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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

Hundreds of millions of children in less developed countries suffer from poor health and nutrition. Children in most less developed countries also complete far fewer years of schooling, and learn less per year of schooling, than do children in developed countries. Recent research has shown that...

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Health disparities across education : the role of differential reporting error

Cawley, John H.; Choi, Anna - 2015

One of the most robust findings in health economics is that higher-educated individuals tend to be in better health. This paper tests whether health disparities across education are to some extent due to differences in reporting error across education. We test this hypothesis using data from the...

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'Free' Basic Education for All? Understanding Household Education Spending Patterns and Trends

Pettersson Gelander, Gunilla - 2014

Indonesia has made significant progress in increasing access to education over the last decade. Despite these … the poorest households. The cost of education is also likely to partly explain the higher drop-out rates seen in Indonesia … amongst poorer children. A number of reforms have been introduced by the Government of Indonesia to reduce the financial …

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How well do South African schools convert grade 8 achievement into matric outcomes?

Taylor, Stephen; Berg, Servaas van der; Reddy, Vijay; … - Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en … - 2011

School retention in South Africa and performance in the major school-leaving matric examination are characterised by significant inequalities on the basis of race and socio-economic status. In order to know at what point in the educational trajectory policy interventions and school improvement...

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Revisiting the educational effects of fetal lodine deciency

Bengtsson, Niklas; Peterson, Stefan; Sävje, Fredrik - 2013

Recent research has reported positive effects on schooling due to in utero protection from iodine deficiency resulting from iodized oil capsule distribution in Tanzania. We revisit the Tanzanian experience by investigating how these effects differ over time and across surveys; across different...

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Childhood migration and educational attainment : evidence from Indonesia

Schwank, Hanna M. - 2024 - This version: June 18, 2024

migrants in Indonesia. Using Population Census microdata from 2000 and 2010, I show that children who spend more time growing …

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Religion and education gender gap: Are Muslims different?

Mandana, Hajj; Panizza, Ugo - Institute of Public Policy and Public Choice - POLIS - 2006

This paper uses individual-level data and a differences in differences estimation strategy to test whether the education gender gap of Muslims is different from that of Christians. In particular, the paper uses data for young Lebanese and shows that, other things equal, girls (both Muslim and...

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Education gap and youth : a growing challenge in the MENA region

Rizk, Reham; Hawash, Ronia - 2020

Education inequality has always been a concern for policy makers due to its long-term and intergenerational impacts. This paper examines the determinants and the sources of education inequality among the youth in the MENA region using harmonized income and expenditure surveys. More attention is...

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Boosting productivity and living standards in Thailand

Koen, Vincent; Asada, Hidekatsu; Rahuman, Mohamed … - 2018

The Prosperity pillar of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for an integrated approach based on boosting productivity through diversification, upgrading technology and innovation, and increasing employment and entrepreneurship. Thailand needs to address all these challenges to...

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Education policy reforms and the quality of the school system : a field study of primary schools in Madhya Pradesh, India

Leclercq, François - DIAL - 2003

(english) Reforms of primary education undertaken in Madhya Pradesh since the mid-1990’s have been said to be bringing the state close to universal enrolment, yet they have sparked much controversy and have hardly been the subject of any independent research. This paper presents the results of...

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