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The effect of immigrant concentration at school on natives’ achievement : does length of stay in the host country matter?
Bossavie, Laurent - 2018
a small negative effect of recent immigrants in the classroom on natives' test scores. This effect significant only for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902824
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Life expectancy at birth and lifetime education and earnings
Hoque, Mohammad Mainul; King, Elizabeth M.; Montenegro, … - 2020
paper measures how life expectancy at birth affects lifetime education and earnings. On average, individuals add one year of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388740
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The lost human capital : teacher knowledge and student achievement in Africa
Bold, Tessa; Filmer, Deon; Molina, Ezequiel; Svensson, Jakob - 2019
-size effects. Ensuring that all incoming teachers have the officially mandated effective years of education, along with increasing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022369
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Following Mexican Youth : A Short-Run Study of Time Use Decisions
Baron, Juan D. - 2016
This paper exploits data from a rotating panel that follows individuals for four quarters to shed light on the factors driving the time use decisions and restrictions faced by Mexican youth. The results of the analysis imply that: (i) once youth aged 15 to 18 years old leave school, it is very...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246522
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002419
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Mama knows (and does) best : maternal schooling opportunities and child development in Indonesia
Hasan, Amer; Nakajima, Nozomi; Rangel, Marcos A. - 2020
This paper leverages quasi-experimental variation in increased access to basic formal education, introduced by a large … parenting and also invest more in their children's preschool education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012297484
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Impact of early life exposure to environments with unimproved sanitation on education outcomes : evidence from Bangladesh
Joseph, George; Hoo, Yi Rong; Moqueet, Nazia Sultana; … - 2019
Despite Bangladesh's notable progress toward the eradication of open defecation, the country still faces severe deficits in the availability of improved sanitation. This paper analyzes the impact of exposure to unimproved sanitation early in childhood on primary school enrollment status, using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012167885
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The (non-) Effect of Violence on Education : Evidence from the "War on Drugs" in Mexico
Márquez-Padilla, Fernanda - 2015
by some students being displaced from high-violence municipalities to low-violence municipalities; but the education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246299
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Education, Skills, and Labor Market Outcomes : Results from Large-Scale Adult Skills Surveys in Urban Areas in 12 Countries
Roseth, Viviana V. - 2016
multilateral development partners to ensure that individuals have access to quality education and training opportunities and that … completed different education levels on a wide range of issues and outcomes. Section one analyzes the trajectory of skills … acquisition: participation in early childhood education programs, educational attainment by gender, and participation in training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644422
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Extending the School Day in Latin America and the Caribbean
Holland, Peter - 2015
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