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The Effects of Longer School Days on Mothers' Labor Force Participation
Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana; Oyarzún, Melanie - 2015
Lack of adequate childcare is a main reason women cite for not participating in the labor force. We investigate the effect of a reform that lengthened school schedules from half to full days in Chile - essentially providing zero-cost childcare - on different maternal labor participation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307438
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Do More Educated Leaders Raise Citizens' Education?
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Pérez, Jessica - 2013
This paper looks at the contribution of political leaders to enhance citizens' education and investigate how the … educational attainment of the population is affected while a leader with higher education remains in office. For this purpose, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329069
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Impact of Duration of Primary Education on School Outcomes: A Cross-Country Analysis
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Pérez, Jessica - 2013
of primary education on school enrollment, drop-outs and completion rates. The empirical results show that for children … in elementary school one additional grade of primary education has a negative impact on enrollment rate, while the effect … on drop-outs is positive. Analogously, we also observed that an additional grade in primary education reduces the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329094
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Asian Segregation and Scholastic Achievement: Evidence from Primary Schools in New York City
D'Este, Rocco; Einiö, Elias - 2018
This paper examines the effects of Asian segregation on students' academic performance in New York City primary schools. We use exogenous variation in the share of Asian students across cohorts and schools stemming from a fertility shock among Asian population in the Chinese year of the Dragon....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931647
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Peer Effects and Textbooks in Primary Education: Evidence from Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa
Frölich, Markus; Michaelowa, Katharina - 2005
achievement. Using the rich data set provided by the 'Program on the Analysis of Education Systems' (PASEC) for five francophone …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262631
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Telementoring and Homeschooling during School Closures: A Randomized Experiment in Rural Bangladesh
Hassan, Hashibul; Islam, Asad; Siddique, Abu; Choon … - 2023
Using a randomized experiment in 200 Bangladeshi villages, we evaluate the impact of an over-the-phone learning support intervention (telementoring) among primary school children and their mothers during Covid-19 school closures. Post-intervention, treated children scored 35% higher on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469858
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Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Cassan, Guilhem; … - 2013
political representation of Muslims improves health and education outcomes in the district from which the legislator is elected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319502
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Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Cassan, Guilhem; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
political representation of Muslims improves health and education outcomes in the district from which the legislator is elected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265662
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Impact of Duration of Primary Education on School Outcomes: A Cross-Country Analysis
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Pérez, Jessica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
of primary education on school enrollment, drop-outs and completion rates. The empirical results show that for children … in elementary school one additional grade of primary education has a negative impact on enrollment rate, while the effect … on drop-outs is positive. Analogously, we also observed that an additional grade in primary education reduces the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721623
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Peer Effects and Textbooks in Primary Education: Evidence from Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa
Frölich, Markus; Michaelowa, Katharina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
achievement. Using the rich data set provided by the 'Program on the Analysis of Education Systems' (PASEC) for five francophone …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822451