leads to gender divergence in relative mobility for the children of highly educated fathers. In urban China, and urban and …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 …

how it affects women's health, reproductive outcomes, children's health, and children's education. The analysis uses a …

genetic correlations in China, but not in India. Fathers' nonfarm occupation and education were complementary in determining a … farm-nonfarm occupational dualism and provides a comparative analysis of rural China and rural India. The model builds a … micro-foundation for the widely used linear-in-levels estimating equation. Returns to education for parents and productivity …

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 …

The Sustainable Development Goals set a triple educational objective: improve access to, quality of, and gender equity … in education. This paper documents the effectiveness of a multifaceted educational program, pursuing these three ….7 percent in the second), reducing gender gaps in school retention. The findings show large learning gains of 0.323 standard …

While most evaluations of education programs in developing countries examine effects one or two years after a program … are consistent with potential behavioral explanations, such as the program making girls' education salient to households … or catalyzing a shift in social norms around girls' education …