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distance to school and their safety when commuting to school. In Zambia, we studied the impact of providing a bicycle to a … girls' attendance and reduction in dropouts two, three, and four years after the intervention. We also find evidence of … improved math test scores, girls expressing higher feelings of control over their lives and, for those who received bicycles …
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distance to school and their safety when commuting to school. In Zambia, we studied the impact of providing a bicycle to a … girlsattendance and reduction in dropouts two, three, and four years after the intervention. We also find evidence of … improved math test scores, girls expressing higher feelings of control over their lives and, for those who received bicycles …
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the distance to school, their safety when commuting to school, lack of agency, and deep-rooted cultural norms. In Zambia … absenteeism by 27%. We find continued improvement in girls' attendance and reduction in dropouts two, three, and four years after …Reducing the gender gap in education is a primary goal for many countries. Some major challenges for many girls include …
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distance to school and their safety when commuting to school. In Zambia, we studied the impact of providing a bicycle to a … girls' attendance and reduction in dropouts two, three, and four years after the intervention. We also find evidence of … improved math test scores, girls expressing higher feelings of control over their lives and, for those who received bicycles …
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distance to school and their safety when commuting to school. In Zambia, we studied the impact of providing a bicycle to a … girls' attendance and reduction in dropouts two, three, and four years after the intervention. We also find evidence of … improved math test scores, girls expressing higher feelings of control over their lives and, for those who received bicycles …
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improves school attendance of young and teenage girls, but reduces school attendance of young women (ages 18-22). We also find … 2011, we find that the effect of migration on girls' school attendance differs markedly by age. School attendance of young … remittances. In contrast, school attendance of teenage girls (ages 12-17) falls when siblings migrate, while parental migration …
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Gender segregation in the labor market may be explained by women's re- luctance to choose technical occupations …. Possible explanations are the lack of self-confidence of girls in male-dominated subjects, the domi- nating behavior of boys in … coedu- cational classes on the choice of school type for female students. We propose that girls are less likely to choose a …
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