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Gerontocracy Revisited: Unilateral Transfer to the Young May Benefit the Middle-aged
Poutvaara, Panu - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2002
, the middle-aged owning land may gain by providing public education even when they cannot tax the young and when the young … face no credit market constraints. This requires that labor is not mobile. Furthermore, establishing public education may … benefit only the generation which pays for education twice, first for itself and then for the next generation. …
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Does the Student-Loan Burden Weigh into the Decision to Start a Family?
Gicheva, Dora - Economics Department, Bryan School of Business and Economics - 2011
expectations suggest that Master of Business Administration students who borrow for their education may not have perfect foresight. …
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Determinantes de la fecundidad en el Departamento de Antioquia
Mesa, Andrés Felipe Arce; Rodríguez, Deisy Liliana; … - In: REVISTA CRITERIO LIBRE (2013)
reSumeNDe acuerdo con el último censo del DANE en Colombia, en el departamentode Antioquia la tasa de fecundidad global ha disminuido, lo que ha llevadoa una mejor posición social de la mujer en la región. Sin embargo, latasa de adolescentes embarazadas aumentó en los últimos diez...
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Effects of Early Childhood Intervention on Maternal Employment, Fertility and Well-Being. Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Sandner, Malte - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Leibniz … - 2013
This paper presents results from a randomized evaluation of a home visiting program for disadvantaged first-time mothers and their families implemented in three German federal states. I analysis the impact of the intervention on maternal employment, school attendance, child care use, fertility,...
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Effects of Early Childhood Intervention on Child Development and Early Skill Formation. Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Sandner, Malte - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Leibniz … - 2013
This paper presents results from a randomized evaluation of a home visiting program for disadvantaged first-time mothers and their families implemented in Germany. 12 months after birth, the intervention increases infants' cognitive development by 0.18 SD. However, the effect fades out after 24...
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The Value of Smarter Teachers: International Evidence on Teacher Cognitive Skills and Student Performance
Hanushek, Eric A.; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Differences in teacher quality are commonly cited as a key determinant of the huge international student performance gaps. However, convincing evidence on this relationship is still lacking, in part because it is unclear how to measure teacher quality consistently across countries. We use unique...
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The Value of Smarter Teachers: International Evidence on Teacher Cognitive Skills and Student Performance
Hanushek, Eric A.; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - CESifo - 2014
Differences in teacher quality are commonly cited as a key determinant of the huge international student performance gaps. However, convincing evidence on this relationship is still lacking, in part because it is unclear how to measure teacher quality consistently across countries. We use unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099051
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Average and Heterogeneous Effects of Class Size on Educational Achievement in Lesotho
Moshoeshoe, Ramaele - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2015
Understanding class size effects on educational achievement remains a preoccupation of many economists. But empirical results are, to this far, still inconclusive. I use the two-stage least squares and the instrumental variable quantile regression methods on Lesotho’s grade 6 students...
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Does economic empowerment protect women against domestic violence? Evidence from the Philippines
Quimbo, S.; Javier, X. - School of Economics, University of the Philippines at … - 2013
Using data from the 2008 National Demographic and Health Survey, we ask whether women's economic empowerment -defined alternatively as having the ability to decide on (i) daily needs, (ii) major purchases, and (iii) spending own income - protects women against domestic violence. Using a simple...
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Intimate Partner Violence and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
Durevall, Dick; Lindskog, Annika - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2013
We investigate the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV among married women using Demographic and Health Survey data from ten sub-Saharan African countries, and find a strong association. The association is due to higher HIV risk among violent men; neither women’s...
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