This paper evaluates the effect of a free compulsory education reform in rural China on the incidence of child labor … identify the causal effects of the reform. We find that the exposure to the free compulsory education significantly reduces the … additional semester of free compulsory education decreases the incidence of child labor for boys by 8.3 percentage points …

The paper analyzes the implications of a subsidy policy on education and different liberalized trade and investment …

The paper analyzes the implications of a subsidy policy on education and different liberalized trade and investment …

Pakistan's education system faces long-standing problems in access, quality, and equal opportunity at every level …: primary and secondary schools, higher education and vocational education. In spite of recent encouraging trends, such as the … rapid spread of private schooling and an expansion of higher education opportunities, systemic reform remains stubbornly …

to remedy. We also show that cognitive ability is not the only determinant of education, labor market outcomes and …