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Intervening at home and then at school : a randomized evaluation of two approaches to improve early educational outcomes in Tonga
Macdonald, Kevin; Brinkman, Sally; Jarvie, Wendy; … - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002660
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A randomized evaluation of a low-cost and highly scripted teaching method to improve basic early grade reading skills in Papua New Guinea
Macdonald, Kevin; Binh Thanh Vu - 2018
Early grade literacy skills are crucial for children's future education and ultimately their contribution to human capital formation and economic development. A significant challenge in development is identifying low-cost interventions to improve early literacy skills in contexts characterized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011871278
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Cities of workers, children, or seniors? : age structure and economic growth in a global cross-section of cities
Jedwab, Remi; Pereira, Daniel; Roberts, Mark - 2019
A large literature documents the positive influence of a city's skill structure on its rate of economic growth. By … contrast, the effect of a city's age structure on its economic growth has been a hitherto largely neglected area of research … or seniors. The paper sets out the potential channels through which such differential growth may occur. Using data from a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012121233
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What factors influence world literacy? Is Africa different?
Verner, Dorte - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002653296
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Is functional literacy a prerequisite for entering the labor market? : An analysis of determinants of adult literacy and earnings in Ghana
Blunch, Niels-Hugo; Verner, Dorte - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001513248
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Is knowledge shared within households?
Basu, Kaushik; Narayan, Ambar; Ravallion, Martin - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001462686
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On measuring literacy
Basu, Kaushik; Foster, James E. - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000998195
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Functional literacy, heterogeneity and the returns to schooling : multi-country evidence
Fasih, Tazeen; Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Sakellariou, … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221251
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How effective are early grade reading interventions? : a review of the evidence
Graham, Jimmy; Kelly, Sean - 2018
It is imperative that students learn to read in the early grades, yet many fail to do so in developing countries. Early grade reading interventions have emerged as a common means to attempt to address this problem. This paper presents a definition of early grade reading interventions as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794737
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The long-run and gender-equalizing impacts of school access : evidence from the first Indochina war
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Hoang Trung Xuan; Nguyen, Ha - 2018
Very few studies currently exist on the long-term impacts of schooling policies in developing countries. This paper examines the impacts-half a century later-of a mass education program conducted by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the occupied areas during the First Indochina War....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011875241