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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...
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This paper documents disparities in cognitive development-as measured by a receptive vocabulary test-between children from households with high and low socioeconomic status (SES) in two different phases of childhood (before and after early school years) in four developing countries: Peru,...
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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...
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cognitive skills and the level of financial knowledge developed by the beneficiaries during the training program. Estimates …
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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
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...
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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
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
knowledge systems and not correctable by purely macroeconomic arrangements. In our analysis, knowledge formation in Indian …, relevance, excessive merit, knowledge capture, aspirational dysfunction and so on. The second major issue is that, besides … industry, the state and society are important (and complementary) players in knowledge formation and consumption. The …
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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...
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