The analysis of inequality of opportunity has become an important issue in recent economic literature, especially in Latin America. This study proposes a link to the capability approach and analyzes the performance of the Mexican conditional cash transfer program Oportunidades in terms of...

This research aims to identify and analyze the effects of teachers’ salaries on student achievement scores by using data from the school achievement survey in 2014 in Burkina Faso. The results show that teacher salaries, teachers’ gender, and private Muslim denominational schools negatively...

Understanding the role of household carbon footprints in a country’s emissions has been a crucial yet neglected area in climate change research. In this study, we provide estimates of Indian household carbon footprints (HCFs) for income quintiles belonging to rural and urban regions, while our...

The paper presents the approach to the analysis of spatial relationships between the town and surrounding rural areas. The main objective was to compare the competitiveness and living conditions of the areas located in the surroundings of towns with different number of inhabitants and situated...

This study examines the effects of the extension of compulsory schooling from 5 to 8 years in Turkey in 1997?which involved substantial investment in school infrastructure?on schooling outcomes and, in particular, on the equality of these outcomes between men and women, and urban and rural...

The one of most common tendencies in world now days is urbanization, as a result of which the economic structure of territories changes - both human and financial resources are moved, and human lifestyles and the perception of life become more diversified. One of the main goals set by the...

This study examines the effects of the extension of compulsory schooling from 5 to 8 years in Turkey in 1997 – which involved substantial investment in school infrastructure – on schooling outcomes and, in particular, on the equality of these outcomes between men and women, and urban and...