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This paper uses microdata for 19 African countries to examine the gender difference in maths test scores amongst primary school children. There is a significant difference in maths test scores in favour of boys, similar to that previously observed in developed countries. This difference cannot...
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fertility and GDP nor to gender inequality as measured by the Gender Gap Index. -- cognitive maths skills ; gender ; Africa …
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Nighttime lights are increasingly used by social scientists as a proxy for economic activity and economic development in subnational spatial units. However, so far, our understanding of what nighttime lights capture is limited. We construct local indicators of household wealth, education and...
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-Saharan Africa. The macroeconomics literature thus far concludes that eradicating malaria would mainly increase populations but not …
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Nighttime lights are increasingly used by social scientists as a proxy for economic activity and economic development in subnational spatial units. However, so far, our understanding of what nighttime lights capture is limited. We construct local indicators of household wealth, education and...
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Africa. Importantly, where half the communities were randomly assigned to receive the parenting program and the remaining …
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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, I focus on Nigeria a country that holds 1/5 of Africa's population. I use …
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The study examines the impact of human capital and governance on inclusive growth in Africa. It further explores how … technique, the following findings emerge. First, human capital promotes inclusive growth in Africa, while governance has a … significant improvements are made to Africa's weak institutional fabric. This research sheds light on SDGs 4 and 10 by providing a …
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Does emigration really drain human capital accumulation in origin countries? This paper explores a unique household survey purposely designed and conducted to answer this specific question for the case of Cape Verde - the African country with the largest fraction of tertiary educated population...
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, and rates are similar for women as for men. The large public subsidies for postsecondary education in Africa, therefore … disproportionately from the better-educated families. Higher education in Africa could be more efficient and more equitably distributed …
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