agricultural production, both of which have implications for gender issues. In this paper we briefly review issues related to … gender and poverty and examine the relationships between gender and various indices, including the human development index … (HDI), the gender inequality index (GII), the multiple poverty index (MPI), and the masculinity score (MAS). Although the …

agricultural production, both of which have implications for gender issues. In this paper the authors briefly review issues related … to gender and poverty and examine the relationships between gender and various indices. They then look at systems of land …

) of Norwegian schools, where between-school differences are smaller than in the US. I find that VA indicators are able to … predict in-school performance without bias. Furthermore, VA is strongly related to long-term outcomes, and differences between … differences in school quality, rather than unobserved student characteristics. Analyses of teacher grades and exam scores suggest …

reduce the current and lagged probability of attending school and encourage young men and, to a greater extent, women to … enter the work force. Less wealthy households are most likely to experience this school-to-work transition in the face of …

been affected by a drought are 8.7 percentage point less likely to complete primary school. In Burkina Faso, the drought … reduced the probability for women to finish primary school by 1.9 percentage point, but the result is not statistically robust … due to the low average in primary school completion. In Mongolia, the wild fire reduced the probability for individuals to …

-- 25. South-South Migration and Children’s Education: Expanded Challenges and Increased Opportunities -- 26. Mapping the …“Across thirty three dazzling chapters, this groundbreaking collection from some of the world’s leading migration … well as the inequalities faced by those who move. Key cross-cutting themes include gender, race, poverty and income …