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In contrast to the popularity of financial education interventions worldwide, studies on the economic effects of those … between the concepts of, and the relationships between, financial education, financial literacy and financial behavior to … identify the true effects of financial education. The review addresses possible biases caused by third factors such as numeracy …
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We evaluate the causal effects of a program that constructed high quality “girl-friendly” primary schools in Burkina Faso, using a regression discontinuity design 2.5 years after the program started. We find that the program increased enrollment of all children between the ages of 5 and 12...
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quality of basic education for a large fraction of the Black African population is still very low. This study identifies … several hurdles to the upgrading of basic education quality, such as the lack of investment in school infrastructure and … be further addressed by vocational education reforms and an alleviation of credit constraints at the tertiary level …
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We evaluate the causal effects of a program that constructed high quality "girl-friendly" primary schools in Burkina Faso, using a regression discontinuity design 2.5 years after the program started. We find that the program increased enrollment of all children between the ages of 5 and 12 by 20...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279240
in migrant parents' socio-economic background, cultural capital, and language skills. Education policy needs to focus on …' achievement scores lag well behind those of their native-born schoolmates. Performance gaps are explained largely by differences …-born populations. With the wealth of many industrialized countries threatened by a lack of qualified labor, education of immigrants …
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second language. This presents a challenge to education policy: when and how in the school programme should a transition to …For many children around the world, access to higher education and the labour market depends on becoming fluent in a … number of schools have changed their policy, thus creating within-school, cross-grade variation in the language of …
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I evaluate the impact of the right to education from the passing of the Right to Education Act in India in 2009. This … Act guaranteed free education to children aged 6-14 years, including children with disabilities. Given that the school … participation deficit associated with disability is large, I provide results that are a relief to policy-makers. I use an event …
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I study the impact of school consolidation on enrolment and achievement, using its staggered roll-out in the Indian …-10 schools to create grade 1-10 'model' schools. Twenty-three per cent of government schools were eliminated in this education … policy worth pursuing in contexts that are concerned about a large number of schools. …
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used by the Ministry of Education in 2021 to establish a “stoplight” system for in-person instruction. Using administrative … younger children in initial and primary education. The results are robust to specification choice, multiple hypothesis …
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In South Africa, school quality within the public school system is heterogeneous and highly stratified along race, socio-economic status and geographic location. Because of the lingering effect of racial segregation, schools which historically served the white minority and accordingly received a...
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