This study shows how jobs are perceived in Risaralda, Colombia, by exploring beyond the earnings, health benefits, and pension plans that characterize a ???good job??? to focus on the features that increase living standards, productivity growth, and social cohesion. Colombia has experienced...

This study shows how jobs are perceived in Egypt by exploring beyond earnings, health benefits, and pension plans that characterize a ???good job??? to focus on the features that increase living standards, productivity growth, and social cohesion. In both urban Cairo and rural Fayoum, men are...

This study shows how jobs are perceived in Sierra Leone by exploring beyond earnings, health benefits, and pension plans that characterize a ???good job??? to focus on the features that increase living standards, productivity growth, and social cohesion. Since the civil war (1991???2002), Sierra...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set up by the United Nations include an overarching principle of “leaving no one behind” and aim for, among other goals, equal access to education for children with disabilities. Our study contributes to the knowledge on the school enrolment of...

To achieve the overarching goal of "education for all," there is a growing interest in understanding school learning outcomes and disparities among school children from disadvantaged backgrounds in Africa. This study employs data from standardized reading skill tests conducted in 11 low-income...

Significant progress has been achieved in universal basic education in African countries since the late 1990s. This study provides empirical evidence on the within- and across-country variation in numeracy skills performance among children based on nationally representative data from eight...

This study investigates the impact of sibling effects on children's educational outcomes in Ghana and Niger, with a focus on disability and gender disparities. Surveys conducted in both countries utilize the Washington Group Child Functional Module (WG-CFM) to identify children’s disability...

To promote SDG Goal 4 and "education for all", this study investigates children’s basic reading skills in 11 low-income and lower-middle-income African countries, using standardized reading tests from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS). Research specifically examining children’s...