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Activating Women Cognitive Abilities : Impact of a Financial Literacy Pilot Program in India
Dalla Pellegrina, Lucia - 2019
cognitive skills and the level of financial knowledge developed by the beneficiaries during the training program. Estimates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012869393
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Biased teachers and gender gap in learning outcomes: evidence from India
Rakshit, Sonali; Sahoo, Soham - 2021
We investigate the effect of stereotypical beliefs of teachers on the learning outcomes of secondary school students in India. We measure teacher’s bias through an index capturing teacher’s subjective beliefs about the role of gender and other characteristics in academic performance. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517231
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Education-occupation mismatch and dispersion in returns to education : evidence from India
Grover, Shweta; Sharma, Ajay - 2020
Using a national level sample survey on labour market in India, we analyze the role of education-occupation (mis-)match (EOM) in explaining within-group dispersion in returns to education. Applying a double sample selection bias correction and Mincerian quantile wage regression estimation, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012268432
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Biased teachers and gender gap in learning outcomes : evidence from India
Rakshit, Sonali; Sahoo, Soham - 2020
This paper investigates the effect of stereotypical beliefs of teachers on learning outcomes of secondary school students in India. We measure teacher's bias through an index capturing teacher's subjective beliefs about the role of gender and other characteristics in academic performance. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012297372
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The role of social identity and perceived discrimination in human capital formation : evidence from India
Gupta, Isha - 2022
This study examines the role of historically defined social identity in human capital development over time by focusing on a region from India where social identities are defined along the lines of castes and religious groups. It investigates the evolution of gaps across social groups in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013433674
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Biased Teachers and Gender Gap in Learning Outcomes : Evidence from India
Rakshit, Sonali; Sahoo, Soham - 2023
We investigate the effect of stereotypical beliefs of teachers on the learning outcomes of secondary school students in India. We measure teacher s bias through an index capturing teacher s subjective beliefs about the role of gender and other characteristics in academic performance. We tackle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014255946
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Biased Teachers and Gender Gap in Learning Outcomes : Evidence from India
Rakshit, Sonali; Sahoo, Soham - 2021
We investigate the effect of stereotypical beliefs of teachers on the learning outcomes of secondary school students in India. We measure teacher's bias through an index capturing teacher's subjective beliefs about the role of gender and other characteristics in academic performance. We tackle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013227929
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Knowledge gaps and rural development in Tajikistan : agricultural advisory services as a panacea?
Shtaltovna, Anastasiya - 2013
In this paper I look at knowledge systems and the channels of innovation diffusion in Tajikistan. In particular I look … at the formation of the agricultural advisory services as a vital source of knowledge and innovation for farmers during … the transition process. After the end of the Soviet Union and the civil war in Tajikistan, the knowledge available to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010210241
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Intellectual property rights and the transfer of climate change technologies : issues, challenges, and way forward
Abdel Latif, Ahmed - In: Climate policy 15 (2015) 1, pp. 103-126
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011305691
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Empowering women through education and influence: An evaluation of the Indian Mahila Samakhya program
Kandpal, Eeshani; Baylis, Kathy; Arends-Kuenning, Mary P. - 2012
This paper shows that participation in a community-level female empowerment program in India significantly increases participants' physical mobility, political participation, and access to employment. The program provides support groups, literacy camps, adult education classes, and vocational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282383