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gender when these choices are taken. Our results corroborate the hypothesis that teacher gender matters in this regard, and … boys when having a same-sex teacher in this subject in grade 10, teacher gender matters only for girls with respect to …
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The growing gender gap in educational attainment between men and women has raised concerns that the skill development … produces a similar pattern of results. We conclude that focusing on gender differences in behavior in school may not lead to …
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relevant economic outcomes, focusing on gender differences. Using novel, longitudinal, microdata on cohorts of East German … in SED impact behavior, however, we find stark differences by gender, observing important changes in externalizing …. Ultimately, the effects on longer-run outcomes (subjective health, wellbeing, education) are grave and similar for both genders. …
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-employed varies considerably based on gender, caste and age when the level of education rises. A cohort based analysis for …-employed rises for an individual with education but not monotonically so. Indeed, the impact of education on likelihood of self …-employment does not convey much information without considering how the effect varies across gender, caste, age, household size …
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There is widely accepted concept in economic theory that human capital plays positive role in determining national income. Formation or accumulation of human capital and economic development for human welfare are the major targets of economic policy of each country. This study investigates the...
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This paper presents a data set that improves the measurement of educational attainment for a broad group of countries. We extend our previous estimates of educational attainment for the population over age 15 and over age 25 up to 1995 and provide projections for 2000. We discuss the estimation...
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affect boys more than girls. To make the adults literate (five years of education) only is not enough to eliminate the gender …This paper estimates gender differences in children’s time allocation among four ordered options. It analyses the … gap in schooling; a greater number of years of adult education is necessary. The female adult education may be devised to …
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Governments invest a lot of money in education, so it is important to understand the benefits of this spending. One … essential aspect is that education can potentially make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment … reduce inequality in current and future generations. In addition to purely formal education, much less expensive …
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also provides a novel microfoundation for peer effects, with empirical implications for welfare and different education …
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