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Ethnic heterogeneity and public goods provision in Zambia : further evidence of a subnational 'diversity dividend'
Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Leiderer, Stefan; … - 2014
The hypothesis that ethnic diversity has a negative impact on public goods provision is widely accepted. Notably, most work on this issue fails to distinguish adequately between national versus subnational governance. We find that subnational empirical evidence in particular is inconclusive, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010443089
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Mental Health in Childhood and Human Capital
Currie, Janet - 2007
income and maternal education. We find that mental health conditions, and especially ADHD, have large negative effects on … future test scores and schooling attainment, regardless of family income and maternal education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465437
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Mother's Education and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital : Evidence from College Openings and Longitudinal Data
Currie, Janet - 2002
We estimate the effect of maternal education on birth outcomes using data from the Vital Statistics Natality files for … 1970 to 1999. We also assess the importance of four potential channels through which maternal education may improve birth … education on changes in birth outcomes. Second, we have compiled a new data set on openings of two and four year colleges …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469345
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On the impact of inequality on growth, human development, and governance
Ferreira, Ines A.; Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Tarp, Finn - 2021
outcomes: economic growth, health and education as two dimensions of human development, and governance, with a focus on …
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