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Inequality, information technology and inclusive education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Orim, Stella-Maris I.; Nting, Rexon T. - 2019
This study examines linkages between inequality, information and communication technology (ICT) and inclusive education … in order to establish inequality thresholds that should not be exceeded in order for ICT to promote inclusive education … affect inclusive education. As a main policy implication, the established inequality thresholds should not be exceeded in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112203
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Lordships, state capacity and beyond: literacy rates in mid-nineteenth-century Valencia
Tapia, Francisco J. Beltrán; Díez-Minguela, Alfonso; … - 2020
addition to this institutional diversity, we investigate whether the regulations governing the education system could have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012669545
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Inequality, information technology and inclusive education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Orim, Stella-Maris I.; Nting, Rexon T. - 2019
This study examines linkages between inequality, information and communication technology (ICT) and inclusive education … in order to establish inequality thresholds that should not be exceeded in order for ICT to promote inclusive education … affect inclusive education. As a main policy implication, the established inequality thresholds should not be exceeded in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012019796
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Financial education for the disadvantaged? : a review
Entorf, Horst; Hou, Jia - 2018 - This version: 20 April 2018
In contrast to the popularity of financial education interventions worldwide, studies on the economic effects of those … between the concepts of, and the relationships between, financial education, financial literacy and financial behavior to … identify the true effects of financial education. The review addresses possible biases caused by third factors such as numeracy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011823319
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Historical Inequality and Intergenerational Educational Mobility: The Dynamics of Change in Rural Punjab
Cheema, Ali; Naseer, Muhammad Farooq - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 18 (2013) Special Edition, pp. 211-231
We analyze educational attainment over three generations in rural Punjab, Pakistan, to determine if the fruits of post-independence development have translated into comparable rates of educational and social opportunities for all strata in the village economy. We show that the differences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010905782
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The effect of banning affirmative action on human capital accumulation prior to college entry
Antonovics, Kate L.; Backes, Benjamin - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-20
This paper examines how banning affirmative action in university admissions affects both overall academic achievement and the racial gap in academic achievement prior to college entry. Focusing on college-bound high school students, we use a difference-in-difference methodology to analyze the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011603321
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The effect of banning affirmative action on human capital accumulation prior to college entry
Antonovics, Kate; Backes, Benjamin - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-20
This paper examines how banning affirmative action in university admissions affects both overall academic achievement and the racial gap in academic achievement prior to college entry. Focusing on college-bound high school students, we use a difference-in-difference methodology to analyze the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463702
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A theory of family education incentives and inequality
Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
-sharing between the two generations, so that poor families experience higher agency costs, therefore inequality persists. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113407
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Peer effects identified through social networks. Evidence from uruguayan schools.
de Melo, Gioia - Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias … - 2012
This paper provides evidence on peer effects in standardized tests by exploiting a unique data set on social networks in Uruguayan primary schools. The identification method enables one to disentangle endogenous from contextual effects via instrumental variables that emerge naturally from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010894936
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Financial education for the disadvantaged? A review
Entorf, Horst; Hou, Jia - 2018
In contrast to the popularity of financial education interventions worldwide, studies on the economic effects of those … between the concepts of, and the relationships between, financial education, financial literacy and financial behavior to … identify the true effects of financial education. The review addresses possible biases caused by third factors such as numeracy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011823356