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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):

16 Feb 2010: experienced phenomenal economic growth? (29). It would be interesting to know if she thinks South Korea was an example of the? ... 7. Establish three to five trade and economic cooperation zones in Africa in the next three years.

3 Dec 2009: Abstract. This study investigates the economic outcomes of education for wage earners in Pakistan. ... the one hand, and economic activity, occupation, sectoral choice and earnings, on the other.

16 Feb 2010: offered to Africa but within a wider economic context of increasing Chinese investment, and often in a context of increasing Chinese presence in Africa, through migration. ... 9 Several African embassies in Beijing talked of the importance of China

3 Dec 2009: sizeable gender asymmetry in economic returns to education, with returns to women’s. ... Correspondence: Department of Economics, University of Oxford, Manor Road, Oxford,. OX1 3UQ, United Kingdom, Telephone: 44-1865-271089.

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.

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: 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: to alleviate poverty through economic growth, universal human rights, and the development of. ... undifferentiated) group located within economic, familial and legal structures and the product of.

3 Dec 2009: Corresponding author: courtney.monk@economics.ox.ac.uk; Economics Department, Manor Road Building,Manor Road, Oxford OX1 3UQ, United Kingdom; Tel: 44 (0)1865 271077. ... and changes in socio-economic indicators, like income, on today’s health. He also

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 ... Scholastic Achievement”, Quarterly Journal of Economics,

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).

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.

3 Dec 2009: Department of Economics. University of Oxford. Abstract. Improving weak teaching may be one of the most effective means of raising pupil achievement. ... There are important differences across school-types. Corresponding Author: Department of Economics,

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.

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.

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.

10 Feb 2010: D. and potential of economic growth and their impact on society and on the. ... this (UNEVOC, 2006, p. 23). Intriguingly, economic growth occurs just once in 31.

3 Dec 2009: funded by Wellcome Trust (GR067231). Earlier research was funded by Economic and Social. ... towards the bottom of the urban and rural economic hierarchies (Ali & Sikand 2006;.

3 Dec 2009: In addition, apprenticeship is a social as well as an economic undertaking for many young. ... Measuring these economic returns to apprenticeship is a difficult undertaking for three reasons.

3 Jun 2014: by the target couples (issues of knowledge, manners/behaviour, parents’ contributions to their own children’s schooling, possibilities of economic benefits): the extent to which schooling is seen as contributing to

13 Oct 2010: to alleviate poverty through economic growth, universal human rights, and the development of. ... undifferentiated) group located within economic, familial and legal structures and the product of.

21 Oct 2010: Kenya’s relatively strong. economic performance during the 1970s waned over the following decade. ... the curbing of corruption and the introduction of economic and political reforms (Brown 2001).

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: Angrist, Joshua, E. Bettinger, E. Bloom, E. King, and M. Kremer (2002) “Vouchers for Private Schooling in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment,” American Economic Review, vol. ... of. Economics and Statistics, 58, No.1: 55-80,

3 Jun 2014: socio-economic and schooling indicators they are below the Indian (and sometimes State) averages. ... If not for economic stress women would not have been going for agricultural labour.

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.

21 Oct 2010: Kenya’s relatively strong. economic performance during the 1970s waned over the following decade. ... the curbing of corruption and the introduction of economic and political reforms (Brown 2001).

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.

3 Dec 2009: 6. There is an unfavourable economic environment for those with low education because of rapid technological change. ... interviews with policy community – local and national). 8. Infrastructural development environment Political economic background.

3 Dec 2009: Gender expectations. One major problem that emerged consistently about boys revolved around the economic.

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: Scholastic Achievement”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 114(2): 533-75. Ballou, D. (2001). ... Economics of Education, London School of Economics. Rivkin, S., E. Hanushek and J.

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: 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.

13 May 2014: Figure 1: Educational Attainment Profile of Children from Northern Ghana by Socio-Economic Grouping Educational Attainment Profile. ... The young women we interviewed were positive about the economic gains from even a little schooling:.

3 Dec 2009: favored over women in the same age category. Given the higher earning power of men, they invoke an economic. ... potentially the most compelling explanation in the South African context may be that economic.

3 Dec 2009: 2004). Women, Disability and Social Support in Rural Haryana. Economic and Political Weekly, 39(52), 5640–5644.Ministry of Law and Justice. ... Economic andPolitical Weekly, 199-203.NSSO. (2003). Disabled Persons in India, NSS 58th round (July –

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.

12 Nov 2010: The considerable impact of the socio-economic environment in which inter-generational transfers of poverty occur is now accepted widely as a. ... Parents indicate that their strategy is a complex one informed by household and community values, economic

5 Oct 2010: to be the central means of producing the skilled ‘manpower’ needed to achieve rapid economic growth in the countries of the South. ... India’s overall economic activity fell to little more than 0.1% of GDP by 2006 (OECD 2008).

27 May 2010: The Department for International Development (2000) notes strong links betweenlevels of education and economic growth:. ... in enabling poor people to develop skills, education enhances productivity and providesan essential underpinning for economic

19 Jan 2011: poverty-reduction arising from economic growth and burden the environment. Although much is. ... northern regions of the provinces. All regions have distinct social, cultural and economic.

2 Nov 2010: access of education to people from lower socio-economic households. The increase in enrolment for both boys and girls in primary education is a positive indication of achieving the MDGs. ... their children (especially girls), due to socio-economic

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.

2 Jun 2010: delivering the economic expectations of this young generation of hopeful Kenyan women and men. ... 6 In Kenya, the type of walls –and roofing- of houses are often used as indicators of economic capabilities of the occupants.

6 Oct 2010: RECOUP Working Paper No. 33. Higher Education and Economic Development in Africa: a Review of Channels and Interactions. ... rates. The earnings function is probably the most studied relationship in empirical economics.

11 Feb 2010: 2007) “Capital Accumulation and Growth: A New Look at the Empirical Evidence”, Boston College Department of Economics and Nuffield College, University of Oxford. ... Its not factor accumulation: Stylized Facts and Growth Models” The World Bank

3 Dec 2009: labour market and economic reforms that such outcomes require. Arguably the vocabularies of. ... familiar policy agendas as ways forward. Although the need for profound social and economic.