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Is functional literacy a prerequisite for entering the labor market? : An analysis of the determinants of adult literacy and earnings in Ghana
Blunch, Niels-Hugo; Verner, Dorte - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001468887
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Is functional literacy a prerequisite for entering the labor market? : An analysis of determinants of adult literacy and earnings in Ghana
Blunch, Niels-Hugo; Verner, Dorte - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001513248
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The Impact of Family Literacy on the Earnings of Illiterates : Evidence from Senegal
Sarr, Leopold R. - 2004
households - are likely to mitigate their vulnerability and, thus, to reduce the incidence of illiteracy and poverty in Senegal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014069887
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The Causal Effects of Education on Adult Health, Mortality and Income : Evidence from Mendelian Randomization and the Raising of the School Leaving Age
Davies, Neil M. - 2019
We compare estimates of the effects of education on health and health behaviour using two different instrumental variables in the UK Biobank data. One is based on a conventional natural experiment while the other, known as Mendelian randomization (MR), is based on genetic variants. The natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870288
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Early life health and adult earnings : evidence from a large sample of siblings and twins
Lundborg, Petter; Nilsson, Anton; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2011
We study the relationship between early life health and adult earnings using a unique dataset that covers almost the entire population of Swedish males born between 1950 and 1970. The health information is obtained from medical examinations during the mandatory military enlistment tests at age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009309472
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Early Life Health and Adult Earnings : Evidence from a Large Sample of Siblings and Twins
Lundborg, Petter - 2011
We study the relationship between early life health and adult earnings using a unique dataset that covers almost the entire population of Swedish males born between 1950 and 1970. The health information is obtained from medical examinations during the mandatory military enlistment tests at age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122975
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Is Functional Literacy a Prerequisite for Entering the Labor Market? An Analysis of the Determinants of Adult Literacy and Earnings in Ghana
Niels-Hugo, Blunch; Verner, Dorte - Institut for Marketing og Organisation, Aarhus Universitet - 2000
This article analyzes the determinants of literacy and earnings in Ghana. It links literacy and earnings with a variety … of factors, including age, gender, family educational background, distance to school, and income. Literacy and age are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419489
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Is Functional Literacy a Prerequesite for Entering the Labor Market? An Analysis of the Determinants of Adult Literacy and Earnings in Ghana.
Blunch, N.-H.; Verner, D. - School of Economics and Management, Institut for Økonomi - 2000
This article analyzes the determinants of literacy and earnings in Ghana. It links literacy and earnings with a variety … of factors, including age, gender, family educational background, distance to school, and income. Literacy and age are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487186
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Education and Adult Cognition in a Low-income Setting : Differences among Adult Siblings
Zhang, Yuan S.; Frankenberg, Elizabeth; Thomas, Duncan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The relationship between completed education and adult cognition is investigated using data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey. We compare adult siblings to account for shared, difficult-to-measure characteristics that likely affect this relationship, including genetics and parental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014528400