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Women's inheritance rights reform and the preference for sons in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Brulé, Rachel; Roy, Sanchari - 2017
India, and find that it exacerbates it. Children born after the reform in families with a first-born daughter are 3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785556
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Schools and schooling in tribal Gujarat : the quality dimension
Kumar, B. L. - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002811418
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The effect of village-based schools: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Afghanistan
Burde, Dana; Linden, Leigh L. - 2012
reduces the disparity in test scores. The intervention increases formal school enrollment by 42 percentage points among all … children and increases test scores by 0.51 standard deviations (1.2 standard deviations for children that enroll in school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282542
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Africa’s Education Enigma? The Nigerian Story
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth Osarenti Oyelere nee Uwaifo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
In the last two decades, the social and economic benefits of formal education in Sub-Saharan Africa have been debated. Anecdotal evidence points to low returns to education in Africa. Unfortunately, there is limited econometric evidence to support these claims at the micro level. In this study,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822041
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Are Returns to Education on the Decline in Venezuela and Does Mission Sucre Have a Role to Play?
Gonzales, Naihobe; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
There is anecdotal evidence that the standard of living for the educated has fallen in Venezuela over the last few years. This evidence comes as a surprise because after experiencing an economic downturn in 2002 and 2003, Venezuela's economy has boomed (gross domestic product growth has hovered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005004568
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Here Comes the Rain Again: Productivity Shocks, Educational Investments and Child Work
Nordman, Christophe Jalil; Sharma, Smriti; Sunder, Naveen - 2020
survey in India to estimate the effect of agricultural productivity shocks – as proxied by exogenous annual rainfall …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270083
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Women's Inheritance Rights Reform and the Preference for Sons in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Brulé, Rachel; Roy, Sanchari - 2017
India, and find that it exacerbates it. Children born after the reform in families with a first-born daughter are 3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816511
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Remember When It Rained: The Elusiveness of Gender Discrimination in Indian School Enrollment
Zimmermann, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Indian girls have significantly lower school enrollment rates than boys. Anecdotal evidence suggests that gender …-differential treatment is the main explanation, but empirical support is often weak. I analyze school enrollment using rainfall shocks, a … age. Girls' school enrollment is more vulnerable to rainfall shocks than that of boys for 6-10 year olds, but there are no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010887070
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Measuring Externalities in Program Evaluation
Janssens, Wendy - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005
a women’s empowerment programme in rural India on child immunization and school enrolment. The survey covers both … not yet active. We account for participation selection bias using instrumental variables. The control villages allow us to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255655
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Measuring Externalities in Program Evaluation
Janssens, Wendy - Tinbergen Institute - 2005
a women’s empowerment programme in rural India on child immunization and school enrolment. The survey covers both … not yet active. We account for participation selection bias using instrumental variables. The control villages allow us to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137159