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Multidimensional measurement of richness: Theory and an application to Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2010

Closely following recent innovations in the literature on the multidimensional measurement of poverty, this paper … considered as rich in a multidimensional setting. We use this framework to analyze the role of wealth, health and education, in … addition to income, as dimensions of multidimensional well-being in Germany. Our analysis shows that more than half of the …

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Education and freedom of choice: Evidence from arranged marriages in Vietnam

Emran, M. Shahe; Maret-Rakotondrazaka, Fenohasina; … - 2012

Using household data from Vietnam, we provide evidence on the effects of education on freedom of spouse choice. We use war disruptions and spatial indicators of schooling supply as instruments. The point estimates indicate that a year of additional schooling reduces the probability of an...

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Schooling, cognitive skills, and the Latin American growth puzzle

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009

Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its … relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning …

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Do better schools lead to more growth? Cognitive skills, economic outcomes, and causation

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009

We investigate whether a causal interpretation of the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth is appropriate and whether cross-country evidence supports a case for the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking...

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Independent schools and long-run educational outcomes: Evidence from Sweden's large scale voucher reform

Böhlmark, Anders; Lindahl, Mikael - 2012

This paper evaluates average educational performance effects of an expanding independent-school sector at the compulsory level by assessing a radical voucher reform that was implemented in Sweden in 1992. Starting from a situation where all public schools were essentially local monopolists, the...

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The impact of family income on child achievement: Evidence from the earned income tax credit

Dahl, Gordon B.; Lochner, Lance - 2012

Past estimates of the effect of family income on child development have often been plagued by endogeneity and …

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Long-term effects of early childhood malaria exposure on education and health: Evidence from colonial Taiwan

Chang, Simon; Fleisher, Belton M.; Kim, Seonghoon; Liu, … - 2011

We estimate the effects of early childhood malaria exposure on education and health at older ages by exploiting variations in malaria exposure risk around birth that resulted from a universal malaria eradication campaign in colonial Taiwan in the early 20th century. We find that malaria exposure...

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The Effect of Family Income During Childhood on Later-Life Attainment: Evidence from Germany

Jenkins, Stephen P.; Schluter, Christian - 2002

We examine the impact of family income during childhood on the type of secondary school that German children attend, a good indicator of their lifetime socioeconomic attainment. By contrast with several US child outcome studies, we find that late-childhood income is a more important determinant...

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Joblessness and perceptions about the effectiveness of democracy

Altindag, Duha; Mocan, H. Naci - 2010

that periods of high unemployment and joblessness could hinder the development of democracy or threaten its existence. …

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Sample selectivity and the validity of international student achievement tests in economic research

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010

Critics of international student comparisons argue that results may be influenced by differences in the extent to which countries adequately sample their entire student populations. In this research note, we show that larger exclusion and non-response rates are related to better country average...

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