Sri Lanka is a lower-middle income country with an impressive record of achievementsin economic and human development. Despite 26 years of conflict, Sri Lanka, an island countrywith a population of 20.6 million has stood out from its regional counterparts with high levels ofhuman development....

This paper uses measures of cognitive and noncognitive skills in an expanded definition of human capital to examine how schooling and skills differ between men and women and how those differences relate to gender gaps in earnings across nine middle-income countries. The analysis finds that...

This paper uses measures of cognitive and noncognitive skills in an expanded definition of human capital to examine how schooling and skills differ between men and women and how those differences relate to gender gaps in earnings across nine middle-income countries. The analysis finds that...

Studies of gender wage differential decompositions based on the human capital model are legion. What makes this exercise an interesting one to undertake for Sri Lanka is that, unlike many developing countries, Sri Lankan females possess an educational advantage over their male counterparts. Yet,...

Human capital, gender and labour markets -- A human capital model of gender inequality in the workplace -- The premium to education and cognitive skills -- The premium to socioemotional skills in the labour market -- Education and skills, glass ceilings and sticky floors -- Human capital :...

We use village level data from the 1991 and 2001 Indian Censuses to examine how the availability of health facilities and safe drinking water at the village level affect juvenile sex ratios. In addition to controlling for village fixed effects in our estimating equation of the juvenile sex...