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What happened to real earnings in Egypt, 2008 to 2009?
Cichello, Paul; Abou-Ali, Hala; Marotta, Daniela - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-38
Nominal earnings in Egypt did not respond to the increase in inflation between February 2008 and February 2009 …
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The moderating effect of gender on the salary equity-affective commitment link: An empirical study of university academic staff in Egypt
Khalifa, Mohamed Hossameldin - In: Cogent Business & Management 10 (2023) 1, pp. 1-10
commitment, as well as the moderation effect of gender on these relationships among university academic staff in Egypt … from Egypt to the predominantly Western and Asian literature on the perceived salary equity-affective commitment link …. Additionally, the study examines the neglected moderation effect of gender on this link. …
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Testing the quantity–quality model of fertility: Estimation using unrestricted family size models
Mogstad, Magne; Wiswall, Matthew - In: Quantitative Economics 7 (2016) 1, pp. 157-192
We examine the relationship between child quantity and quality. Motivated by the theoretical ambiguity regarding the sign of the marginal effects of additional siblings on children's outcomes, our empirical model allows for an unrestricted relationship between family size and child outcomes. We...
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Unerfüllte Erwartungen bei Ägyptens junger gebildeter Generation
Binzel, Christine - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 33, pp. 2-8
Bereits in den 50er Jahren begann Ägypten sein Bildungssystem auszuweiten. Folglich konnte das Land über die letzten Jahrzehnte einen erheblichen Bildungsanstieg verzeichnen. Haushaltsdaten zeigen außerdem, dass auch Kinder aus Familien mit niedrigem Bildungsstand von den Investitionen im...
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Do higher levels of education and skills in an area benefit wider society?
Winters, John V. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
Formal schooling increases earnings and provides other individual benefits. However, societal benefits of education may …
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Early-life medical care and human capital accumulation
Daysal, N. Meltem - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
Ample empirical evidence links adverse conditions during early childhood (the period from conception to age five) to worse health outcomes and lower academic achievement in adulthood. Can early-life medical care and public health interventions ameliorate these effects? Recent research suggests...
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The longer-term effects of human capital enrichment programs on poverty and inequality: Oportunidades in Mexico
McKee, Douglas; Todd, Petra E. - In: Estudios de Economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 67-100
Previous empirical research has shown that Mexico's Oportunidades program has succeeded in increasing schooling and …
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Intergenerational income and educational mobility in urban Chile
Núñez, Javier; Miranda, Leslie - In: Estudios de Economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 195-221
This paper provides evidence on the degree and patterns of intergenerational income and educational mobility in urban Chile. We find intergenerational income elasticities for Greater Santiago in Chile in the range of 0.52 to 0.54. This is lower than recent nation-wide elasticities for Chile of...
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Do higher levels of education and skills in an area benefit wider society?
Winters, John V. - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
Formal schooling increases earnings and provides other individual benefits. However, societal benefits of education may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984689
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The fading productivity of schooling in East Asia
Gundlach, Erich; Wößmann, Ludger - In: Journal of Asian economics 12 (2001) 3, pp. 401-417
We estimate changes in the productivity of schooling for six East Asian countries. Our productivity measure is based on … changes in the relative price of schooling. A rising price of schooling relative to other labor-intensive service sectors … should indicate declining relative schooling productivity. We find that the price of schooling increased by more than the …
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