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Is There an Economic Bias in Academic Success? A Regional Perspective
Santos, Eleonora; Khan, Shahed - 2018
This paper aims to evaluate whether schools with better National Exams scores are located in regions NUTs III with greater purchasing power. Accordingly, we analyze the evolution of the ranking of schools in light of the purchasing power of the regions where they are located. Using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011915656
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Life Expectancy, Labor Supply, and Long-Run Growth: Reconciling Theory and Evidence
Strulik, Holger; Werner, Katharina - 2012
calibrate the model to US data and show that the historical evolution of increasing education and declining labor supply can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294422
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The impact of the global financial crisis on education and healthcare in the economies of the former Soviet Union: The case of Moldova
Cainarean, Nina; Veverita, Eugenia; Veverita, Petru - 2011
describe the changes in education and health financing and the associated changes in service delivery during the crisis. The … study. In particular, the study analyzes the size and dynamics of public financing of education and healthcare and their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326604
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Geographical Origins and Economic Consequences of Language Structures
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer; Sarid, Assaf - 2016
This research explores the economic causes and consequences of language structures. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that variations in pre-industrial geographical characteristics that were conducive to higher return to agricultural investment, larger gender gap in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584694
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Geographical Origins and Economic Consequences of Language Structures
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer; Sarid, Assaf - 2016
This research explores the economic causes and consequences of language structures. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that variations in pre-industrial geographical characteristics that were conducive to higher return to agricultural investment, larger gender gap in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584853
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Islam and Human Capital in Historical Spain
Cinnirella, Francesco; Naghavi, Alireza; Prarolo, Giovanni - 2020
This paper studies the impact of Muslim rule on human capital development. Using a unique novel dataset containing yearly data on Muslim presence in the period 711-1492 and literacy rate in 1900 for about 7500 municipalities in Spain, we estimate the local impact of the length of Muslim rule in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207988
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The Effects of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake on Children's Nutrition and Education
Dodlova, Marina; Carias, Michelle Escobar; Grimm, Michael - 2023
We assess the impact of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on children's nutrition and education. We combine geo-coded shaking … education. The results are robust to alternative specifications and different measures of exposure to the earthquake. Our … education. Reduced children's health and education will have lasting private and social costs, which could easily exceed the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377098
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The Effects of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake on Children's Nutrition and Education
Dodlova, Marina; Escobar Carias, Michelle; Grimm, Michael - 2023
We assess the impact of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on children's nutrition and education. We combine geo-coded shaking … education. The results are robust to alternative specifications and different measures of exposure to the earthquake. Our … education. Reduced children's health and education will have lasting private and social costs, which could easily exceed the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377479
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The Politics of Public Service Reform: Experimental Evidence from Liberia
Sandholtz, Wayne Aaron; Sandholtz, Wayne - 2023
This paper provides experimental evidence on the electoral effect of a large education reform in a developing democracy … policy a net vote winner. This paper empirically demonstrates the importance of political feasibility in the design of public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377607
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Life expectancy, labor supply, and long-run growth: Reconciling theory and evidence
Strulik, Holger; Werner, Katharina - 2012
increasing education and declining labor supply (of cohorts born 1850-1950) as an optimal response to increasing active life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010311688