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below which an increase in income has no impact on child labour and education. We estimate the causal impact of an increase … in income on child labour and education exploiting the random allocation of the Child Grant Programme, an unconditional …, while relatively less poor households reduce child labour and increase education. In policy terms, the results indicate that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011950952
below which an increase in income has no impact on child labor and education. We estimate the causal impact of an increase … in income on child labor and education exploiting the random allocation of the Child Grant Programme, an unconditional …, while relatively less poor households reduce child labor and increase education. In policy terms, the results indicate that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012303225
below which an increase in income has no impact on child labour and education. We estimate the causal impact of an increase … in income on child labour and education exploiting the random allocation of the Child Grant Programme, an unconditional …, while relatively less poor households reduce child labour and increase education. In policy terms, the results indicate that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012896761
below which an increase in income has no impact on child labour and education. We estimate the causal impact of an increase … in income on child labour and education exploiting the random allocation of the Child Grant Programme, an unconditional …, while relatively less poor households reduce child labour and increase education. In policy terms, the results indicate that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865521
while education can be an escalator out of social disadvantage — leading to better job prospects for youths facing greater … significant minority of students in several OECD countries do not even complete compulsory education; students' test scores in … lower secondary education are strongly shaped by family characteristics; and the expansion of university education has most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012443939
We use The National Socioeconomic Survey (SUSENAS) data from 1992 to 2012, to describe the condition of education … development in Indonesia before and after the Reform Era. Historical data on education of Indonesia shows that this country has … made a remarkable achievement in education development, which is indicated by a significant improvement on several …
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health and education sector. This paper describes and analyses poverty and development in Timor-Leste. We find that progress … has taken place but the situation remains troublesome with high poverty, low levels of education and large remaining …
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targets for education indicators and GDP growth itself (as arguments in our planner’s loss function) and provides two …
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A key challenge in developing countries interested in providing early childhood development programs at scale is whether these programs can be effectively delivered through existing public service infrastructures. We present the results of a randomized experiment evaluating the effects of a...
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We present evidence from a randomized experiment testing the impacts of a six-month early childhood home-visiting program on child outcomes at school entry. Two and a half years after completion of the program, we find persistent effects on child working memory - a key skill of executive...
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