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Inequality of opportunities among ethnic groups in the Philippines

Reyes, Celia M.; Mina, Christian D.; Asis, Ronina D. - 2017

This paper contributes to the scant body of literature on inequalities among and within ethnic groups in the Philippines by examining both the vertical and horizontal measures in terms of opportunities in accessing basic services such as education, electricity, safe water, and sanitation. The...

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Cities of youth : post-millennial cases of mobility and sociality

Hansen, Karen Tranberg - 2014

Lusaka, Zambia, to analyse pathways for, and challenges to, greater social mobility for youth against the background of … economic, political, and spatial processes that are affecting urban livelihoods in the region, facilitating or hindering youth …

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Education policy, vocational training, and the youth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Oketch, Moses - 2014

in Sub-Saharan Africa were policies have too often prescribed it as the panacea to addressing youth unemployment. On the … one hand, it seems logical means of addressing youth unemployment and on the other hand, vocationalization has never … proven to be a straightforward solution or remedy to youth unemployment in Sub-Saharan Africa. It has not been able to …

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The impact of educational achievement on the integration and wellbeing of Afghan refugee youth in the UK

Gladwell, Catherine; Thomas, Jennie; Chetwynd, Georgina; … - 2018

Unprecedented numbers of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children have arrived in Europe over the last decade, and young Afghans account for the highest proportion of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children across the UK. Despite research exploring the experiences of child refugees and asylum...

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Youth, violence, and sustaining peace

Justino, Patricia - 2023

Violent conflicts affect the lives and livelihoods of almost one quarter of the world's population. But the effects of violent conflict are not uniform. This study assesses the differential effects of violent conflict on young people's education, job prospects, and forms of civic engagement and...

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Ethnic disadvantage in Vietnam : evidence using panel data

Singhal, Saurabh; Beck, Ulrik - 2015

This study investigates the ethnic disadvantage in rural Vietnam, focusing on the magnitude of the majority-minority gap and the constraints on ethnic minority households that contribute to the gap. Using a biannual panel dataset spanning the period 2006 - 14, this paper documents large...

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The inequality-resource curse of conflict : heterogeneous effects of mineral deposit discoveries

Smits, Joeri; Tessema, Yibekal; Sakamoto, Takuto; … - 2016

Despite a sizeable literature, there is no consensus as to whether and how mineral resources are linked to conflict. In this paper, we estimate the relationship between giant mineral deposit discoveries and the intensity of armed conflict (measured by battle deaths) around the world in the...

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

Liu, Yishen; Pan, Yao - 2016

This paper investigates the net impact of birth control policy in China on educational attainment of the partially excluded ethnic minorities. Exploring county-level variation in the value of fines levied for unsanctioned births, we show that more stringent enforcement of the birth control...

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Discriminatory attitudes and indigenous language promotion : challenges and solutions

Ramachandran, Rajesh; Rauh, Christopher - 2016

In this paper, we analyse which channels influence individual preferences concerning the choice of the official language in Zambia. We develop a theoretical framework, which is tested using data on elicited beliefs about the effects of changes in Zambia's language policy on schooling outcomes,...

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Affirmative action and long-run changes in group inequality in India

Kumar, Hemanshu; Somanathan, Rohini - 2016

Research on caste-based inequalities in India has generally focused on differences between large categories such as the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, and the remainder of the population. We contribute to the literature on horizontal inequalities in India by looking within these...

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