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Koppensteiner, Martin; Matheson, Jesse - 2020

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Is the baby to blame? : an inquiry into the consequences of early childbearing

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Intervening at home and then at school : a randomized evaluation of two approaches to improve early educational outcomes in Tonga

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School-based management, school decision-making and education outcomes in Indonesian primary schools

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Free primary education, fertility, and women’s access to the labor market : evidence from Ethiopia

Chicoine, Luke E. - 2020

This article investigates the causal relationship between women's schooling and fertility by exploiting variation … year of schooling led to a reduction in fertility. An investigation of the underlying mechanisms linking schooling and … fertility finds that the decline in fertility is associated with an increase in labor market opportunity and a reduction in …

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The economic case for education in Vietnam

Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Pham Vu Thang; Nguyen Duc Thanh - 2018

Education is central to the development of human capital. Vietnam has made significant progress. This paper reviews existing research on the returns to education and makes the case for investment in schooling. In Vietnam, the returns to schooling are 10 percent overall. The returns to primary...

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Evidence-based teaching : effective teaching practices in primary school classrooms : Teach classroom observation tool background paper

Molina, Ezequiel; Pushparatnam, Adelle; Rimm-Kaufman, Sara - 2018

After spending five to six years sitting in a classroom almost every day for anywhere between 4 to 7 hours a significant share of students in low and middle-income countries are not able to read, write or do basic arithmetic. What is going on inside these classrooms? A growing body of evidence...

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Child stature, maternal education, and early childhood development

Skoufias, Emmanuel; Vinha, Katja - 2020

This paper uses Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys data from the Republic of Congo and Sao Tome and Principe to study the relationships between child stature, mother's years of education, and indicators of early childhood development. The relationships are contrasted between two empirical...

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Why are adult women missing? : son preference and maternal survival in India

Milazzo, Annamaria - 2014

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Son preference, fertility and family structure : evidence from reproductive behavior among Nigerian women

Milazzo, Annamaria - 2014

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