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 …

Fiscal policy is central to not only macroeconomic stability and growth, but also to poverty and inequality reduction … Turkey's achievements against peer countries. The results show that fiscal policy significantly reduces income inequality in … Turkey, driven by social spending on education and health, and complemented by direct taxes and transfer schemes that …

inequality, with government expenditures in the form of in-kind transfers leading to the largest decreases. While expenditures in … basic education are benefitting the poorest, expenditures in tertiary education remain largely regressive. The personal …

in education. This paper documents the effectiveness of a multifaceted educational program, pursuing these three …

While most evaluations of education programs in developing countries examine effects one or two years after a program … are consistent with potential behavioral explanations, such as the program making girls' education salient to households … or catalyzing a shift in social norms around girls' education …

In the past decade, hundreds of impact evaluation studies have measured the learning outcomes of education … difficult to communicate to policy makers beyond education specialists. This paper proposes two approaches to demonstrate the … individual earnings and poverty reduction, and that conversion into a non-education metric should help policy makers and non …