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The longer-term effects of human capital enrichment programs on poverty and inequality : oportunidades in Mexico
McKee, Douglas; Todd, Petra E. - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 67-100
Previous empirical research has shown that Mexico's Oportunidades program has succeeded in increasing schooling and … inequality. -- oportunidades ; human capital ; schooling ; health ; poverty ; inequality …
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Does the public sector discriminate against women? : occupational segregation prior to privatization in Egypt
Said, Mona - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 2, pp. 185-201
channels through which occupational segregation and pay discrimination affect the overall gender wage gap in different sectors … model estimates confirm that gender-based pay discrimination is small in the government sector in Egypt and quite high by … ; wage decomposition ; gender wage gap …
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Gender differences in earnings and labor supply in early career : evidence from Kosovo’s school-to-work transition survey
Pastore, Francesco; Sattar, Sarosh; Tiongson, Erwin R. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-34
Very little is known about gender wage disparities in Kosovo and, to date, nothing is known about how such wage …, not much is known about gender wage gaps in early career worldwide, a period which is perceived to be an important … determinant of the overall gender wage disparity. This paper analyzes data from the School-to-Work Transition (SWT) survey, an …
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Health care expenditure and the state of health care sector in selected European Union countries
Hady, Joanna; Leśniowska, Małgorzata - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 4, pp. 25-36
The article deals with the issue of health care, focusing on expenditure allocated to it. The first part of the article reviews some selected European Union countries, analyzing their expenditure on their health care sectors. The second part brings an analysis of expenditure on health care in...
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Erfolgreich Altern : Lebensbedingungen in der Kindheit und soziale Ungleichheit haben großen Einfluss
Brandt, Martina; Deindl, Christian; Hank, Karsten - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 7, pp. 11-14
In dieser Studie wird untersucht, inwieweit die Lebensbedingungen in der Kindheit und das Ausmaß sozialer Ungleichheit die individuelle Chance beeinflussen, erfolgreich, das heißt gesund und aktiv, zu altern. Europaweite Daten, die im Rahmen der SHARELängsschnittstudie erhoben wurden,...
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Community-based health insurance and social capital : a review
Donfouet, Hermann Pierre Pythagore; Mahieu, Pierre-Alexandre - In: Health economics review 2 (2012) 5, pp. 1-5
Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) is an emerging concept for providing financial protection against the cost of illness and improving access to quality health services for low-income rural households who are excluded from formal insurance. CBHI is currently being provided in some rural...
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Preferences and skills of Indian public sector teachers 2u<
Fagernäs, Sonja; Pelkonen, Panu - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-31
salary for moving to a remote location. The results suggest that existing caste and gender quotas can be detrimental for …
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The Economic, Social and Administrative Pharmacy (ESAP) Discipline in US schools and colleges of pharmacy
Alkhateeb, Fadi M.; Latif, David A.; Adkins, Rachel - In: International journal of management, economics and … 2 (2013) 3, pp. 187-204
Schools and colleges of pharmacy in the United States have struggled over the past several decades with identifying a consistent title for the broad body of knowledge related to the social, economic, behavioral, and administrative aspects of pharmacy. This paper examines the educational...
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International education and economic growth
Bergerhoff, Jan; Borghans, Lex; Seegers, Philipp K.; … - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013), pp. 1-13
In recent years international student mobility increased. While net hosting countries are in a better position to win highly educated students for their labour force, they face the additional cost of providing the education. In much of continental Europe these costs are not levied on students,...
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Alleviating extreme poverty in Chile : the short term effects of Chile Solidario
Galasso, Emanuela - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 101-127
This paper evaluates the effect of an anti-poverty program, Chile Solidario, during its first two years of operation. We find that the program tends to increases significantly their take-up of cash assistance programs and of social programs for housing and employment, and to improve education...
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