Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 45
Cover Image
Knowledge Spillovers, ICT and Productivity Growth
Corrado, Carol A. - 2014
This paper looks at the channels through which intangible assets affect productivity. The econometric analysis exploits a new dataset on intangible investment (INTAN-Invest) in conjunction with EUKLEMS productivity estimates for 10 EU member states from 1998 to 2007. We find that (a) the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051449
Cover Image
Why Develop Open Source Software?The Role of Non-Pecuniary Benefits,Monetary Rewards and Open Source Licence Type
Sauer, Robert M. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
A review of the basic theory of optimal open-source software contributions points to three keyfactors affecting supply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861202
Cover Image
Technology and Education : Computers, Software, and the Internet
Bulman, George - 2015
A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families and policymakers with the hope of improving educational outcomes. This chapter explores the theoretical and empirical literature on the impacts of technology on educational outcomes. The literature focuses on two primary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013013568
Cover Image
Intergenerational Wealth Mobility in Rural Bangladesh
Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2011
mobility in 141 villages in rural Bangladesh. Regression estimates of father-son correlations and analyses of intergenerational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121328
Cover Image
Poisoning the Mind : Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water Wells and Children's Educational Achievement in Rural Bangladesh
Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2011
Bangladesh has experienced the largest mass poisoning of a population in history owing to contamination of groundwater … Bangladesh using recent nationally representative data on secondary school children. We unambiguously find a negative and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124776
Cover Image
School Access, Resources, and Learning Outcomes : Evidence from a Non-Formal School Program in Bangladesh
Dang, Hai-Anh - 2011
– in Bangladesh where school grants and education allowances are offered to attract hard-to-reach children to schools …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013126133
Cover Image
Going to School in Purdah : Female Schooling, Mobility Norms and Madrasas in Bangladesh
Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2012
This paper looks at the determinants of secondary school attendance in Bangladesh with a focus on the interaction … Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey (BDHS) is combined with community information on the availability of non‐religious secondary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096442
Cover Image
What Determines Religious School Choice? Theory and Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2012
This paper looks at the determinants of school selection in rural Bangladesh, focusing on the choice between registered … proportion of children sent to each school type. Using a unique dataset on secondary school age children from rural Bangladesh …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099680
Cover Image
Subjective Well-Being and Relative Poverty in Rural Bangladesh
Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2012
-being using data from Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world with high levels of corruption and poor governance. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105995
Cover Image
Family Planning and Women's and Children's Health : Long Term Consequences of an Outreach Program in Matlab, Bangladesh
Joshi, Shareen - 2012
implemented in Matlab, Bangladesh in 1977. Village data from 1974, 1982 and 1996 suggest that program villages experienced extra … Bangladesh have many dimensions extending well beyond fertility reduction, which do not appear to dissipate after two decades …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106285