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data from Turkey and leveraging an education reform which increased mandatory schooling by three years, we find that the …
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Brazilian health authorities have recommended that pregnant women take meticulous precaution to avoid mosquito bites, and use contraceptive methods to postpone/delay pregnancies. In this article, we present new estimates on the Zika virus prevalence, its correlates and preventive behaviors in...
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hourly wage and spousal education, showing that attractiveness and height matter in the labor market, whereas both male and …
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This paper investigates if higher public spending in education and better teacher qualifications are related to student … investment in public education and higher teacher qualifications can help increase average performance and reduce the impact that … variation in education performance in Colombia, a relatively high percentage when compared to those found by other studies …
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hourly wage and spousal education, showing that attractiveness and height matter in the labor market, whereas both male and …
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Poor labour-market outcomes remain one of Poland’s major structural weaknesses, impeding firms’ competitiveness and the nation’s potential output. Boosting employment prospects is also critical, as the country will soon be ageing at a fast pace. Despite long working hours, labour...
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fertility, i.e. later marriage. Education promotes consumerism and when there is a large gap between achievement in the economic …, there is one essential factor that affects family size throughout the world. This is education. School has decreased … mortality by the emphasis on personal and household hygiene. It has then decreased fertility by the increased costs of bringing …
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This paper examines the determinants of the marriage timing decisions of young men and women in China. We pay particular attention to distinguishing three explanations for marriage timing: the independence hypothesis, which emphasizes growing economic independence; the career cycle hypothesis,...
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Ѕіerrа Leone’s civil war іѕ perhaps one of the most undereѕtіmаted and grave breaches of human rights that the 21ѕt century hаѕ seen. Fаcіlіtаted by іllіcіt drugѕ аnd arms trаffіckіng, the war raged for eleven year, with аmbіguouѕ polіtіcаl juѕtіfіcаtіon with...
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traditional equilibrium, contraceptives are not used, fertility is high and education and growth are low. At the modern … equilibrium, contraceptives are used, fertility is low and further declining with increasing income, and education and growth are … high. The theory motivates a "wanted fertility reversal": At the traditional equilibrium, men prefer more children than …
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