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The Effect of Cash Transfers to Schools on Voluntary Contributions

Bando, Rosangela - 2014

School-based management programs aim to improve education outcomes by involving parents in allocation decisions about …

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Does aid improve public service delivery?

Wolf, Susanna - 2007

equation model, this paper provides an analysis of the effects of the volume and volatility of aid on education, health, water … for education and health seems to have a positive impact on the outcomes in these sectors, whereas total aid seems to be …

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A new and easy-to-use measure of literacy, its axiomatic properties and an application

Basu, Kaushik; Lee, Travis - 2008

It can be argued that just as there are different kinds of literacy, there are different kinds of illiteracy. A proximate illiterate, i.e. an illiterate who has easy access to a literate person, is clearly better off than someone without such access. The existing literature that takes account of...

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Sibling Rivalry: A Look at Switzerland with PISA Data

Wolter, Stefan C.; Coradi Vellacott, Maja - 2002

background. Thus, subgroups of the population seem to be confronted with binding budget constraints, although education is free …

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State merit aid programs and youth labor market attachment

Frisvold, David E.; Pitts, M. Melinda - 2018

This paper examines the impact of state merit-aid programs on the labor market attachment of high school-aged youths. The labor force participation rate of teenagers has fallen substantially in recent decades, coinciding with the introduction of merit-aid programs. These programs reduce the...

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State Merit Aid Programs and Youth Labor Market Attachment

Frisvold, David E.; Pitts, Melinda - 2018

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Effects of Welfare Reform on Women's Voting Participation

Dave, Dhaval M.; Corman, Hope; Reichman, Nancy E. - 2016

operate through employment, education, and income. …

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Childhood Homelessness and Adult Employment: The Role of Education, Incarceration, and Welfare Receipt

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Zhu, Anna - 2015

This paper analyzes the long-term consequences of children experiencing homelessness. Our primary goal is to assess the importance of the potential pathways linking childhood homelessness to adult employment. We use novel panel data that link survey and administrative data for a sample of...

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Do higher levels of education and skills in an area benefit wider society?

Winters, John V. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

Formal schooling increases earnings and provides other individual benefits. However, societal benefits of education may … exceed individual benefits. Research finds that increased average education levels in an area are correlated with higher … earnings, even for locals with relatively little education. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates …

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Do Occupational Demands Explain the Educational Gradient in Health?

Meyer, Sophie-Charlotte; Künn-Nelen, Annemarie - 2014

education and health. We concentrate on ergonomic, environmental, psychical, social and time demands. Merging the German … dataset to analyze the mediating role of occupational demands in the relationship between education and health status on the … one hand and education and health behavior (BMI and smoking) on the other. We base our analyses on the entire working …

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