Urban Youth Employment Project. The project offers out-of-school and out-of-work youth two months of public works employment …

being defined as those out of school and/or with no permanent job. The analysis in this paper is based on survey data …

labor productivity and the marginal utility of leisure evolve endogenously over the workweek. Labor productivity is shaped …

School enrollment has universally increased over the past 25 years in low-income countries. However, enrolling in … school does not guarantee that children learn. A large share of children in low-income countries learn little, and they …

Social distancing requirements associated with COVID-19 (coronavirus) have led to school closures. In mid-April, the … increased earnings. What is not known is how much earnings will decline due to the school closures. Starting with the fact that … education closures to estimate the loss in marginal future earnings. The findings show that the school closures reduce future …

first grade for a Mexico City private school that targets and subsidizes attendance for low-income children. Over three … more satisfied with their school and had higher educational expectations for their children. Unlike findings from low … indicate gains made by the lowest income students in the sample help explain the school's impact. This suggests private schools …

Students around the world are going to school but are not learning -- an emerging gap in human capital formation. To …

up to age 5 and one targeting the school environment for first and second grade students. The first intervention supports …'s readiness for school. Among children of mothers without high school education, being in a treatment community positively affects … the school readiness literacy domains and overall score by 0.19 and 0.2 standard deviation, respectively, for girls and …