Search Results - subject:"BASIC EDUCATION"

Quality of schooling, returns to schooling and the 1981 vouchers reform in Chile

Patrinos, Harry Anthony - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

This paper exploits unique information on cognitive ability to examine the importance of schooling and non-schooling cognitive skills for heterogeneous individuals using instrumental variables estimation. Using a binary instrument based on the 1981 reform in Chile, the authors find that the main...

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Community Participation in Public Schools: The Impact of Information Campaigns in Three Indian States

Pandey, Priyanka; Goya, Sangeeta; Sundararaman, Venkatesh - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

that is expected for his grade. The information in the communication tools was obtained from the basic education …. 1 1. Introduction Learning outcomes have recently gained increasing importance in the policy debate on basic … education in developing countries. Findings reveal that in countries such as India although 93 percent of children ages 6 …

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Public Participation, Teacher Accountability, and School Outcomes:Findings from Baseline Surveys in Three Indian States

Pandey, Priyanka; Goya, Sangeeta; Sundararaman, Venkatesh - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

have gained increasing importance in the policy debate on basic education in India. Recent findings reveal that although …

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Are skills rewarded in Sub-Saharan Africa ? determinants of wages and productivity in the manufacturing sector

Fox, Louise; Oviedo, Ana Maria - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

Using recent matched employer-employee data from the manufacturing sector in 20 Sub-Saharan African countries, the authors analyze how the supply of skills and legal origin of the country affect the wage setting process. The wage analysis yields three main findings. First, increasing returns to...

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Accessibility and affordability of tertiary education in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru within a global context

Murakami, Yuki; Blom, Andreas - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

This paper examines the financing of tertiary education in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, comparing the affordability and accessibility of tertiary education with that in high-income countries. To measure affordability, the authors estimate education costs, living costs, grants, and loans....

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Connecting the unobserved dots : a decomposition analysis of changes in earnings inequality in urban Argentina, 1980-2002

Demombynes, Gabriel; Metzler, Johannes - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

There are several possible explanations for the observed changes in inequality, the returns to education, and the gap between the wages of informal and formal salaried workers in Argentina over the period 1980-2002. Largely due to the lack of evidence for competing explanations, skill-biased...

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Can cost-benefit analysis guide education policy in developing countries ?

Jimenez, Emmanuel; Patrinos, Harry Anthony - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

Cost-benefit analysis in education is an important tool in the economists'arsenal. However, it is essential that research, especially on the social benefits of education, make further progress to make cost-benefit more analysis. There is a need for more research on the effects of policy...

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Qualitative Baseline Study for PNPM Generasi and PKH : The Availability and Use of the Maternal and Child Health Services and Basic Education Services in the Provinces of West Java...

Rahayu, Sri Kusumastuti; Toyamah, Nina; Hutagalung, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008

This study explores the qualitative data on why some Indonesians do not use basic maternal and child health services and why some Indonesians do not send their children to primary or junior high schools, which will serve as a baseline for future PNPM Generasi (Program Nasional Pemberdayaan...

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Accessibility and Affordability of Tertiary Education in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru within a Global Context

Murakami, Yuki; Blom, Andreas - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

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Building Capacity in Management and Financing in the Road Sector

Brushett, Stephen; Sampson, Les; Waithaka, Solomon - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

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