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REACH Forward. REACH Forward: About the project. This one-year project is funded by the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) as part of the Knowledge Exchange Opportunities theme and Sightsavers. ... identify core principles across the research

2 Mar 2010: ing author. Tel.: 44 1865 271065;. 81447. ess: geeta.kingdon@economics.ox.ac.uk. ). we have data that enables us to test if the average. ... The test. used by Levine and replicated here tests the fundamental.

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: 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 test used by Levine and replicated here tests the fundamental implication of efficiency wage theory that marginal wage increases raise productivity sufficiently to pay for themselves. ... Hanushek, Eric (1986) “The Economics of Schooling:

16 Feb 2010: rop. ort. ions. of. one. sin. the. sam. ple. 758 economic development and cultural change. ... 764 economic development and cultural change. for females (cols. 1 and 3 in table 8).

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.

3 Dec 2009: The extent to which education raises earnings is loosely called the economic ‘return’ to education. ... Federal Bureau of Statistics, Statistics Division, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Statistics, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan.

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: 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: Some prominent CSS in elementary education were designed after the introduction of New Economic Policy. ... Source: Economic survey (various years), WPI from Office of the economic adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

7 Dec 2010: about the effects of education on people’s economic outcomes in developing countries. ... association of English Language skills with occupational attainment and economic returns for wage.

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.

3 Dec 2009: They tend to be different if economics, on the one hand, or anthropology, on the other, are dominant. ... one hand, and a variety of human, social and economic outcomes on the other.

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.

3 Dec 2009: However, this variable is not a good measure of the true economic circumstances of the households. ... formation) and prevent economic status from confounding the findings as much as possible.

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: 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: 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).

3 Dec 2009: The 2006 wave of the GHWS includes data from four skills tests and a health knowledge test. ... The skills tests include a Raven’s test, an English test, a mathematics test, and a reading test.1There is some evidence in very recent literature regarding

3 Dec 2009: Behrman, J. R., and B. Wolfe. 1984. “The Socio-economic Impact of Schooling in a Developing Country.” Review of Economics and Statistics 66 (2): 296–303. ... Hanushek, Eric A. 2005. "The Economics of School Quality." German Economic Review 6 (3):

18 May 2010: ratio for other countries – this compares the relative economic position of teachers in India. ... willing to do something to improve it”. Thus, an important consequence of increased economic.

3 Dec 2009: primary, that has an impact on the economic environment. Furthermore, the World Bank’s Constructing. ... 12. institutional capacity that is required for economic growth and poverty reduction (World Bank, 2002, p.

11 Feb 2010: Courtney Monk, Justin Sandefur and Francis Teal. Centre for the Study of African EconomiesDepartment of Economics. ... economic value to their households, it does mean that policy in Ghana has not been successful at.

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.

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.

19 May 2010: The support of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is gratefully acknowledged. ... schooling. Moreover, if the economic incentives for acquiring schooling are particularly low for.

5 Oct 2010: ratio for other countries – this compares the relative economic position of teachers in India. ... willing to do something to improve it”. Thus, an important consequence of increased economic.

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.

14 Oct 2010: economic, or physical attributes that people happen to value at a certain time and. ... Most. of these individuals were also administered tests of literacy, numeracy, health knowledge, English.

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: 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

11 Feb 2010: search activity in LDCs” Journal of Development Economics, 2, 165-188. Harris, J. ... Schultz, T.P. (1999) “Health and schooling investment in Africa”, Journal of Economic.

3 Jun 2014: The public training providers were all formal and aimed for preparing their trainees for the nationally-accredited NVTI3 Grade 1 Trade Test certificate. ... The Tamale office, which serves the largest of Ghana's ten. 16 The GPRS-II specifically

3 Dec 2009: Centre for Study of African Economies, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, UK. ... education does not directly promote economic mobility for the large majority of workers in Ghana.

3 Dec 2009: The CWIQ. 6 Jolliffe, D. (1998) “Skills, Schooling and Household Income in Ghana” World Bank Economic Review, Vol. ... The group that has never attended school has the highest incidence of economic inactivity after the senior secondary completers.

3 Dec 2009: Donor share of total education spending.14 Figure 2. Trends in economic growth since 1984. ... Figure 2: Trends in economic growth since 1984. -8-6-4-202468. 10. 1980.

3 Dec 2009: The 2006 wave of the GHWS includes data from four skills tests and a health knowledge test. ... The skills tests include a Raven’s test, an English test, a mathematics test, and a reading test.1There is some evidence in very recent literature regarding

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.

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.

3 Dec 2009: to parental household welfare post-marriage in patrilineal societies.1 More generally, we test whether sickness. ... potentially the most compelling explanation in the South African context may be that economic.

11 Feb 2010: economic activities that takes place among the small scale enterprises and the self-. ... 2. economic activities than are observed in higher income economies is to be expected.

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.

26 Jun 2014: 11. Field, E., Robles, O. and Torero, M. (2009) 'Iodine deficiency and schooling attainment in Tanzania', American Economic Journal; Applied Economics. ... American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 3(1): 91-100 18. Birdthistle, I.; Dickson, K.; Freeman

5 Oct 2010: formal and informal sector, economic activities, health and fertility, disability, empowerment and time. ... the social, economic and political spheres of their lives. Access to universal primary education is Goal.

11 Feb 2010: CHAPTER THREE: THE FINANCING REALM 37. 3.1 The Macro Economic Picture 37. ... Provisional Source: Economic Surveys, Central Bureau of Statistics. 24. 1.2.6 University Education.

3 Dec 2009: Centre for Study of African Economies, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, UK. ... confirm significant economic returns to literacy for 13 countries on which literacy data were.

6 Oct 2010: numeracy, health knowledge, English language and the Ravens Progressive Matrices test (to assess. ... administered the ‘long literacy test’ which tested more advanced reading and comprehension skills12.

13 Oct 2010: 6. 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: However, this variable is not a good measure of the true economic circumstances of the households. ... formation) and prevent economic status from confounding the findings as much as possible.