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Leaver, Clare; Ozier, Owen; Serneels, Pieter; Zeitlin, … - 2020

some teachers who applied for a fixed-wage contract ended up being paid by P4P, and vice versa. By the second year of the …

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Are teachers in Africa poorly paid? : evidence from 15 countries

Evans, David K.; Yuan, Fei; Filmer, Deon - 2020

Pay levels for public sector workers-and especially teachers-are a constant source of controversy. In many countries in … countries from other regions. The results suggest that in several (seven) countries, teachers' monthly salaries are lower than … other formal sector workers with comparable levels of education and experience. However, in all of those countries, teachers …

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Competency-Based Accounting Education, Training, and Certification : An Implementation Guide

Borgonovo, Alfred - 2009

This guide is designed to assist all those who are responsible for providing or overseeing formal education or practical experience that forms part of the initial professional development of aspiring professional accountants, or the continuing professional development of professional...

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Long-term effects of free primary education on educational achievement : evidence from Lesotho

Moshoeshoe, Ramaele - 2020

Many Sub-Saharan African countries have instituted free primary education policies, and this has led to a significant increase in the primary school enrollment rate. However, many children who are in school are not learning. It is not clear whether free primary education policies have...

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The Heterogeneous Effect of Information on Student Performance : Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Mexico

Avitabile, Ciro - 2015

A randomized control trial was conducted to study whether providing 10th grade students with information about the returns to upper secondary and tertiary education, and a source of financial aid for tertiary education, can contribute to improve student performance. The study finds that the...

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Analyzing the Dynamics of School Dropout in Upper Secondary Education in Latin America : A Cohort Approach

Kattan, Raja Bentaouet - 2015

This study examines trends in school dropout at the upper secondary education level across Latin America over the past two decades, and attempts to identify factors influencing these rates. The methodology contributes to the existing literature by employing repeated cross sections of data to...

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School Dropout in Central America : An Overview of Trends, Causes, Consequences, and Promising Interventions

Adelman, Melissa - 2016

School dropout is a growing concern in Central America, and in Latin America as a whole, because of its consequences for economic productivity, the inclusiveness of growth, social cohesion, and increasing youth risks. This paper utilizes more than two decades of household survey data to...

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How Liberal Is Nepal's Liberal Grade Promotion Policy?

Sharma, Dhiraj - 2016

This paper estimates the magnitude of liberal grade promotion in public schools in Nepal by comparing the pass rate in internally administered exams with the pass rate in the district-exam whose scores determine grade transition. The pass rate in the year-end exam is three and a half times as...

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Fertility and parental labor-force participation : new evidence from a developing country in the Balkans

Trako, Iva - 2019

This paper examines the effect of fertility on parental labor force participation in a developing country in the Balkans, with particular attention to the intervening role of childcare provided by grandparents in extended families. To address the potential endogeneity in the fertility decision,...

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Human capital and macro-economic development : a review of the evidence

Rossi, Federico - 2018

This paper reviews the evidence on the importance of human capital for macro-economic development. Through the lens of a simple aggregate production function, human capital might increase output per capita by directly entering in the production process, incentivising the accumulation of...

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