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Does the pay period matter in estimating returns to schooling? Evidence from East Africa

Donath, Livini; Morrissey, Oliver; Owens, Trudy - 2021

This paper investigates whether returns to schooling differ according to the choice of the measure of earnings and the …

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Civil War, Famine and the Persistence of Human Capital: Evidence from Tajikistan

Grogan, Louise - 2021

The dissolution of the Soviet Union and 1992-96 Tajik civil war resulted in huge human and economic losses. Nevertheless, contemporary data suggest the persistence of investments in human capital in the region most affected by famine and least favoured since the cessation of hostilities,...

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Schools under Mandatory Testing Can Mitigate the Spread of SARS-CoV-2

Isphording, Ingo E.; Diederichs, Marc; van Ewijk, Reyn; … - 2021

We use event-study models based on staggered summer vacations in Germany to estimate the effect of school re …

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Child labor bans, employment, and school attendance: Evidence from changes in the minimum working age

Kozhaya, Mireille; Martinez Flores, Fernanda - 2022

This paper investigates the effect of a unique child labor ban regulation on employment and school enrollment. The ban implemented in Mexico in 2015, increased the minimum working age from 14 to 15, introduced restrictions to employ underage individuals, and imposed penalties for the violation...

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Opportunity and Inequality across Generations

Koeniger, Winfried; Zanella, Carlo - 2022

We analyze how intergenerational mobility and inequality would change relative to the status quo if dynasties had access to optimal insurance against low ability of future generations. Based on a dynamic, dynastic Mirrleesian model, we find that insurance against intergenerational ability risk...

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Child Labor Bans, Employment, and School Attendance: Evidence from Changes in the Minimum Working Age

Kozhaya, Mireille; Martínez Flores, Fernanda - 2022

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Does schooling causally impact non-cognitive skills? Evidence from elimination of social security student benefits

Sanginabadi, Bahram - In: Economies 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-27

A limited number of studies have investigated the impacts of education on non-cognitive skills, yet they offer mixed results. A few studies suggest no impact, but others report positive impacts of education on non-cognitive skills. In this paper, we apply the elimination of Social Security...

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The Effect of a Sibling's Gender on Earnings, Education and Family Formation

Peter, Noemi; Lundborg, Petter; Mikkelsen, Sara; … - 2018

We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the outcomes of other children but also the existence of...

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Does Schooling Improve Cognitive Abilities at Older Ages? Causal Evidence from Nonparametric Bounds

Amin, Vikesh; Behrman, Jere R.; Fletcher, Jason M.; … - 2022

We revisit the much-investigated relationship between schooling and health, focusing on cognitive abilities at older … response. The bounds indicate potentially large effects of increasing schooling from primary to secondary but are also … consistent with small and null effects. We find evidence for a causal effect of increasing schooling from secondary to tertiary …

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Early-life medical care and human capital accumulation

Daysal, N. Meltem; Hirani, Jonas Cuzulan - In: IZA World of Labor (2021)

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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