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indices related to socio-economic inequality, such as the Gini index, human development index, or gender inequality index …, along with purely economic variables, such as GDP per capita and government expenditure on education. The study covered 70 … insignificant, indicating income inequality had little effect on students’ PISA performance. On the other hand, the gender …
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This study assesses the role of mobile money innovations on income inequality and gender inclusion in 42 sub …-Saharan African countries from 1980 to 2019 using interactive quantile regressions. It fnds that, frst, income inequality … inequality to have a positive impact on women in business and politics. Third, the net efects of mobile money innovations on …
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higher education attending private colleges. …
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There is a perception among native born parents in the USA that the increasing number of immigrant students in schools creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina, there has been a significant increase in immigrants, especially those with limited English language skills....
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provide quality education in accordance with the world trends and standards. This paper is an action research conducted in …
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investments in education, and inequality of opportunity. An index of inequality of opportunity (including dimensions beyond an …, are high. This persistence is correlated with high returns to education, relatively low progressivity in public …, circumstances explain below 15 % of the observed variance in education, in Chile, they amount to almost half the explained variance …
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This paper documents the patterns and examines the factors contributing to a gender gap in educational achievements in early seventh grade of schooling using a recent and nationally representative panel of Australian children. Regression results indicate that females excel at non-numeracy...
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This paper evaluates how the July 2005 London terrorist attacks affected Muslim teenagers' education plans and … continue in full-time education. I examine panel data on educational attitudes from the "Next Steps" Survey in England and use … negatively affected the education plans of Muslims, but not those of any other major religious group. The probability of planning …
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Using an international survey that directly assesses the cognitive skills of the adult population, I study the relation between skills and unemployment flows across 37 countries. Depending on the specifically assessed domain, I document that skills have an unconditional correlation with the...
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Evidence-based education policy needs comprehensive data. Education economists of the Verein für Socialpolitik call for … the implementation of a longitudinal education register in Germany to understand the complex interrelationships of … education systems. The education register should cover all levels of formal education and include data on student performance in …
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