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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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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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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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Do disadvantaged students benefit from attending classes with more skilled colleagues? : evidence from a top university in Brazil

Motte, Henrique Z.; Oliveira, Rodrigo Carvalho - 2021

students, a group of disadvantaged Black and mixed-race students from low-income families and with lower levels of education …

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The gender gap, education, and the life cycle profile in the Brazilian formal labour market

Machado, Cecilia; Neri, Marcelo Cortes; Pinho Neto, … - 2018

education levels. We find that the gender earnings gap increases with the educational level. For instance, at 40 years of age …, women without high school degrees earned on average 28.8 per cent less than men with the same level of education and for the …

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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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The effect of class assignment on academic performance and the labour market : evidence from a public federal university in Brazil

Motte, Henrique Z.; Oliveira, Rodrigo Carvalho - 2020

greater when considering students from affirmative action programmes and for courses in the field of technology. But the …

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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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The impacts of studying abroad : evidence from a government-sponsored scholarship programme in Brazil

Conceição, Otávio Canozzi; Oliveira, Rodrigo Carvalho; … - 2023

' human capital and interest in science and postgraduate education studies through a substantial increase in scholarships for … increasing approved student enrolment in postgraduate education programmes in Brazil. Even though the programme could have …

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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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