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The long-run labor-market consequences of civil war : evidence from the Shining Path in Peru
Galdo, Jose - 2010
This study exploits district-level variation in the timing and intensity of civil war violence to investigate whether early-life exposure to civil wars affects labor-market outcomes later in life. In particular, we examine the impacts of armed conflict in Peru, a country that experienced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003984792
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Why Do Indian Children Work, and is it Bad for Them?
Cigno, Alessandro; Rosati, Furio C. - 2021
The causes and consequences of child labour are examined theoretically and empirically within a household decision framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural households. The complex interactions uncovered by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321320
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Why do Indian children work, and is it bad for them?
Cigno, Alessandro; Rosati, Furio Camillo - 2000
The causes and consequences of child labour are examined theoretically and empirically within a household decision framework, with endogenous fertility and mortality. The data come from a nationally representative survey of Indian rural households. The complex interactions uncovered by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415593
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The healthy immigrant paradox and health convergence
Constant, Amelie - 2017
The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119651
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The healthy immigrant paradox and health convergence
Constant, Amelie - 2017
The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011735974
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Wage Rentals for Reproducible Human Capital : Evidence from Ghana and the Ivory Coast
Schultz, T. Paul - 2003
Education, child nutrition, adult health/nutrition, and labor mobility are critical factors in achieving recent sustained growth in factor productivity. To compare the contribution of these four human capital inputs, an expanded specification of the wage function is estimated from household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014075556
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The Long-Run Labor-Market Consequences of Civil War : Evidence from the Shining Path in Peru
Galdo, José - 2010
This study exploits district-level variation in the timing and intensity of civil war violence to investigate whether early-life exposure to civil wars affects labor-market outcomes later in life. In particular, we examine the impacts of armed conflict in Peru, a country that experienced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141420
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Teacher Shortages, Teacher Contracts and Their Impact on Education in Africa
Bourdon, Jean; Frölich, Markus; Michaelowa, Katharina - 2021
Primary school enrollment rates are very low in francophone Africa. In order to enhance education supply, many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317046
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Weather shocks, age of marriage and the direction of marriage payments
Corno, Lucia; Hildebrandt, Nicole; Voena, Alessandra - 2016
.e. prior to age 18) among young women in Africa and India. We show that rainfall shocks, a major source of income variation in … Africa, droughts increase the hazard into early marriage, while in India, droughts decrease the hazard. We argue that the … payments in each region (bride price in Africa and dowry in India). Our results highlight the importance of understanding the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011775873
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The Social Outcomes of Education and Feedbacks on Growth in Africa
McMahon, Walter W.; Appiah, Elizabeth M. - 2014
, poverty, political stability, and other key measures of economic development in Africa. It seeks to do this more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014124332