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Economic crises and returns to university education in middle-income countries : stylized facts and COVID-19 projections

Fasih, Tazeen; Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Shafiq, M. Najeeb - 2020

This paper documents stylized facts on rates of returns to education during economic crises. It shows from three middle-income countries - Indonesia, Pakistan, and South Africa - that the rate of return to university education (versus secondary education) has increased during economic crises....

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The rural-urban divide and intergenerational educational mobility in a developing country : theory and evidence from Indonesia

Ahsan, Nazmul; Emran, M. Shahe; Shilpi, Forhad Jahan - 2020

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Long-term evolution of inequality of opportunity

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The main goal of this paper is to document and analyze the long-term evolution of inequality of opportunity and thus extend the recent empirical literature, which is mainly concerned with its measurement at a specific point in time. Using repeated cross-section surveys for five European...

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The economics of international student and scholar mobility : directions for research

Chellaraj, Gnanaraj - 2019

students, especially those with graduate degrees, stay on in the host country after graduation. Although their impact on labor … international students focus on education and spatial issues, with very little economic analysis. Furthermore, the application of a … source country pull and push factors affecting the demand and supply of international students. Second, there is little or no …

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Broken Gears : The Value Added of Higher Education on Teachers' Academic Achievement

Balcázar, Carlos Felipe - 2014

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World Bank Support to Higher Education in Latvia : Volume 3. Academic Careers

Arnhold, Nina - 2018

Focus on Performance - World Bank Support to Higher Education in Latvia. Volume 1: System-Level Funding Since 2013, the World Bank has supported the Latvian government through a succession of advisory work focusing on performance at different levels of the higher education sector. This...

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Azerbaijan : The Role of Higher Education in Innovation

World Bank Group - 2019

As the push to engage in the global knowledge economy becomes increasingly vital to countriesaround the world, higher education institutions (HEIs) are being recognized as valuable centers for research and teaching in support of entrepreneurship, innovation, competitiveness, and economic growth....

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Republic of Georgia Higher Education Sector Study

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Uzbekistan : Modernizing Tertiary Education

World Bank - 2014

Uzbekistan is a lower middle-income country located in Central Asia with a population of 30 million people and an economy that has been growing by over 8 percent per annum since the mid-2000s. The composition of the workforce has also changed dramatically in recent years. The higher education...

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