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Keeping refugee children in school and out of work: evidence from the world's largest humanitarian cash transfer program
Aygün, Aysun Hızıroglu; Kirdar, Murat G.; Koyuncu, Murat - 2021
This paper investigates whether unconditional cash transfers can keep refugee children in school and out of work. We … and female refugee children. Being a beneficiary household reduces the fraction of children working from 14.0 percent to 1 ….6 percent (a decrease of 88 percent) and the fraction of children aged 6-17 not in school from 36.2 to 13.7 percent (a reduction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583555
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Keeping refugee children in school and out of work: evidence from the world's largest humanitarian cash transfer program
Aygün, Aysun Hızıroğlu; Kirdar, Murat G.; Koyuncu, Murat - 2021
This paper investigates whether unconditional cash transfers can keep refugee children in school and out of work. We … and female refugee children. Being a beneficiary household reduces the fraction of children working from 14.0 percent to 1 ….6 percent (a decrease of 88 percent) and the fraction of children aged 6-17 not in school from 36.2 to 13.7 percent (a reduction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012584050
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Poverty, human capital, life-cycle and the tax and transfer bases: The role of education for development and international competition
Petersen, Hans-Georg - 2011
primary, secondary and tertiary education programs for the children, the transfer expenditure would decrease and the tax bases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282647
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Poverty, Human Capital, Life-cycle and the Tax and Transfer Bases: The Role of Education for Development and International Competition
Petersen, Hans-Georg - Lehrstuhl für Finanzwissenschaft, Wirtschafts- und … - 2011
primary, secondary and tertiary education programs for the children, the transfer expenditure would decrease and the tax bases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323207
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Measuring progress in reading achievement between primary and secondary school across countries
Jakubowski, Maciej; Pokropek, Artur - Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych, Uniwersytet Warszawski - 2011
This paper discusses a method to compare progress in reading achievement from primary to secondary school across countries. The method is similar to value-added models that take into account intake levels when comparing student progress in different schools. Value-added models are preferred over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366334
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Does human capital create competitive advantage of the Czech Republic?
Matoušková, Zdeňka - In: Politická ekonomie 2007 (2007) 3
The article consists of theoretical and analytical part. Theoretical part provides a brief review of the academic literature dealing with human capital, it´s accumulation and obsolescence. In The second part analyses selected qualitative characteristics of adult population in the CR and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963552
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Chapter 73. Investment in EducationInputs and Incentives
Behrman, Jere R. - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 5, (pp. 4883-4975). 2010
From the point of view of economic development, education is the acquisition of knowledge and skills through experiences from conception onwards over the life cycle that increase productivity broadly defined. Education can occur through, but is not limited to, formal educational activities such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025729
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Investment in Education Inputs and Incentives
Behrman, Jere R. - In: Handbook of Development Economics
From the point of view of economic development, education is the acquisition of knowledge and skills through experiences from conception onwards over the life cycle that increase productivity broadly defined. Education can occur through, but is not limited to, formal educational activities such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010702977
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Chapter 56 The Impact of Child Health and Nutrition on Education in Less Developed Countries
Glewwe, Paul; Miguel, Edward A. - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 4, (pp. 3561-3606). 2007
Hundreds of millions of children in less developed countries suffer from poor health and nutrition. Children in most … less developed countries also complete far fewer years of schooling, and learn less per year of schooling, than do children … in developed countries. Recent research has shown that poor health and nutrition among children reduces their time in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014024664
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Social interventions, health and wellbeing : the long-term and intergenerational effects of a school construction program
Mazumder, Bhashkar; Rosales, Maria Fernanda; Triyana, … - 2019
in life along multiple measures. We also find that the children of those exposed also experience improved health and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115983