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Parental investments and children’s human capital in low-to-middle-income countriesThis study reviews what we know about parental investments and children's human capital in low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs). First, it presents definitions and a simple analytical framework...
parental investment Human capital low-and-middle-income countriesWorking Paper
Growth and inequality convergence: the role of environmentally related impacts on human capitalWe examine inequality convergence over the past three decades and ask if environmentally related impacts on health, and their effect on human capital, are responsible for the slow rate of inequality reduction in countries...
Inequality Convergence environmental impactResearch Brief
Are women’s labour force participation rates improving in sub-Saharan Africa?Several sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries have achieved substantial economic growth in the past 30 years. Likewise, access to education has considerably expanded, as reflected in rising enrolment rates for both men and women...
Labour supply Gender Sub-Saharan AfricaResearch Brief
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Three key insights for research on social mobility in developing countriesThe volume, Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Concepts, Methods, and Determinants , brings together leading scholars from a range of social science disciplines working on a variety of issues related to social mobility...
Social mobility Inequality & Human Development Human capitalNews
Pathfinding new book on Social Mobility in Developing Countries out now
Economics social sciences Social mobility Research Brief
What do we need to know about social mobility in the Global South?The volume, Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Concepts, Methods and Determinants, brings together leading scholars from several disciplines to advance research practice on social mobility...
Social mobility Inequality & Human Development Human capitalPolicy Brief
Six sets of policy actions to promote social mobilityPromoting social mobility is an essential task of development, and a multi-faceted one. Precarious livelihoods are widespread. Containing downward mobility is an important precondition for sustaining upward mobility...
Social mobility Poverty InequalityBook Chapter
Social mobility and human capital in low- and middle-income countriesFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Social mobility Human capital Cognitive abilityBlog
Wasted talent – How COVID-19’s effect on the poor could make all of society poorer
The opening keynote of the recent WIDER Development Conference, COVID-19 and development – effects and new realities for the Global South , was given by Oriana Bandiera , Sir Anthony Atkinson Professor of Economics at the London School of Econo...
COVID-19 Poverty Human capitalWorking Paper
The legacy of conflict: aggregate evidence from Sierra LeoneThis paper studies the general equilibrium impact of civil war in Sierra Leone. I first use an instrumental variable (IV) strategy and geographic conflict variation to estimate reduced-form effects...
Conflict Livelihoods Structural transformationWorking Paper
Intergenerational mobility in occupational choices: Are there gender differences in Ghana?Historically, the issue of intergenerational evolution of income, wealth, and socioeconomic status has been the subject of considerable research in the analysis of inequality...
Intergenerational Mobility socioeconomic status Occupational choiceBlog
Changing the lives of very young children: Evidence from RwandaGlobally, around 250 million children under the age of five do not meet key development milestones, which reduces their ability to reach their full potential...
Social mobility Human capital Cognitive abilityBook Chapter
The interaction of institutional quality and human capital in shaping the dynamics of capital structureFrom the book: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam
Capital Structure Human capital Trade-off theoryWorking Paper
Gender, age cohort, and household investment in child schooling: New evidence from sub-Saharan AfricaSub-Saharan Africa continues to post one of the highest gender gaps in educational outcomes in the world. Gender gaps in educational outcomes might be attributed to an uneven allocation of household resources towards the schooling of boys and girls...
Educational expenditures Gender bias Human capital