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Most empirical investigations of the effects of cognitive skills assume that they are produced by schooling. Drawing on longitudinal data to estimate production functions for adult verbal and nonverbal cognitive skills, we find that: (1) School attainment has a significant and substantial effect...
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through improved energy access, livelihood opportunities, and improved quality of life. Communities in rural Guatemala are …
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Micronutrient malnutrition affects 2 billion people worldwide and biofortification could prove to be a cost-effective solution to its alleviation. The aims of this study are as follows: (i) to understand consumer acceptance of the main sensory characteristics such as taste, color, texture, etc.,...
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This paper empirically examines the relationship between the self-identity as Indigenous and earnings inequality in the Mexican labor market. Using Mexican Census data and a large set of wage covariates reveals the existence of an earnings penalty for self-identification as Indigenous. There is...
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Turkey received about 2.7 million Syrian refugees between 2011 and 2015. This paper examines the causal impact of this influx on the Turkish natives' labor market outcomes using the micro level annual Household Labor Force Surveys. The migration impact is analyzed in two distinct categories...
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Diverse rural Indigenous communities in Canada, like those in many regions of the world, are facing a variety of … literacy programmes). This article discusses two examples of digital inclusion co-developed with Indigenous peoples in Canada …
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The global industrial mining sector is, like other sectors, undergoing an unprecedented transformation pushed by global … pressure from a wide range of stakeholders to decarbonise the industry and make mining practices more sustainable, accountable … realised in real time. Mining as an industry still has a way to go to reach the potential of automation and digitalisation on …
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it is often only a side business to actual mining. With limited capacity and resources, all legal requirements must be …
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