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development in affecting gender differences in the trends in, levels of, and returns to schooling observed in China and in many …Data from two surveys of twins in China are used to contribute to an improved understanding of the role of economic …
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of pregnancy, including human rights abuses, gender inequality, child marriage, and socioeconomic marginalization …
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decisions. We find that a tradeoff exists and that gender and ethnicity matter. Boys are more likely to work if pure market …
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decisions. We find that a tradeoff exists and that gender and ethnicity matter. Boys are more likely to work if pure market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008527247
development in affecting gender differences in the trends in, levels of, and returns to schooling observed in China and in many …Data from two surveys of twins in China are used to contribute to an improved understanding of the role of economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706042
a 0.1 standard deviation increase in test scores, but only for girls. We show that a reason for the gender … water provision to narrow test score gaps across countries and, within countries, across gender. …
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How much does disease depress development in human capital and income around the world? I discuss a range of micro evidence, which finds that health is both human capital itself and an input to producing other forms of human capital. I use a standard model to integrate these results and suggest...
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schooling investments and returns. Using data from two surveys of twins in the People’s Republic of China and applying a simple …This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A … advantage—and schooling outcomes to make inferences about the relationships between specific aspects of economic growth and …
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This paper shows that trade policy can have significant intergenerational distributional effects across gender and …
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the urban areas. Considering both country-specific characteristics and gender differentials, our results do not indicate a …
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