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Using government data, this brief reports on Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) performance along the following parameters: a) Overall trends in allocation and expenditures, b) Expenditure performance across key SSA activities, c) Coverage as indicated through access and enrolment. [Budget Briefs]....
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Current Status of the Bill: Pending URL:[http://prsindia.org/uploads/media/children%20against%20sexual%20offences.pdf]. …
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Can Delhi really hold its head high when it cannot even protect its own children? URL: [http …://www.haqcrc.org/sites/default/files/Delhi%20Fails%20to%20Protect%20its%20Children_BfC%202011-12(2).pdf] …
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This paper examines the living arrangements of Swedish children from 1970 through 1999 using the Level of Living Survey … socioeconomic differentials in family structure. We find that, although differences by parent education in non-marital childbearing … differences in family instability were small during the 1970s, but increased over time as a result of rising union disruption …
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Do parents invest more or less in their high ability children? We provide new evidence on this question by comparing … determinant of cognitive ability. We find that parents invest more in high ability children, with a one standard deviation …
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Using data from the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, and fitting family fixed-effects models of child health … and cognitive development, we test if left-handed children do significantly worse than their right-handed counterparts …) Vocabulary, (3) Mathematics, (4) Reading and (5) Comprehension. We find that while left-handed children have a significantly …
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weather for providing home and community care for children and older adults. Integrating research from two previous …-structured interviews with 83 directors, managers, paid staff, volunteers and family members to examine the challenges they faced when …
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In this paper, with empirical data, the Capabilities Approach to identify 'conversion factors' that are not typically addressed in the utility approach is used. The two approaches are juxtaposed to examine how institutions such as caste and religion mediate access and returns to education of men...
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We find that family separation during migration has a negative impact on the educational success of immigrant children … in U.S. schools. Children separated from parents during migration are more likely to be behind others their age in school … during migration on educational success is largest for Latin American immigrants, for children separated from their mothers …
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In this paper we estimate the opportunity cost of children. The underlying theoretical model is represented by a … and 1970. For the women in the two oldest cohorts, the opportunity cost of two children is estimated to 28-29 per cent of …
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