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Education and its poverty-reducing effects : the case of Paraiba, Brazil
Verner, Dorte - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523013
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Poverty, education, and health in Indonesia : who benefits from public spending?
Lanjouw, Peter (contributor) - 2001
to the poor. In education, evidence suggests that the poor are well represented in primary schooling and would benefit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523898
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Public-private sector wage differentials and returns to education in Djibouti
Anás Casero, Paloma - 2006
"Do public sector workers earn a wage premium in Djibouti and are the returns to education different across the sectors … sector. Workers in the public sector earn higher private rates of return to education than do private sector workers with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522138
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The long-term legacy of the Khmer Rouge period in Cambodia
Walque, Damien de - 2004
males, the age and education differences between partners tended to decline. The period had a lasting impact on the … educational attainment of the population. The education system collapsed during the period, so individuals--especially males … cohorts. This paper--a product of the Public Services Team, Development Research Group--is part of a larger effort in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522889
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Education, information, and smoking decisions : evidence from smoking histories, 1940-2000
Walque, Damien de - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522972
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Goals for development : history, prospects, and costs
Devarajan, Shantayanan - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523721
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Ghana's labor market, 1987-92
Canagarajah, Sudharshan - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010525279
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The developing world's bulging (but vulnerable) "middle class"
Ravallion, Martin - 2009
"The "developing world's middle class" is defined here as those who are not poor when judged by the median poverty line of developing countries, but are still poor by US standards. The "Western middle class" is defined as those who are not poor by US standards. Although barely 80 million people...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394110
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Weakly relative poverty
Ravallion, Martin - 2009
"Prevailing measures of relative poverty put an implausibly high weight on relative deprivation, such that measured poverty does not fall when all incomes grow at the same rate. This stems from the (implicit) assumption in past measures that very poor people incur a negligible cost of social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394138
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Global income distribution and poverty in the absence of agricultural distortions
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2009
"This paper assesses the potential impacts of the removal of agriculture trade distortions using a newly developed dataset and methodological approach for evaluating the global poverty and inequality effects of policy reforms. It finds that liberalization of agriculture and food could increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394143