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the role of cognitive ability in the health–education nexus. Using NLSY data, we show that cognitive ability accounts for … schooling will only increase health to the extent that they increase the education of poorly-educated individuals; subsidies to … college education, for example, are unlikely to increase population health. …
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the role of cognitive ability in the health–education nexus. Using NLSY data, we show that cognitive ability accounts for … schooling will only increase health to the extent that they increase the education of poorly-educated individuals; subsidies to … college education, for example, are unlikely to increase population health. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413025
We investigate why we observe non-negative duration dependence among young unemployed men in urban Ethiopia. Assuming … that genuine duration dependence is negative, there are five explanations for a non-decreasing hazard: the presence of … is the only convincing one. We also establish that genuine duration dependence is indeed negative in the long run. …
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abstract concept. We survey the psychological literature on cross-cultural IQ tests, and conclude that modern intelligence …
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„h Australia¡¦s surge in productivity growth in the 1990s fuelled an acceleration in growth in total income and average income (income per person in Australia). ¡V Annual average income growth accelerated from 1.4 per cent in the 1970s and 1980s to 2.5 per cent in the 1990s. ¡V Faster...
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also casts doubts on recent findings about a positive effect of health on education. This is because health raises the …'s future income proportionally at all levels of education, leaving the relative return between quality and quantity unaffected …. This result is consistent with historical evidence that longevity began to increase long before education did. Our theory …
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This paper analyzes the impact of IMF-supported programs on health and education spending in a large time-series cross …-known endogeneity of IMF-supported programs, the paper finds, contrary to the conventional wisdom, that health and education do not …
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This paper deals with poverty, health, education and human deprivation among Indian States. Human development evaluates … poverty, health, education lead the poor to indulge in the vicious circle. Uplifting the poor from these deprivations is …
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, greenhouse gas abatement and consumer protection. An overarching review of the health system and further reform in vocational … education and training are also needed. …
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