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A teenager in love : multidimensional human capital and teenage pregnancy in Ghana
Blunch, Niels-Hugo - 2017 - This version: March 15, 2017
I examine teenage pregnancy in Ghana, focusing on the role and interplay of Ghanaian and English reading skills, formal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110958
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Is functional literacy a prerequisite for entering the labor market? : An analysis of determinants of adult literacy and earnings in Ghana
Blunch, Niels-Hugo; Verner, Dorte - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001513248
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Is functional literacy a prerequisite for entering the labor market? : An analysis of the determinants of adult literacy and earnings in Ghana
Blunch, Niels-Hugo; Verner, Dorte - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001468887
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Is Functional Literacy a Prerequisite for Entering the Labor Market? An Analysis of Determinants of Adults Literacy and Earnings in Ghana
Blunch, Niels-Hugo; Verner, Dorte - 2000
The authors analyze the determinants of literacy and earnings in Ghana. They link literacy and earnings with various … other factors, including age, gender, family educational background, distance to school, and income. Literacy and age are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012571979
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Early Life Health and Adult Earnings : Evidence from a Large Sample of Siblings and Twins
Lundborg, Petter - 2011
We study the relationship between early life health and adult earnings using a unique dataset that covers almost the entire population of Swedish males born between 1950 and 1970. The health information is obtained from medical examinations during the mandatory military enlistment tests at age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122975
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Early life health and adult earnings : evidence from a large sample of siblings and twins
Lundborg, Petter; Nilsson, Anton; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2011
We study the relationship between early life health and adult earnings using a unique dataset that covers almost the entire population of Swedish males born between 1950 and 1970. The health information is obtained from medical examinations during the mandatory military enlistment tests at age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009309472
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Every Breath You Take – Every Dollar You Make : The Long-Term Consequences of the Clean Air Act of 1970
Isen, Adam; Rossin-Slater, Maya; Walker, Reed - 2013
by the 1970 Clean Air Act amount to about $4,300 in lifetime income for the 1.5 million individuals born into these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014150288
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Education and Adult Cognition in a Low-income Setting : Differences among Adult Siblings
Zhang, Yuan S.; Frankenberg, Elizabeth; Thomas, Duncan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The relationship between completed education and adult cognition is investigated using data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey. We compare adult siblings to account for shared, difficult-to-measure characteristics that likely affect this relationship, including genetics and parental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014528400
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The Impact of Family Literacy on the Earnings of Illiterates : Evidence from Senegal
Sarr, Leopold R. - 2004
households - are likely to mitigate their vulnerability and, thus, to reduce the incidence of illiteracy and poverty in Senegal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014069887