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3 Dec 2009: explanation for large gender gaps in education in Pakistan. We empirically test this. ... sizeable gender asymmetry in economic returns to education, with returns to women’s.

16 Feb 2010: rop. ort. ions. of. one. sin. the. sam. ple. 758 economic development and cultural change. ... 762 economic development and cultural change. to MIDDLE for females (coefficients increase from 0.34 to 0.96), with theincrease being substantially smaller for

3 Dec 2009: Oxford, OX1 3UQ United Kingdom. francis.teal@economics.ox.ac.uk. September 2008 This paper was presented to the Conference on ‘Economic Incentives: Do They Work in Education?’ 15-17 May ... the Ravens Progressive Matrices test. The teacher

3 Dec 2009: measures of ‘native ability’ scores from tests (such as the Ravens test) in earnings functions. ... Our tests, however, were administered in Urdu. Therefore, these people’s inability to comprehend the literacy test possibly captured their inability

3 Dec 2009: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Volume 23, Number 2, 2007, pp.168 – 195. ... India’s recent economic growth rates have generated much optimism about its generalsocial and economic development.

19 Jan 2011: poverty-reduction arising from economic growth and burden the environment. Although much is. ... languages). o Numeracy (short and long math tests for basic arithmetic skills: both test basic and.

3 Dec 2009: 4. Progressive Matrices test and tests of numeracy and literacy were also given to each sampled child2. ... Sabot (1990). We adapted these tests to the Pakistani context, reduced the number of questions to test.

3 Dec 2009: explanation for large gender gaps in education in Pakistan. We empirically test this. ... sizeable gender asymmetry in economic returns to education, with returns to women’s.

3 Dec 2009: the Ravens Progressive Matrices test. The teacher questionnaire collected information on a range. ... Scholastic Achievement”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 114(2): 533-75. Ballou, D. (2001).

11 Feb 2010: Courtney Monk, Justin Sandefur and Francis Teal. Centre for the Study of African EconomiesDepartment of Economics. ... income category where for middle/junior school completers the probability of having no income.

3 Dec 2009: During the colonial era entry into secondary school was only possible after completing middle school. ... Never Attended School. Primary drop out JSS drop out. Incomplete Middle school SSS dropout.

3 Dec 2009: education is not itself sufficient17… The benefit gained from having some middle school education also. ... at all, “there is no significant effect of primary or middle education” (2003, p.

3 Dec 2009: In addition, each child. took the Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices test and tests of numeracy and literacy21. ... We adapted these tests to the Pakistani. context, reduced the number of questions to test the pupils within a given time frame, and.

16 Feb 2010: respectively. M. Aslam, G. Kingdon / Journal of Asian Economics 20 (2009) 34–4940. ... respectively. M. Aslam, G. Kingdon / Journal of Asian Economics 20 (2009) 34–49 41.

6 Oct 2010: MP has coal-based power generation facilities. Both the states scored low in terms of socio economic development. ... 3. SURVEY HOUSEHOLD PROFILE 3. 1. Socio-economic Background The households surveyed come from a diverse socio-economic background.

3 Dec 2009: Middle East, also boomed in the 1980s, constituting mostly uneducated individuals from rural. ... formation) and prevent economic status from confounding the findings as much as possible.

27 May 2010: respectively. M. Aslam, G. Kingdon / Journal of Asian Economics 20 (2009) 34–4940. ... respectively. M. Aslam, G. Kingdon / Journal of Asian Economics 20 (2009) 34–49 41.

3 Dec 2009: to the 1993–94 National Council of Applied Economic Research. (NCAER) household survey, the actual share was 30.7%, again more. ... Note: The maximum marks possible in the math and reading tests were 36 and 29 respec-tively.

16 Feb 2010: Applied Economics, 2008, 40, 2573–2591. Gender and household education. expenditure in Pakistan. ... Monazza Aslam and Geeta Gandhi Kingdon. Department of Economics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

3 Dec 2009: Measuring these economic returns to apprenticeship is a difficult undertaking for three reasons. ... scores on skills tests and the score on the Raven’s test.