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"Completing additional years of education necessarily entails spending more time in school. There is naturally a rather … mechanical effect of schooling on fertility if women tend not to have children while continuing to attend high school or college … Health Surveys of 1989, 1993, 1998, and 2003 to uncover the impact of staying one more year in school on teenage fertility …
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The sweeping decentralization reform of the education system introduced by the Government in 2007 to promote greater … financing and governance in the education sector. The study aims to identify where the model could be strengthened to further … reforms leading to a more efficient system? (2) Is there any evidence that the quality of education had been impacted by these …
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This report focuses on the economic rather than the social and cultural dimensions of education. Its approach in … answering the questions raised is analytical and comparative in nature. Education outcomes in the region are compared with … education outcomes in other developing countries. The development impact of investment in education is considered in the context …
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preference is larger for women with more education and is increasing over time. The explanation for these patterns appears to be … that latent son preference in childbearing is more likely to manifest itself when fertility levels are low. As a result of …
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reproductive health including increasing girls' education, preventing and managing sexually transmitted disease, providing …
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providing basic services such as health care and education. Iran's fertility decline may have proceeded in two stages, the first … for childbearing. The fertility decline coincided with improvements in primary and secondary education, possibly affecting …'s example shows how good public policy interventions in health (including family planning) and education can reduce fertility …
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health and education. While parental characteristics seem to affect fertility choices and human development simultaneously …' behavior, the authors examine fertility decisions made in Vietnam between 1976 and 1996. They find that birth cohorts in …
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