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This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … substantially increased education in Turkey. Using the number of new middle school class openings per 1000 children as an intensity … attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well …
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surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. This paper estimates causal effects of additional education on … combat climate change. Results show a year of education increases pro-climate beliefs, behaviors, most policy preferences …
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Using data from a randomized control trial in Uruguay, we evaluate the impact of an economic and financial education …. Our results shed light on the importance of economic and financial education for the youth in developing countries. …
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between the available slots in public early childhood education and the population of those aged 0-2 increased by 17.2% three …
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We evaluate the impact of introducing a pre-primary schooling program in government schools in the Indian state of West Bengal in 2013 on children’s early enrollment in schools and subsequent test scores. Using double difference, triple difference, and synthetic control methodologies, we find...
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developing countries. Applying inequality indices and Fields' (2001) decomposition methodology to Bolivian household survey data … of the years 1989 to 1997, we identify recent trends in wage inequality of urban Bolivia. Using a rent-based dual …
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While there is a growing literature on the impact of climate and weather-related events on migration, little is known about the mitigating effect of different policies directed to the agricultural sector, or aimed at insuring against environmental disasters. This paper uses state-level data on...
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during the first part of the pandemic. We also review the results of the literature on two important dimensions of inequality …: the gender wage gap and income inequality, Moreover, we review some evidence of the effect of WFH on worker's productivity …
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and inequality. …
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Despite a rich literature studying the impact of inequality on policy outcomes, there has been limited effort to bring …
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