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Evaluating CCTs from A Gender Perspective: the Impact of Chile Solidario on Women’s Employment Prospect
Scarlato, Margherita; d'Agostino, Giorgio; Capparucci, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper examines the effects of Chile Solidario programme on labour market outcomes from a gender perspective. Chile Solidario was implemented as the main anti-poverty programme in Chile in 2002. The purpose of this conditional cash transfer is to provide poor families with auxiliary social...
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El impacto del BDH en el gasto de bienes no deseados: Un análisis de regresión discontinua
Nabernegg, Markus - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs are gaining more and more weight in Latin America's public policy. Although there exists a wide range of literature about the impact of these programs on school matriculation, the reduction in child labour and the improvements in the health status of...
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The long-run Relationship between Human Capital and Economic Growth in Sweden
Awel, Ahmed Mohammed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The relationship between education and economic growth has been one of the fundamental themes of economic analysis. Despite the growing interest in the relationship between growth and education, and despite the strong theoretical foundations for a key role of education/human capital in economic...
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Role of Education and Skill Development for Sustainable Development
Chakrabarty, Aritra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The Indian economy is widely expected to grow at sustained high rates over the next few decades and emerge as the second largest economy by 2050. These robust projections have much to do with the demographic profile of the country. India is slated to have one of the youngest populations, with...
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Poverty and Child Farm Labor in Africa: Wealth Paradox or bad Orthodoxy
Nkamleu, Guy Blaise - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The link between poverty and child labor has traditionally been regarded as well established but recent researches have questioned its validity, suggesting that child labor is more important in the richest households (wealth paradox). The present study revisits the link between poverty and farm...
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Skill Acquisition in the Informal Economy and Schooling Decisions: Evidence from Emerging Economies
Tumen, Semih - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Informal jobs offer skill acquisition opportunities that may facilitate a future switch to formal employment for young workers. In this sense, informal training on the job may be a viable alternative to formal schooling in an economy with a large and diverse informal sector. In this paper, I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011203018
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Razvoj privrede zasnovan na ulaganjima u ljudske resurse i stranim investicijama
Zubovic, Jovan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
In this book the author analyses three very important aspects of transition: human resources, foreign investments and financial sector. At the beginning there is an analysis of investments in human resources. It starts by definition and types of human resources, and continues with definition of...
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Workers on the move: migrated labour in post-reform india
Majumder, Rajarshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Migration is a universal phenomenon. From time immemorial women and men have travelled in search of better living. Historical nomadic instinct of man had been in tune with his necessities – more endurable climate, adequate water supply, fertile land and general availability of resources have...
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On the spatial diffusion of knowledge by universities located in small and medium sized towns
Rego, Conceição; Caleiro, António - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Many studies, provided by diverse authors and institutions, demonstrate that, at a territorial level, development is directly related to the level of education and R&D. Territories with higher development levels are, generally, those that have a higher level of education and R&D. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005079319
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Humanitarian aid, internal displacement and social impacts in Sudan
Mohamed, Issam A.W.; Osman, Kamal M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Children of United Kingdom. Activities of NGOs in Sudan were always a controversial issue that resulted in the expulsion of … humanitarian work in Sudan, positive and negative sides. The case study's activities of the Save the Children efforts in Jebel … governmental efforts in improving facilities are minimized. With the increasing loads of children vying to join education, lack of …
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