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The Long-Run Impact of Childhood Poverty and the Mediating Role of Education

Bellani, Luna; Bia, Michela - 2017

This paper examines the role of education as causal channel through which growing up poor affects the economic outcomes …, our results reveal a significant role of education in this intergenerational transmission. These results are particularly …

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Do Boys and Girls Use Computers Differently, and Does It Contribute to Why Boys Do Worse in School than Girls?

Fairlie, Robert W. - 2015

Boys are doing worse in school than are girls, which has been dubbed "the Boy Crisis". An analysis of the latest data on educational outcomes among boys and girls reveals extensive disparities in grades, reading and writing test scores, and other measurable educational outcomes, and these...

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The Supply of Child Labour

Cigno, Alessandro - 2004

The paper develops a theoretical framework, and a diagrammatic apparatus, for explaining the supply of child labour. It examines the effect of credit, insurance, and poverty (defined as more than just low income). It also explains bonded child labour, a modern form of slavery closely associated...

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Schooling Forsaken: Education and Migration

Abdulloev, Ilhom; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2019

We examine the phenomenon of forsaken schooling resulting from opportunities abroad. The brain-drain/gain literature takes as its starting point the migration of educated/professional labor from poor origin countries to richer host countries. While high-skilled migration is worrisome, many...

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Aspirations, Poverty and Education: Evidence from India

Serneels, Pieter; Dercon, Stefan - 2020

This paper investigates whether aspirations matter for education, which offers a common route out of poverty. We find … attending private education. These results are confirmed for outcomes at age 15. The findings provide direct evidence on the … contribution of mother aspirations to children's education outcomes and point to aspirations as a channel of intergenerational …

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Dreaming of a Brighter Future? The Impact of Economic Vulnerability on University Aspirations

Watson, Barry; Kong, Nancy; Phipps, Shelley - 2022

We examine whether there is an inequality of opportunity to achieve higher education, partially explained by … inequality of opportunity gap (mother's education being the largest factor at 30 percent). Interestingly, economic insecurity is …

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The Supply of Child Labour

Cigno, Alessandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

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Why Is Poverty So High Among Afro-Brazilians? A Decomposition Analysis of the Racial Poverty Gap

Gradín, Carlos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

explains a large part of the discrepancy in poverty levels, with education and labor variables of household members explaining … access to high-quality education and the persistence of discrimination against colored workers in the labor market. …

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The Social Impact of Globalization in the Developing Countries

Lee, Eddy; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

In this paper an ex-post measurable definition of globalization has been used, namely increasing trade openness and FDI. A general result is that the optimistic Heckscher- Ohlin/Stolper-Samuelson predictions do not apply, that is neither employment creation nor the decrease in within-country...

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Poverty, Undernutrition, and Child Mortality: Some Inter-Regional Puzzles and their Implications for Research and Policy

Klasen, Stephan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This paper examines the relationship between measures of income poverty, undernourishment, childhood undernutrition, and child mortality in developing countries. While there is, as expected, a close aggregate correlation between these measures of deprivation, the measures generate some...

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