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Labour market projections and time allocation in Myanmar : application of a new computable general equilibrium (CGE) model
Jensen, Henning Tarp; Keogh-Brown, Marcus; Tarp, Finn - 2021
Myanmar has, in recent years, strengthened its focus on human capital as a development pillar, and introduced … military and children performing hazardous work. Moreover, Myanmar faces a rapidly closing window of opportunity within which … model for Myanmar to analyse the economic and household income distribution impacts of a combined child work elimination and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012798598
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Taxation and income distribution in Myanmar: Application of a new computable general equilibrium (CGE) model
Jensen, Henning Tarp; Keogh-Brown, Marcus; Tarp, Finn - 2021
characterized by relative weakness in revenue collection, budget execution, and long-term sustainability. Myanmar is therefore in … need of comprehensive public finance reform. Two top priorities of the Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan are to …. In this paper, we analyse the scope for fiscal tax reform to finance future Myanmar Union budget deficits and lower the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012807487
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Taxation and income distribution in Myanmar : application of a new computable general equilibrium (CGE) model
Jensen, Henning Tarp; Keogh-Brown, Marcus; Tarp, Finn - 2021
characterized by relative weakness in revenue collection, budget execution, and long-term sustainability. Myanmar is therefore in … need of comprehensive public finance reform. Two top priorities of the Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan are to …. In this paper, we analyse the scope for fiscal tax reform to finance future Myanmar Union budget deficits and lower the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012798613
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Longer school schedules, childcare and the quality of mothers' employment : evidence from school reform in Chile
Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana; Lauer, Catalina; … - 2020
Ample empirical evidence has found that access to childcare for preschool children increases mothers' labor force participation and employment. In this paper, we investigate whether increased childcare for primary school children improves the quality of jobs mothers find by estimating the causal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012208607
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Remittances and child labour in Africa : evidence from Burkina Faso
Boutin, Delphine - 2014
This paper explores the effects of remittance receipt on child labour in an African context. We focus on Burkina Faso, a country with a high prevalence of child labour and a high rate of migration. Given the complex relationship between remittance receipt and child labour, our identification...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010360846
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Remittances and child labour in Africa : evidence from Burkina Faso
Bargain, Olivier; Boutin, Delphine - 2014
This paper explores the effects of remittance receipt on child labour in an African context. We focus on Burkina Faso, a country with a high prevalence of child labour and a high rate of migration. Given the complex relationship between remittance receipt and child labour, our identification...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010252636
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Schooling and labour market impacts of Bolivia's Bono Juancito Pinto
Canelas, Carla; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel - 2018
In 2006, the Bolivian government introduced a large-scale cash transfer programme, Bono Juancito Pinto (BJP). Exploiting the exogenous variation of the programme expansion, this paper examines the impact of BJP on schooling and child labour. The analysis suggests that the transfer increases the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011808874
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Longer School Schedules, Childcare and the Quality of Mothers’ Employment: Evidence from School Reform in Chile
Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana; Lauer, Catalina; … - 2020
Ample empirical evidence has found that access to childcare for preschool children increases mothers’ labor force participation and employment. In this paper, we investigate whether increased childcare for primary school children improves the quality of jobs mothers find by estimating the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012205705
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Short-term Gains, Long-term Loss : Unintended Effects of China's Land Reform on Education and Labor Market Outcomes
Hu, Zhi-an - 2020
China's land reform during 1978 to 1984 has brought about dramatic changes to rural population. This paper presents empirical evidence that the land reform negatively affected human capital investment. Exploiting the county-by-county rollout of the land reform and use the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012845815
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Longer School Schedules, Childcare and the Quality of Mothers’ Employment : Evidence from School Reform in Chile
Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana; Lauer, Catalina; … - 2020
Ample empirical evidence has shown that access to childcare for preschool children increases mothers’ labor-force participation and employment. By estimating the causal effect of a school schedule reform in Chile, we investigated whether increased childcare for primary school children improved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014095847