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An analysis of a field survey to investigate household decisions about schooling in rural Pakistan suggests that hiring more female teachers and providing more primary schools for girls closer to villages will improve the chances of rural Pakistani girls entering school and staying enrolled
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An analysis of a field survey to investigate household decisions about schooling in rural Pakistan suggests that hiring more female teachers and providing more primary schools for girls closer to villages will improve the chances of rural Pakistani girls entering school and staying...
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Human capital investments in Pakistan are performing poorly; school enrollment is low, the high school dropout rate is high, and there is a definite gender gap in education. The authors conducted field surveys in 25 Pakistani villages and integrated their field observations, economic theory, and...
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"This paper assesses the impact of work-related migration by males on the labor market behavior of females in Nepal …. Using data from the 2004 Nepal household survey, the authors apply the Instrumental Variable Full Information Maximum … argue that strategies for economic development in Nepal should take into account such gender aspects of the migration …
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"This paper assesses the impact of work-related migration by males on the labor market behavior of females in Nepal …. Using data from the 2004 Nepal household survey, the authors apply the Instrumental Variable Full Information Maximum … argue that strategies for economic development in Nepal should take into account such gender aspects of the migration …
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poverty in Nepal of local and international migration for work. They apply an instrumental variable approach to deal with … Nepal occurring between 1995 and 2004 can be attributed to increased levels of work-related migration and remittances sent … reduction in Nepal should consider aspects of the dynamics of domestic and international migration …
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What is the impact of male migration on the labor market behavior of women in Nepal? The instrumental variable full … information maximum likelihood method is applied to data from the 2004 Nepal Household Survey to account for unobserved factors … male migration on the well-being of sending households. Strategies for economic development in Nepal should take into …
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