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This paper estimates the impact of the extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey from 5 to 8 years—which increased the 8th grade completion rate for women by 30 percentage points—on marriage and birth outcomes of teenage women in Turkey. We find that increased compulsory schooling years...
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important, policymakers should invest more in education and other welfare programs in order to mitigate the adverse impacts of …
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In this paper, we examine the consequences of imperfect information on the pattern of transfers from parents to children. Drawing on the theory of mechanism design, we consider a model of family contract with two levels of effort. We prove that equal transfers among children are expected under...
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In this paper we analyse the correlation between the level of education and the number of children in Italy. We select … analysis. First, we estimate the correlation between the female’s education and her number of children, and then we use also … partner’s education to take into account the family dimension. Furthermore, in the context of fertility, zero observations …
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This paper estimates the effects of birth order on education. This paper is the first to control for the mother’s age …
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In this paper we have investigated the impact of the level of education on the number of children in Italy. We have … an Instrumental Variable Poisson, where grandparents’ education is exerted as an instrument of parents’ education. In … particular, we have considered two stages for each model: in the first stage, we have estimated the impact of female’s education …
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Educational and Occupational Mobility is a cherished dream for all groups of people, more so for those who are at the bottom rungs of society. However, it is often seen that upward mobility is concentrated among the socially well-offs leading to divergence in educational attainment and...
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, education for all, gender equality, combating HIV/AIDS and creation of a global partnership for development. To understand … resource of knowledge for policymakers in the fields of education programme and poverty reduction programmes. An attempt is … made in this article to demonstrate how increased education opportunities and increased welfare reduces child labour. …
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There is an imperative need to change the education pattern to achieve universal primary education in India. Even after … 60 years of Independence, India faces obstacles in providing Education For All. This study was conducted in a primary …
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. The analysis confirms that standard regression overestimates the impact of education on the child health. With respect to … the current economic literature, our findings indicate that only high education has positive consequences on child health …, implying that policy efforts in education should have benefits for welfare. …
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