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Poverty trap and educational shock : evidence from missionary fields

Dimico, Arcangelo - 2014

Low growth equilibria with low investment in human capital generally tend to persist till an external shock affects the economy. In this paper we use data on Christian missions to proxy a long-lasting educational shock in Africa. We estimate the effect of this shock on the quality of children...

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Africa's Prospects for Enjoying a Demographic Dividend

Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2016

out of a development trap. …

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Regional development in advanced countries: A within-country application of the Human Development Index for Austria

Schrott, Lukas; Gächter, Martin; Theurl, Engelbert - 2012

Since its implementation in 1990 the human development index (HDI), the flagship indicator of multidimensional … development, has attracted a great deal of attention and critics in academic, political and media circles. It initiated a new … stage in the discussion of appropriate indicators to measure socioeconomic development. Until now, the vast majority of …

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Inequality, human capital formation and the process of development

Galor, Oded - 2011

Conventional wisdom about the relationship between income distribution and economic development has been subjected to … for economic development, the Neoclassical paradigm, which had subsequently dominated the field of macroeconomics …

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Africa's prospects for enjoying a demographic dividend

Bloom, David E.; Kuhn, Michael; Prettner, Klaus - 2016

out of a development trap. …

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The incremental effect of education on corruption : evidence of synergy from lifelong learning

Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015

Education as a tool in the fight against corruption has been subject to much debate in academic and policy making … learning and synergy effects. Four main findings are established. First, education is a powerful tool in the fight against … corruption. Second, there is evidence of an incremental effect in the transition from secondary to tertiary education. Third …

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Education during conflict : the effect of territorial control by insurgents on schooling

Stoelinga, Nicole - 2024

This study shows that civilians' behavior can be severely affected by territorial control by an insurgent group, and that these effects can persist after the government regains control and the occupation ends. I consider a framework of civilian behavior under insurgent rule, where civilians have...

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Education during conflict: The effect of territorial control by insurgents on schooling

Stoelinga, Nicole - 2024

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Development in Africa

Pelizzo, Riccardo; Kinyondo, Abel; Nwokora, Zim - 2018

conditions for sustained economic growth and development by deepening democracy, enhancing the stability of political regimes and …

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Chapter 7. Designing Social Protection Programs : Using Theory and Experimentation to Understand How to Help Combat Poverty

Hanna, R.; Karlan, D. - 2017

“Antipoverty” programs come in many varieties, ranging from multifaceted, complex programs to more simple cash transfers. Articulating and understanding the root problem motivating government and nongovernmental organization intervention are critical for choosing among many antipoverty...

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