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gives an up-to-date representation of the Irish social enterprise sector, while in the second part Camara Education is … presented as a specific case of successful Irish social enterprise. The Camara Education model will be presented, together with …
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This paper examines potential explanations for recent declines in teenage pregnancy, in particular, the promotion of long acting reversible contraception (LARCs). We estimate models of teenage conception, birth and abortion rates using panel data from England which allows us to control for...
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Cape Verde is a country prone to droughts with few natural resources and a significant emigration rate. However, the nation is known for its stable political and economic environment. This case study will address several questions. Should Cape Verde continue to develop educational and...
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nurture interpretation. Once we take account of genes, we find that only the education of mothers matters: the association … between mother's education and child test scores is significant and large, whereas the association between father's education …
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Formal education is correlated with entrepreneurial activity and success, but correlation does not indicate causation …. Education and entrepreneurship are both influenced by other related factors. The current study estimates causal effects of … formal education on entrepreneurship outcomes by instrumenting for an individual's years of schooling using cohort mean years …
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Fossil fuels have shaped the European economy since the industrial revolution. In this paper, we analyse the effect of coal and oil on long-run economic growth, exploiting variation at the level of European NUTS-2 and NUTS-3 regions over the last century. We show that an "oil invasion" in the...
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from the first years of elementary school to the first years of daycare. Specifically, I find that early daycare attendance … 5-6 percent. At elementary school age (6-10 years), the prevalence decreases by similar magnitudes. I do not find …
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size and three economic indicators: education, height and the poverty income ratio (PIR). We compare four groups: US …-born Whites, Blacks and Mexican Americans and Mexican-born Mexican Americans. Results: Education is positively associated with BMC … men, the only significant association is a negative one with education for men born in Mexico. PIR is not significantly …
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, political or developmental, all of which impact on every aspect of life, including education, training employment and workforce … of the work force. Education is the organised and thoughtful procedure that trains the beginner with knowledge … Education and Skill development training is indispensable tool of several plans to enhancing farm and nonfarm output that …
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importance of education. I attempt to impart more stress on the need and necessity of education in social progress and women … upholds these issues related to women’s rights and role of women’s education in empowering the feminine gender …
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