Egypt and the Frontier Governorates lagging the rest of the country. Family background, especially parents'education and …

positively associated; (5) there is a decreasing pattern over time; and (6) the returns to tertiary education are highest. …

Morocco. The paper finds marriage, household inactivity rates, secondary education, and gross domestic product per capita to … lower female labor participation rates. It also finds that the category urban educated women with secondary education … women with secondary education. And when men and women compete for scarce jobs, men may have priority access because of …

transfer programs to help boost child health and education outcomes. The evidence on the impact of conditional cash transfers … on health and education outcomes, however, is mixed. This paper uses panel data from a pilot project and evaluates the … impact of conditional cash transfers on consumption, education, and nutrition outcomes among poor rural families in …

secondary education at the state level, the study categorizes states according to the stage in the educational cycle at which … of social risks have a closer association with dropout earlier in the education cycle; ii) the association between … dropout and the quality of education has greater intensity in states where dropout occurs primarily during upper secondary …

since the late 1980s. Despite rising growth, fertility decline, and rising wages and education levels, married women's labor … incomes and husband's education as well as the falling selectivity of highly educated women. On the demand side, the sectors …

This study examines trends in school dropout at the upper secondary education level across Latin America over the past … secondary education; (b) the macroeconomic environment and labor market opportunities; and (c) the returns to schooling. A … students from poor socioeconomic backgrounds reaching the upper secondary level. In addition, high returns to education have …