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Preliminary evidence favors focusing safety net scholarships (designed to reduce dropout rates during an economic crisis) on lower secondary schools, continuing to target children (especially older students) from large families, scaling back scholarships to private schools at the lower secondary...
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developed to keep large numbers of children from dropping out of school as a result of the Asian crisis. It was expected that … many families would find it difficult to keep their children in school and that dropout rates would be high, as they were … effective in reducing dropouts in the lower secondary school (where students are more susceptible to dropping out) by about 3 …
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scholarships program was developed to try and prevent large numbers of children from dropping out of school as a result of the … Asian crisis. The expectation was that many families would find it difficult to keep their children in school and drop out … result. The scholarships were found to have been effective in reducing dropouts at the lower secondary school level by about …
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, which was developed to keep large numbers of children from dropping out of school as a result of the Asian crisis. It was … expected that many families would find it difficult to keep their children in school and that dropout rates would be high, as … have been effective in reducing dropouts in the lower secondary school (where students are more susceptible to dropping out …
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It is often said that after the crisis economic textbooks have to be rewritten. However, as surveys show, almost all professors continue using the standard IS-LM/AS-AD model as the workhorse for undergraduate training. This paper shows that the IS-LM/AS-AD model is not only full of obvious...
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Epidemics may have social scarring effects, increasing the likelihood of social unrest. They may also have mitigating effect, suppressing unrest by dissuading social activities. Using a new monthly panel on social unrest in 130 countries, we find a positive cross-sectional relationship between...
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The global spread of COVID-19 is one of the largest threats to people and governments since the Second World War. The on-going pandemic and its countermeasures have led to varying physical, psychological, and emotional experiences, shaping not just public health and the economy but also...
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