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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 raise this question in the unique context of Turkey, which hosts the world's largest refugee population (including 3.6 million Syrians). Refugees in Turkey are supported by the...

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School integration of refugee children: Evidence from the largest refugee group in any country

Kirdar, Murat G.; Koç, İsmet; Dayıoğlu, Meltem - 2021

Although school integration of the children of economic migrants in developed countries is wellstudied in the literature, little evidence based on large scale representative data exists on the school integration of refugee children - many of whom live in low- or middle-income countries. This...

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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

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658092

School Integration of Refugee Children: Evidence from the Largest Refugee Group in Any Country

Kirdar, Murat G.; Koc, Ismet; Dayioglu-Tayfur, Meltem - 2021

Although school integration of the children of economic migrants in developed countries is well-studied in the literature, little evidence based on large scale representative data exists on the school integration of refugee children—many of whom live in low- or middle-income countries. This...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658295

Does Education Really Cause Domestic Violence? Revisiting the Turkish Data

Akyol, Pelin; Kirdar, Murat G. - 2021

women's education increases the psychological violence and financial control behavior that they face from their partners …

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Home broadband and human capital formation

Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa; Montalbán, José; Weinhardt, Felix - 2021

This paper estimates the effect of home high-speed internet on national test scores of students at age 14. We combine comprehensive information on the telecom network, administrative student records, house prices and local amenities in England in a fuzzy spatial regression discontinuity design...

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Does education really cause domestic violence? Revisiting the Turkish data

Akyol, Pelin; Kirdar, Murat G. - 2021

women's education increases the psychological violence and financial control behavior that they face from their partners …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013373849

Elementary education in India versus China: Guidelines for NEP implementation

Kumar, Naveen; Varghese, Vinitha - 2022

This paper documents the state of elementary education in India and China since the 1960s, key lessons for India from …'s New Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020). The divergent policy focus has led to differential trajectories for elementary … education in the two emerging economies, with China being decades ahead in improving literacy rates. China's adoption of the New …

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How Does Education Improve Cognitive Skills? - Instructional Time versus Timing of Instruction

Dahmann, Sarah - 2015

This paper investigates two mechanisms through which education may affect cognitive skills in adolescence: the role of …. Overall, secondary education therefore seems to impact students' cognitive skills in adolescence especially through …

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Women's Education, Marriage, and Fertility Outcomes: Evidence from Thailand's Compulsory Schooling Law

Chaijaroen, Pasita; Panda, Pallavi - 2023

Increased education affects market and non-market outcomes. This paper investigates the causal impact of the extension … of compulsory education from 6 to 9 years on females' education, marriage, and fertility outcomes in Thailand. Using data …

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