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Gender Analysis of Public Expenditures for Education, Health Care and Social Insurance in the Republic of Moldova

Petroia, Andrei; Munteanu, Olga - 2015

more precisely to be – expenses on education, health care and social insurance. It is well known the fact that not all … regarding men and women could be more clearly observed in such domains like education, health care and social insurance …

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Evaluating Efficiency in the Portuguese Health and Education Sectors

St. Aubyn, Miguel - 2005

expenditure, namely with health and education, increased in relative terms. Also, recent growth in public employment resulted … greatly from new hirings in these two sectors. Taxation is the dominant source of financing education and health costs … possibility of a better performance without increasing allocated resources. Increased health expenditure has been accompanied by a …

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Non-Parametric Approaches to Education and Health Expenditure Efficiency in OECD Countries

Afonso, António; St. Aubyn, Miguel - 2004

We address the efficiency of expenditure in education and health sectors for a sample of OECD countries by applying two …

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Gender Analysis of Public Expenditures of the Republic of Moldova

Petroia, Andrei; Parea, Natalia - 2017

The importance of approached theme lays in the equality notion as a multidimensional term embracing economic, cultural and social dimensions alike. There are strong reasons to believe that a reduction of gender inequality is important in the promotion of economic growth and in the reduction of...

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Non-Parametric Approaches to Education and Health Efficiency in OECD Countries

Afonso, António; St. Aubyn, Miguel - 2005

We address the efficiency in education and health sectors for a sample of OECD countries by applying two alternative …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014065754

Extended school day and teenage fertility in Dominican Republic

Garganta, Santiago; Pinto, María Florencia; Zentner, … - 2023 - This version: June 12, 2023

This paper investigates the potential impact of extended school days in reducing teenage fertility. We study the Jornada Escolar Extendida program, which doubled the school-day length from 4 to 8 hours in the Dominican Republic, and exploit the geographic and time variation induced by its...

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Women in Political Power and School Closure During COVID Times

Danzer, Natalia; Garcia-Torres, Sebastian; Steinhardt, … - 2023

This study explores the relationship between women's representation in political power and school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a cross-country dataset in Europe, we document a striking negative relationship between the share of female members in national governments and school...

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Women in political power and school closure during COVID times

Danzer, Natalia; Garcia-Torres, Sebastian; Steinhardt, … - 2023

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More Credit, More Problems? Federal Student Loan Limits and Education Outcomes

Goenner, Cullen F. - 2015

The Federal Stafford loan program is the largest source of financial aid to students who attend college in the United States. Here we utilize the increase in Stafford loan limits that occurred between 2006 and 2008 to identify how a pooled cross-section of first-time freshmen at the University...

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Assessing Education and Health Efficiency in OECD Countries Using Alternative Input Measures

Afonso, António - 2012

Efficiency of education and health provision in a sample of OECD countries is assessed by means of two alternative non …

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