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The Problem Is They See Us As A Whole : Explaining Gender and Ethnicity-based Inequalities Among the Roma in Serbia
World Bank Group - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646019
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Do information technologies improve teenagers' sexual education? : evidence from a randomized evaluation in Colombia
Chong, Alberto; González-Navarro, Marco; Karlan, Dean; … - 2019
This study reports results from a randomized evaluation of a mandatory six-month Internet-based sexual education course implemented across public junior high schools in 21 Colombian cities. Six months after finishing the course, the study finds a 0.4 standard deviation improvement in knowledge,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022264
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Exploring the Diversity of Young People Not in Employment, Education or Training : The Gender Profile of NEETs in Georgia and Armenia
World Bank Group - 2019
The analysis presented in this study points to persistent and high numbers in Georgia and Armenia of youth who are … among the highest in the ECA region. As many as 31 percent youth aged 15-29 in Georgia and 33 percent in Armenia are not in … urban. NEET rates are consistently higher among female than male youth, pointing to the fact that being female is a risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646188
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Do immigrants push natives towards safer jobs? : exposure to COVID-19 in the European Union
Bossavie, Laurent; Garrote Sanchez, Daniel; Makovec, Mattia - 2020
This paper assesses the impact of immigration to Western Europe on the exposure of native-born workers to economic and health risks created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Using various measures of occupational risks, it first shows that immigrant workers, especially those coming from lower-income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012434618
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Long-term study of PROSPERA on intergenerational occupational mobility
Yaschine, Iliana; Vargas Chanes, Delfino; Huffman, Curtis; … - 2019
Two decades after the inception of Mexico's conditional cash transfer program, PROSPERA, this study analyzes the intergenerational occupational mobility and occupational attainment of a group of rural beneficiary youths between ages 18 and 35 years, segmented into subgroups by sex, ethnic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012114341
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Gender gap in earnings in Vietnam : why do Vietnamese women work in lower paid occupations?
Chowdhury, Iffat; Johnson, Hillary C.; Mannava, Aneesh; … - 2018
narrowing of gender gaps in educational attainment over the past half-century. This paper examines the gender wage gap in … occupational sorting among the adult labor force is driven by social norms about gender roles learned and internalized at an early … analysis simulates what the gender wage gap would be if boys and girls pursued the occupations they aspired to at age 12, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011871303
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Spatial and sectoral heterogeneity of occupational choice in Cameroon
Bougna, Théophile; Nguimkeu, Pierre - 2018
This paper investigates the relationship between location, agglomeration, access to credit, informality, and productivity across cities and industries in Cameroon. Emphasizing the link between micro-foundations and the data, the paper develops and estimates a structural model of occupational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902889
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The Impact of Secondary Schooling in Kenya : A Regression Discontinuity Analysis
Ozier, Owen - 2015
This paper estimates the impacts of secondary school on human capital, occupational choice, and fertility for young adults in Kenya. The probability of admission to government secondary school rises sharply at a score close to the national mean on a standardized 8th grade examination, permitting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012245913
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Wage Dynamics, Turnover, and Human Capital : Evidence from Adolescent Transition from School to Work in the Philippines
Yamauchi, Futoshi - 2015
This paper examines wage dynamics and turnover using tracking data of adolescents from the Philippines. The analysis uses individual test scores in grade 6 to proxy abilities. The empirical results show that (i) returns to labor market experience are large, nearly a half of the conventional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246419
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A Firm of One's Own : Experimental Evidence on Credit Constraints and Occupational Choice
Brudevold-Newman, Andrew - 2017
This study presents results from a randomized evaluation of two labor market interventions targeted to young women aged 18 to 19 years in three of Nairobi's poorest neighborhoods. One treatment offered participants a bundled intervention designed to simultaneously relieve credit and human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246434