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The gender gap in education has been a significant concern for Moroccan policymakers and researchers, but the … percentage is around 20% for the math gap. Pre-school attendance, maternal education, schools, and schools' characteristics are …
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top of the education and income distribution (upward mobility) has increased. On the other hand, for children whose …
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economies: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. We show that the short-term impact on income inequality and poverty can be … effect is significant in Argentina and Colombia and nil in Mexico, where there has been no such expansion. We find that a …
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productive abilities and education. Additionally, the system insures against 48% of lifetime earnings risk. Implementing a …
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This paper estimates intergenerational mobility in education using data from 91 censuses in 24 countries in Latin … complete one educational stage more than their parents (primary education for those whose parents did not finish primary school …, or secondary education for those whose parents did not complete secondary school). It measures downward mobility as the …
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This paper estimates intergenerational mobility in education, using data from 91 censuses in 24 countries in Latin … complete one educational stage more than their parents (primary education for those whose parents did not finish primary school …, or secondary education for those whose parents did not complete secondary school). It measures downward mobility as the …
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, education and the role of elites. Finally, we conduct a "replication" exercise with some seminal papers in the literature …
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: education and work. The objective is to provide a current snapshot of gender inequality across key indicators as well as a …-educated women (those with incomplete secondary education). However, progress has not been equal across all the countries in the …
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Education is a crucial asset for a country's economic prospects and for its inhabitants. In addition to its direct … (generated by, e.g., technological or climatic change) among other benefits. In this chapter, we study education inequality in … interaction of education inequality with other forms of inequality, primarily income and labor market outcomes. Our analysis is …
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We study how technological change affects between‐ and within‐education‐group inequality in the United States. We …
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