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Productivity to Reduce Poverty: Study of a Micro-Level Institution in Peru
Pineau, Pierre-Olivier - In: International Productivity Monitor 9 (2004) Fall, pp. 62-75
A Peruvian community-based organization, a comedor popular (communal kitchen), is studied in this article to show how, as a micro-level institution, it fosters productivity in order to reduce poverty. The concepts of institutions, productivity and poverty are reviewed to establish a framework of...
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Les migrants internationaux dans les pays développés, émergents et en développement : Elargissement du profil
Dumont, Jean-Christophe - 2011
La croissance de la mobilité internationale souligne l’importance de données internationales comparables pour décrire la migration mondiale et ses caractéristiques, non seulement dans les pays de destination mais aussi dans les pays d’origine. Ce document donne une image détaillée des...
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Décision de délocalisation et capital humain : un enjeu méthodologique susceptible d’intéresser l’audit social.
Guillard, Alexandre; Roussel, Josse - Université Paris-Dauphine
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Brain drain and human capital formation in developing countries : winners and losers
Michel, BEINE; Frédéric, DOCQUIER; Hillel, RAPOPORT - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2006
The brain drain has long been viewed as a serious constraint on poor countries development. However, recent theoretical literature suggests that emigration prospects can raise the expected return to human capital and foster investment in education at home. This paper takes advantage of a new...
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Aspiration Levels and Educational Choices<br>An experimental study
Page, Lionel; Lévy-Garboua, Louis; Montmarquette, Claude - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2006
The explanation of social inequalities in education is still a debated issue in economics. Recent empirical studies tend to downplay the potential role of credit constraint. This article tests a different potential explanation of social inequalities in education, specifically that social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005100555
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The impact of parental unemployment on childrens schooling
DUÉE, M. - Département des Études Économiques d'Ensemble (D3E), … - 2004
children who are still living at the parental home. In this paper we use the French survey Budget de Familles 2000-2001, which … time the children are less likely to have got the baccalauréat. To control for potential endogeneity, i.e. the fact that … means that improving the labour market situation not only have short term impacts for both parents and children but also …
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Dépenses publiques d'éducation et pauvreté au Burkina Faso: une approche en Équilibre Général Calculable
Balma, Lacina; Ilboudo, W. Francine Alida; Attara, Adama; … - Partenariat en Politiques Économiques (PEP), … - 2011
Un modèle d’équilibre général calculable multisectoriel est construit afin d’évaluer les répercussions directes et indirectes des politiques publiques en matière d’éducation sur le bien-être, la pauvreté et la distribution des revenus au Burkina Faso. Il spécifie une dotation en...
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Education and growth in France and in a panel of 21 OECD countries
L'ANGEVIN, C.; LAÏB, N. - Département des Études Économiques d'Ensemble (D3E), … - 2005
In France, the number of years of schooling is high, and so is spending on education. Over the past thirty years, spending per student has increased, in particular because of the growing importance of the secondary and tertiary levels. What, more generally, is the impact of education on the...
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Survol des contributions théoriques et empiriques liées au capital humain
Parent, Daniel - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 1995
In this essay, I provide an extensive review of the theoretical and empirical contributions pertaining to human capital. The first part follows the development of the theory with special emphasis, naturally, on Becker's path-breaking work (JPE '62 and Woytinski Lecture) and also on Ben-Porath's...
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The Growth Story: Canada's Long-run Economic Performance and Prospects
Nicholson, Peter J. - In: International Productivity Monitor 7 (2003) Fall, pp. 3-23
In this lead article, Peter Nicholson, who until recently served as advisor to the Secretary General at the OECD and is currently serving as policy advisor to the Prime Minister, Paul Martin, discusses the long-run economic performance, prospects in Canada, and policy priorities based on the...
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