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This study seeks to examine gender gaps and disability issues in education in Indonesia, and to suggest policy actions … progress on gender parity in education; however, the national averages mask important variations at the subnational level … drivers of gender differences, as well as issues of social inclusion, and to explore policy approaches to improve learning …
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This paper incorporates gender bias against girls in the family, school and labor market in a model of … intergenerational persistence in schooling where parents self-finance children's education because of credit market imperfections … face lower mobility irrespective of location when born to fathers with low schooling, but the gender gap closes when the …
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comprehensive overview of gender differences in property ownership in the developing world. Using Demographic and Health Survey data … from 41 developing countries, this paper seeks to fill this gap, by investigating the extent of gender gaps in the … systems. The study finds that there is substantial variation in gender gaps across countries, but in almost all countries men …
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the second generation-women's daughters and sons. Additionally, gender gaps in property ownership induce allocative … over property. Gender gaps are smaller if joint ownership is taken into consideration, but still materially disadvantage … paper is an important step toward a better understanding of gender gaps in property ownership in Africa and outlines an …
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In the past decade, hundreds of impact evaluation studies have measured the learning outcomes of education … difficult to communicate to policy makers beyond education specialists. This paper proposes two approaches to demonstrate the … method. In other words, over the course of a business-as-usual school year, students learn between 0.15 and 0.21 standard …
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School safety and classroom disciplinary climate have a direct impact on teachers' ability to teach and students …' ability to learn. School safety and classroom disciplinary climates have been declining in the Middle East and North Africa … region, as is demonstrated in this paper using data from the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study and the Progress in …
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.7 percent in the second), reducing gender gaps in school retention. The findings show large learning gains of 0.323 standard … gender. There were also large effects on school management outcomes, increasing the number of meetings by 16 percent and the …The Sustainable Development Goals set a triple educational objective: improve access to, quality of, and gender equity …
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