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The impact of flooding on education of children and adolescents : evidence from Pakistan
Ahmed, Riaz; Waseem Barkat; Ahmed, Adeel; Tahir, Muhammad; … - In: Water Economics and Policy : WEP 8 (2022) 3, pp. 1-35
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Keeping refugee children in school and out of work: evidence from the world's largest humanitarian cash transfer program
Aygün, Aysun Hızıroglu; Kirdar, Murat G.; Koyuncu, Murat - 2021
This paper investigates whether unconditional cash transfers can keep refugee children in school and out of work. We raise this question in the unique context of Turkey, which hosts the world's largest refugee population (including 3.6 million Syrians). Refugees in Turkey are supported by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583555
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Keeping refugee children in school and out of work: evidence from the world's largest humanitarian cash transfer program
Aygün, Aysun Hızıroğlu; Kirdar, Murat G.; Koyuncu, Murat - 2021
This paper investigates whether unconditional cash transfers can keep refugee children in school and out of work. We raise this question in the unique context of Turkey, which hosts the world's largest refugee population (including 3.6 million Syrians). Refugees in Turkey are supported by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012584050
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Left behind: intergenerational transmission of human capital in the midst of HIV/AIDS
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Turan, Belgi - 2010
This paper provides evidence on how adverse health conditions affect the transfer of human capital from one generation to the next. We explore the differential exposure to HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa as a substantial health shock to both household and community environment. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009006993
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Armed Conflicts, Children's Education and Mortality : New Evidence from Ivory Coast
Ouili, Idrissa - 2015
Among the sub-Saharan African countries, Ivory Coast was recently suffered more than ten years of political instability and absence of peace. Using nationally representative household surveys, I exploit temporal and geographical variations of the 1999-2011 Ivorian political instability to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014133223
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The Effect of Electrification on Childhood Education in India
Sahni, Herman; Sinha, Esha; Paul, Suresh L. - 2019
education outcomes, specifically enrollment and test scores using two waves of India Human Development Survey. Electrification … households that have no access to electricity. These findings suggest that the electricity positively impacts education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014116627
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Left Behind : Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in the Midst of HIV/AIDS
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude - 2010
This paper provides evidence on how adverse health conditions affect the transfer of human capital from one generation to the next. We explore the differential exposure to HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa as a substantial health shock to both household and community environment. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138271
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Chapter 56 The Impact of Child Health and Nutrition on Education in Less Developed Countries
Glewwe, Paul; Miguel, Edward A. - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 4, (pp. 3561-3606). 2007
could also improve their education outcomes. Given the importance of education for economic development, this link could be … the impact of child health on education outcomes, but there are formidable obstacles to obtaining credible estimates. Data … sources of bias when attempting to estimate relationships between child health and education. This Chapter provides an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014024664
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Does Parental Absence Harm Children's Education? Evidence from Vietnam
Nguyen, Cuong Viet; Vu, Linh Hoang - 2022
have a better chance of enrolling at all levels of education than those from single-parent families. Within single … critical role of mothers in children's education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012802809
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The effect of parents' schooling on child's schooling : a nonparametric bounds analysis
Haan, Monique de - 2008
This paper uses a relatively new approach to investigate the effect of parents' schooling on child's schooling; a nonparametric bounds analysis based on Manski and Pepper (2000), using the most recent version of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. We start with making no assumptions and then add...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376535