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Empirical studies of the relationship between school inputs and test scores typically do not account for the fact that households will respond to changes in school inputs. This paper presents a dynamic household optimization model relating test scores to school and household inputs, and tests...
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This paper examined how PWDs in the Philippines make a living and determined the factors that influenced them to select a particular labor market status and/or a source of personal income. It also analyzed the different types of work these PWDs engage in and their association with levels of...
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In urban Philippines, the percentage of persons with disability (PWDs) participating in various government and … also low. These were some of the findings of a 2008 survey on persons with disability in selected cities in Metro Manila …. Interestingly, it focuses on the role of social networks among PWD, environmental constraints, and the type of disability the person …
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We analyse a labour market programme for partly disabled workers that involves the transition from Labour Market Enterprises to a job in the ordinary labour market. We find that the percentage of these people finding jobs after a maximum two-year programme period has increased over time. In...
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underutilisation is especially prevalent among groups such as lone parents, people with disability, and Indigenous Australians. These …
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Addressing the extra economic costs of disability is a logical step towards alleviating elements of social exclusion … for people with disabilities. This study estimates the long-run economic cost of disability in Ireland in terms of the … additional spending needs that arise due to disability. It defines and estimates models of the private costs borne by families …
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on the evolution of disability. We use data from the HID survey, a two-wave panel, which makes it possible to estimate … transitions towards or out of disability. These transitions, as well as the disability rates at the beginning of the simulation … the life expectancy with disability at age 60 remains stable, there should be 1.2 million disabled elderly people in 2040 …
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to employed. Additionally, the empirical finding that the level of disability was insignificant in determining subjective … to disability, in contrast to findings in the psychology literature. …
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The recent crisis has had differential effects across U.S. states and industries causing a wide geographic dispersion in skill mismatches and housing market performance. We document these facts and, using data from the 50 states plus D.C from 1991 to 2008, we present econometric evidence that...
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The Punjab Female School Stipend Program, a female-targeted conditional cash transfer program in Pakistan, was implemented in response to gender gaps in education. An early evaluation of the program shows that the enrollment of eligible girls in middle school increased in the short term by...
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