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inflows as the mechanism for mitigating school user fees constraining education access in recipient countries …
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determined by ability, access to higher education, and technology, I find the effect of different educational aid schemes … demand for higher education of each ability/human capital group, the labor shares of each group, and the share of resources …
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heterogeneous correlations of the business cycle with different age, education, and ethnic groups by gender in a developing country …
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dramatic augmentation of working population with vocational education relative to general education. This is consistent with … the recent literature, which argues that the ratio of vocational-to-general education tends to be higher in middle …-income countries. We explore an analytical approach to open up fresh insights into the composition of secondary education and prove the …
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This paper reviews what has been learned over many decades of foreign aid to education. It discusses what works and … a uniform check-list of inputs. It shows the positive contribution that aid has made to education in aid … education. But the paper also indicates that there is a considerable gap between what aid does and what it could potentially …
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revenue, which is spent for public goods (including education) and transfers (for poverty reduction). The efficient design of … the education system (by private and public education investments) determines the quality of the human capital stock as … consumption and saving. An efficient tax and transfer system being accompanied by an education system financed in public private …
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Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP); and (b) the Private Education Student Financial Assistance (PESFA). The two …
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Short-cycle higher education programs (SCPs) can play a central role in skill development and higher education … also collect administrative, student-level data on higher education and formal employment for SCP students in Brazil and …
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Short-cycle higher education programs (SCPs) can play a central role in skill development and higher education … also collect administrative, student-level data on higher education and formal employment for SCP students in Brazil and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013536168
The level of compliance with minimum wage laws often depends on factors specific to each labor market. In most developing countries, a substantial share of workers still earns less than the legal minimum. Enforcement has not kept up with growth in regulations to protect workers from low wages...
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