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What drives parental investments in early childhood? : experimental evidence from a video intervention in Rwanda

Justino, Patricia; Leone, Marinella; Rolla, Pierfrancesco; … - 2023

This paper investigates the causal impact of a randomized video intervention designed to study the determinants of parental time investments in early childhood among low-income parents. We designed and screened a video that provided information and conveyed persuasive messages about the...

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Less restrictive birth control, less education? : evidence from ethnic minorities in China

Liu, Yishen; Pan, Yao - 2016

affect education. The documented negative impact on education of urban ethnic minorities, combined with the improved quality …

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The effect of China's One Child Policy on sex selection, family size, and the school enrolment of daughters

Qian, Nancy - 2017

I first document that the introduction of the One Child Policy dramatically increased sex selection in certain regions, and that the Chinese government responded to this by allowing parents who had a daughter as their first child to try for a second child. Next, I show that the increase in...

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Is the education of local children influenced by living nearby a refugee camp? : evidence from host communities in Rwanda

Bilgili, Özge; Fransen, Sonja; Loschmann, Craig; … - 2018

camp does not have a negative influence on the education of local children. On the contrary, children residing closer to … views regarding the effects of refugees on local education. These results contribute to the body of literature on the …

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Children and the youth in rural Viet Nam

Narciso, Gaia; Newman, Carol - 2015

Structural transformation in rural Viet Nam has led to rising incomes and a diversification of livelihoods away from agriculture. Using panel data on children in 2,181 rural households surveyed over the 2008-14 period, we examine how the welfare of children has been impacted by structural...

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Impact of school consolidation on enrolment and achievement : evidence from India

Varghese, Vinitha - 2022

-10 schools to create grade 1-10 'model' schools. Twenty-three per cent of government schools were eliminated in this education …

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Impact of the right to education on school enrolment of children with disabilities : evidence from India

Varghese, Vinitha Rachel - 2022

I evaluate the impact of the right to education from the passing of the Right to Education Act in India in 2009. This … Act guaranteed free education to children aged 6-14 years, including children with disabilities. Given that the school … study estimation and an interrupted time series research design and find that the Right to Education Act led to a 60 per …

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