose: The Albanian migration has always reflected a family character, be that before 1945 when Albania was not yet … of the family has been very important in making decisions regarding migration and answering questions from why to how to … family and kinship on decisions regarding return migration, the re-adjustment process, remigration or transnational life …
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Gender differences in time allocation contribute to differences in developmental outcomes in children and adolescents
Ha Trong Nguyen; Brinkman, Sally; Le, Huong Thu; … - 2022
Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document significant gender differences in time allocation in the first 16 years in life. Relative to males, females spend more time on personal care, chores and educational activities and less time on physical and media...
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Does education predict gender role attitudes? : evidence from European datasets
Deole, Sumit S.; Zeydanli, Tugba - 2021
This paper presents the first empirical evidence of the causal impact of individuals' education on their attitudes towards traditional gender roles in Europe. We employ two national panel datasets from the UK and Switzerland and a repeated cross-sectional dataset with information from 13 Western...
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Effects of childhood peers on personality skills
Feng, Shuaizhang; Kim, Jun Hyung; Yang, Zhe - 2021
Despite extensive literature on peer effects, the role of peers on personality skill development remains poorly understood. We fill this gap by investigating the effects of having disadvantaged primary school peers, generated by random classroom assignment and parental migration for employment....
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A simple nudge increases socioeconomic diversity in undergraduate economics
Pugatch, Todd; Schroeder, Elizabeth - 2021
We assess whether a light-touch intervention can increase socioeconomic and racial diversity in undergraduate Economics. We randomly assigned over 2,200 students a message with basic information about the Economics major; the basic message combined with an emphasis on the rewarding careers or...
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Women in engineering : the role of role models
Agurto Adrianzén, Marcos; Bazan, M.; Hari, S.; … - 2021
Gender disparities in STEM fields participation are a major cause of concern for policymakers around the world. In addition to talent misallocation, low female enrollment rates in STEM careers contribute to gender-based inequalities in earnings and wealth, given the higher average level of...
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Are grandparents a good substitute for parents as the primary caregiver? : the impact of grandparents on children's academic performance
Wang, Sophie Xuefei; Bansak, Cynthia - 2022
from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS 2010 and 2014). Applying pooled OLS, instrumental variables and fixed …
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