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Does Cash for School Influence Young Women's Behavior in the Longer Term? Evidence from Pakistan
Alam, Andaleeb; Baez, Javier E.; Del Carpio, Ximena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The Punjab Female School Stipend Program, a female-targeted conditional cash transfer program in Pakistan, was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021898
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NEET Youth in the Aftermath of the Crisis: Challenges and Policies
Carcillo, Stéphane; Fernández, Rodrigo; Königs, Sebastian - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2015
This paper presents an overview of the situation of youth in OECD countries since the onset of the financial crisis focusing primarily on describing the characteristics and living conditions of young NEETs. It also provides data on the availability, coverage and effectiveness of income-support...
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The Consequences of the Demographic Transition for Women’s Status in Society
Namasaka, Martin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
implications for women’s status within the family and in the society as women become less tied to concerns of the domestic domain …, 1982) with women’s lives becoming more like those of men, rather than the reverse. This paper discusses the consequences … the transition for women’s status in both high and low fertility populations by presenting evidence that women gain from …
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Child-rights & child development in India - a socio-economic analysis under regional perspective
Roy, Chandan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Every human being below the age of eighteen years is known as ‘child’ according to the universally accepted definition of United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The need for special safeguard for the child had been stated in the Geneva Declaration, 1924. It was also...
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China's March to Prosperity: Reforms to Avoid the Middle-income Trap
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...
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How Migrant Heterogeneity Influences the Effect of Remittances on Educational Expenditure:Empirical Evidence from the Cambodian Socio-Economic Survey
Iwasawa, Masamune; Inada, Mitsuo; Fukui, Seiichi - Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University - 2014
This study explores the effects of remittances on child education that depend on three types of migration: parental, non-parental, and no migration. Measuring the effects of remittances is challenging and demands great caution because their theoretical positive impacts can be partly or fully...
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The Impact of Adolescent Motherhood on Education in Chile
Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
early childbearing will have important short-term effects on young women's education outcomes. …
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Household Migration and Child Educational Attainment: The Case of Uganda
Ferrone, Lucia; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
In many Sub-Saharan African countries, a large number of people migrate internally or abroad because of demographic, economic and political factors. This pronounced mobility is likely to have consequences for child education, which is still a matter of concern in the region. We study this issue...
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Migration and families left behind
Démurger, Sylvie - In: IZA World of Labor (2015) April, pp. 1-10
About a billion people worldwide live and work outside their country of birth or outside their region of birth within their own country. Labor migration is conventionally viewed as economically benefiting the family members who are left behind through remittances. However, splitting up families...
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The Impact of Migration on Family Left Behind
Antman, Francisca M - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper addresses the effects of migration on families left behind and offers new evidence on the impact of migration on elderly parents. After discussing the identification issues involved in estimation, I review the literature on the effects of migration on the education and health of...
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