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Public support of research typically relies on the notion that universities are engines of economic development, and that university research is a primary driver of high wage localized economic activity. Yet the evidence supporting that notion is based on aggregate descriptive data, rather than...
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adults by estimating a bivariate probit model, using a panel survey conducted in 2004 and 2011 in Madagascar − a poor island …
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We study the determinants of educational and cognitive outcomes of young adults in Madagascar and Senegal employing a … adult cognitive skills, whereas in Madagascar math plays a relatively stronger role. We find suggestive evidence that the …
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There is growing evidence that noncognitive skills affect economic, behavioral, and demographic outcomes in the developed world. However, little such evidence exists from developing countries. This paper estimates the joint effect of five specific personality traits and cognition on a sequence...
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pregnant while attending school. Using panel data in Madagascar, we analyze the impact of teenage pregnancy on young women …
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This paper measured the extent to which households in Madagascar adjust children's school attendance in order to cope … rigidities, explain the inability of households in Madagascar to keep their children in school during times of economic distress …
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or some African countries, Madagascar represents an interesting case. So far, very few studies in general, even less so … 1-2-3 Surveys in Madagascar, a four-wave panel dataset (2000-2004), we assess the magnitude of various formal … country like Madagascar, these findings provide new and robust empirical backups for the existence of a mix between the …
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females 12 to 25 years of age in Madagascar, explicitly accounting for the endogeneities that arose from modeling these …
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likelihood that a woman will be employed in the informal sector. Using a panel survey in Madagascar designed to capture the …
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This paper measured the extent to which households in Madagascar adjust children’s school attendance in order to cope … rigidities, explain the inability of households in Madagascar to keep their children in school during times of economic distress …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014185371