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What Really Happened to Thai Wage Rates During the East Asian Financial Crisis?

Behrman, Jere R.; Deolalikar, Anil B.; Tinakorn, Pranee - In: Recent Financial Crises

Comprising original and never-before-published papers by distinguished economists, this book offers insights about lessons that were or should have been learned from recent outbreaks of such crises in East Asia and elsewhere. Recent Financial Crises also presents a set of econometric studies of...

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Health and Nutrition and Economic Development

Alderman, Harold; Behrman, Jere R.; Hoddinott, John - In: International Handbook of Development Economics, …

This two-volume original reference work provides a comprehensive overview of development economics and comprises contributions by some of the leading scholars working in the field. Authors are drawn from around the world and write on a wide range of topics.

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"Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America"

Behrman, Jere R.; Gaviria, Alejandro; Székely, Miguel - In: ECONOMIA JOURNAL OF THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN … (2001)

, and that mobility in Latin America is strongly associated with schooling levels and expenditures on education. …

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Investment in Education Inputs and Incentives

Behrman, Jere R. - In: Handbook of Development Economics

From the point of view of economic development, education is the acquisition of knowledge and skills through … experiences from conception onwards over the life cycle that increase productivity broadly defined. Education can occur through …. The proximate determinants of education are experiences or inputs into knowledge and skills production functions. Within a …

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Development Beyond Economics Title: Desarrollo más allá de la economía

Pagés-Serra, Carmen; Piras, Claudia; Behrman, Jere R.; … - Inter-American Development Bank

This report moves beyond the conventional scope of economics to examine three entrenched structural factors -demography, geography and institutions- that are closely connected to economic and social development. Historical in nature and slow to evolve, these variables are not always in the...

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Development Beyond Economics Title: Desarrollo más allá de la economía

Duryea, Suzanne; Pagés-Serra, Carmen; Piras, Claudia; … - Inter-American Development Bank

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Genetic Risks, Adolescent Health and Schooling Attainment

Amin, Vikesh; Behrman, Jere R.; Fletcher, Jason M.; … - 2020

We provide new evidence on the effect of adolescent health behaviors/outcomes (obesity, depression, smoking, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)) on schooling attainment using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. We take two different approaches to deal...

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Does sorting matter for learning inequality? Evidence from East Africa

Anand, Paul; Behrman, Jere R.; Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Jones, Sam - 2019

could substantially reduce inequalities in education. …

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The Impact of Nutrition during Early Childhood on Education among Guatemalan Adults

Maluccio, John A.; Hoddinott, John; Behrman, Jere R.; … - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2003

Early childhood nutrition is thought to have important effects on education, broadly defined to include various forms … of learning. We advance beyond previous literature on the effect of early childhood nutrition on education in developing …

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Schooling Inequality, Crises, and Financial Liberalization in Latin America

Behrman, Jere R.; Birdsall, Nancy; Pettersson, Gunilla - 2009

Latin America is characterized by high and persistent schooling, land, and income inequalities and extreme income concentration. In a highly unequal setting, powerful interests are more likely to dominate politics, pushing for policies that protect privileges rather than foster competition and...

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