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This synthesis report begins with a brief overview of the education system in Chile and the expressed need for a …
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This study provides detailed accounting of the current levels of social exclusion in education and factors contributing … to them. It provides a quantitative and qualitative accounting and profiling of social exclusion in education in the … contextual factors intervening in the delivery of a quality education at all levels to socially excluded groups, particularly …
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There is no clear theoretical prediction regarding whether home computers are an important input in the educational production function. To investigate the hypothesis that access to a home computer affects educational outcomes, we conduct the first-ever field experiment involving the provision...
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This Joint Advisory Note on the Democratic Republic of the Congo discusses economic growth and employment-creating sectors. The agriculture and mining sectors are projected to continue their expansion, while simultaneously raising labor productivity and freeing up labor. The urban population is...
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computers are enrolled in school. Controlling for family income, parental education, parental occupation and other observable …
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A growing literature examines the relationship between personality traits and entrepreneurship, but no previous studies explore whether personality or psychological traits predispose individuals to benefit more from entrepreneurship training. To address selection issues, we use novel data from...
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secular education reform, decreases women's propensity to identify themselves as religious, lowers their tendency to wear a … religious head cover (head scarf, turban or burka) and increases the tendency for modernity. Education reduces women …'s propensity to vote for Islamic parties. There is no statistically significant impact of education on men's religiosity or their …
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