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Interregional Migration of Youths in Russia : A Comprehensive Analysis of Demographic Statistics
Kashnitsky, Ilya; Mkrtchyan, Nikita; Leshukov, Oleg - 2016
Not dissimilar to many other countries, migration in Russia has a pronounced age-dependent pattern with the peak … interregional migration in Russia. The regions in the European part of the country have a much higher chance to attract migrants at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014124534
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Young people's voices : insights to reduce inequality in education in urban Latin America
Mitchell, Ann; Del Monte, Pablo; Deneulin, Séverine - 2016
The aim of this paper is to illustrate how gaining a greater understanding of young people's values can contribute to the design of more effective educational policies in urban marginal neighbhourhoods using the capability approach as a normative framework of analysis. It is based on fieldwork...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521189
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Advancing Academic Opportunities for Disadvantaged Youth : Third Year Impact Evaluation of a Privately-Managed School in a Poor Neighborhood in Montevideo
Balsa, Ana I. - 2017
We study the three-year impact of a private tuition-free middle school on the academic outcomes of poor students. Several features of the treatment school fit with innovative paradigms that have delivered successful outcomes in poor urban areas. Our research design exploits the excess of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012961839
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The Crisis for Young People : Generational Inequalities in Education, Work, Housing and Welfare
Green, Andy - 2017
life course of this and future generations of youth. Andy Green’s controversial manifesto for intergenerational equity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012654133
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Education and Poverty in Vietnam : A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis
Cloutier, Marie-Hélène - 2014
Education is often promoted as the solution to poverty in the developing world. Yet, fiscal discipline has led to reductions in public spending on education. We examine the poverty impacts of a cut in public subsidies to higher education, accompanied by corresponding tax cuts, in a general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012708968
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Educational Inequality and Educational Poverty - The Chinese Case in the Period 1975-2004
Saccone, Donatella - 2009
Together with the economic transition, in China the return to education and the skill premium increased; this phenomenon was deeply demonstrated by a large number of studies identifying it with one of the main cause of the increasing inequalities at national, regional and sector level. For this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014212435
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Dreaming of a brighter future? : the impact of economic vulnerability on university aspirations
Watson, Barry; Kong, Nancy; Phipps, Shelley A. - 2022
aspirations for youth age 12-15 in economically vulnerable households. Using a unique Canadian dataset (2002-2008), we find that … poverty is associated with reduced university aspirations from the perspective of the youth and their mother. Further, poverty …, may help offset reduced university aspirations at a critical time in a youth's life. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013367614
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School subsidies for the poor : evaluating the Mexican Progresa poverty program
Schultz, T. Paul - 2001
This paper evaluates how the Progresa Program, which provides poor mothers in rural Mexico with education grants, has affected enrollment. Poor children who reside in communities randomly selected to participate in the initial phase of the Progresa are compared to those who reside in other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011611218
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School Subsidies for the Poor : Evaluating the Mexican Progresa Poverty Program
Schultz, T. Paul - 2014
This paper evaluates how the Progresa Program, which provides poor mothers in rural Mexico with education grants, has affected enrollment. Poor children who reside in communities randomly selected to participate in the initial phase of the Progresa are compared to those who reside in other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014124490
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Does Higher Education Reduce Poverty Among Youths in Nigeria?
Ukwueze, Ezebuilo Romanus - 2014
used propensity score matching and Logistic regressions to estimate the impact of higher education on youth poverty. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061507