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have a better chance of enrolling at all levels of education than those from single-parent families. Within single … critical role of mothers in children's education. …
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, followed by those targeting households, communities, and regions. Households with higher education levels or living standards …
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of the education level they are able to provide. Education is modeled as a national-level policy differently targeting … in terms of both requested education level and offered wages. To address the role of trade and education, we experiment … with different education-policy and trade settings. Ultimately, we are interested in understanding the coupling effects of …
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The paper adds to the literature on innovation and employment by looking at the relationship between R&D investments and the rise of alternative work arrangements, particularly selfemployment (SE). A literature review on the determinants of the emergence of non-standard work, alternative work...
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primary school education from 7 to 8 years. At the same time, the reform did not affect the education system at post …-primary levels, that is the system of secondary and higher education. In result, all education tracks were extended by one year … reform had a negative impact on the hourly earnings of individuals with primary education. …
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The strong relationship between various health indicators and education is widely documented. However, the studies that … developed countries. We add to this literature by studying the causal effect of education on days hospitalized and days out of … suggest that an increase in years of education causes to reduce the number of days hospitalized for both men and women …
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In 1999, a reform of education was implemented in Poland, which added one year to the shortest available educational … path, leading to the acquisition of basic vocational education. In the new system, students choosing this path acquire one … more year of general education, which, according to the authors of the reform, should improve the student's position in the …
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analysis of the causes of this event. Instrumental-variable estimates show that increasing female education and reduced infant … education with the years of schooling of people aged 40ñ64. These results are conÖrmed by the application of Lewbelís (2012 …
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We present experimental evidence on the impact of delivering double-fortified salt (DFS), salt fortified with iron and iodine, through the Indian school-feeding program called "mid-day meal" on anemia, cognition, and math and reading scores of primary school children. We conducted a field...
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We utilize a natural experiment, an education reform increasing compulsory schooling from five to eight years in Turkey …, to obtain endogeneity-robust estimates of the effect of male education on the incidence of abusive and violent behaviour … against women. We find that husband's education lowers the probability of suffering physical, emotional and economic violence …
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