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education of her children back home. We find that this aspirations effect increases the average skill level in the society for a …
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education explanatory variable based on the 1977 educational reform in Ecuador. Our results provide evidence of positive self …-selection among migrants. Taking into account the 27{57 age sample, an individual with a lower secondary level of education increases …
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Turkey can achieve strong sustainable growth and job creation but further reforms in the labour market, education and …, further progress with education reform, from pre-school all the way to the tertiary level and vocational training, is needed … et durable riche en emplois, mais des réformes s’imposent en matière de – marché du travail, d’éducation et de marchés de …
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three levels of education to a continuum of occupations that vary in complexity and are combined to produce a final good. I …
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Teachers are perhaps the most important determinant of education quality. But what makes a teacher effective …
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We study the relationship between child work and cognitive development in four Low and Middle Income Countries. We address a key weakness in the literature by including children's full time-use vector in the analysis, which leads to different findings from previous studies which do not...
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This paper explores how a conditional cash transfer program influences students’ schooling decisions when program payments stop in the middle of the school career. To that end, I examine Mexico’s Progresa, which covered students only until the end of middle school (at age 15) in its early...
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Long-term labour market projections are a popular tool for assessing future skill needs and the possibility of skill shortages. It is often noted that reallocation processes in the German labour market are hindered due to its strong standardization and occupational segmentation. However, it is...
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We study the impact of child work on cognitive development in four Low- and Middle-Income Countries. We advance the literature by using cognitive test scores collected regardless of school attendance. We also address a key gap in the literature by controlling for children's complete time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014536909
We study the impact of child work on cognitive development in four Low- and Middle-Income Countries. We advance the literature by using cognitive test scores collected regardless of school attendance. We also address a key gap in the literature by controlling for children's complete time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012625374