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Causes of Global and National Economic Crisis
UDRESCU, Mircea - In: Romanian Statistical Review Supplement 60 (2012) 2, pp. 147-153
The economic crisis is expected to bring a slow down, stagnation or decrease of the economic activity. The socio-economic crisis in Romania started in 1990 and it continues at present, being emphasized by the financial and economic crisis on the international market. From now on, the crisis exit...
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Criza economico-financiara romaneasca - Definire, caracteristici principale, directii de redresare –
UDRESCU, Mircea - In: Romanian Statistical Review Supplement 60 (2012) 1, pp. 188-194
The economic crises expect slow downs, stagnation or decrease of the economic activity.The socio-economic crisis in Romania started in 1990 and it continues in present being emphasized by the financial and economic crisis inside the international market.From now on the crisis turnoff for Romania...
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Human capital and the adoption of information and communications technologies: Evidence from investment climate survey of Pakistan
Mughal, Mazhar; Diawara, Barassou - 2011
production workers' level of education are found to positively determine the use of emails, website and other means of …
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Human capital and the adoption of information and communications technologies: Evidence from investment climate survey of Pakistan
Mughal, Mazhar; Diawara, Barassou - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
production workers' level of education are found to positively determine the use of emails, website and other means of …
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Desempeño educativo en México: la prueba Enlace
Vázquez, Raymundo M. Campos; Romero, Freddy D. Urbina - In: Estudios Económicos 26 (2011) 2, pp. 249-292
This article measures the relationship between a standardized test applied at the national level (Enlace) with bimontly test results at the classroom level. The results for mathematics imply that a one standard deviation increase in cumulative learning measured with the bimonthly tests increase...
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Chapter 73. Investment in EducationInputs and Incentives
Behrman, Jere R. - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 5, (pp. 4883-4975). 2010
From the point of view of economic development, education is the acquisition of knowledge and skills through … experiences from conception onwards over the life cycle that increase productivity broadly defined. Education can occur through …. The proximate determinants of education are experiences or inputs into knowledge and skills production functions. Within a …
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Monitoring Works: Getting Teachers to Come to School
Duflo, Esther; Hanna, Rema - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
In the rural areas of developing countries, teacher absence is a widespread problem. This paper tests whether a simple incentive program based on teacher presence can reduce teacher absence, and whether it has the potential to lead to more teaching activities and better learning. In 60 informal...
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Investment in Education Inputs and Incentives
Behrman, Jere R. - In: Handbook of Development Economics
From the point of view of economic development, education is the acquisition of knowledge and skills through … experiences from conception onwards over the life cycle that increase productivity broadly defined. Education can occur through …. The proximate determinants of education are experiences or inputs into knowledge and skills production functions. Within a …
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Education, Rent Seeking and Growth
Berdugo, Binyamin; Meir, Uri - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper studies the role of education as a way of reducing private rent seeking activities and increasing output. In … many underdeveloped economies, for most individuals, there is no private return to education. Nonetheless, according to … this paper, governments are better off by investing in public education. We view education as a means to build personal …
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Desempeño educativo en México: la prueba ENLACE
Campos-Vázquez, Raymundo M.; Urbina, Freddy Damián Romero - Centro de Estudios Económicos, Colegio de México - 2010
Este artículo utiliza un modelo de efectos mixtos para medir la relación entre el conocimiento de una prueba estandarizada a nivel nacional (ENLACE) con pruebas bimestrales administradas a nivel aula. Utilizamos una base de datos confidencial donde observamos tanto el resultado en la prueba...
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