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Colonial origin, ethnicity, and intergeneration mobility in AfricaThis paper estimates the relationship between differences in skills measured among within-country ethnic groups and individual human capital accumulation in eight African countries...
Colonialism Education EthnicityBook Chapter
Unemployment, Employment and DevelopmentFrom the book: Asian Transformations
Labor Employment Economic growthWorking Paper
Employment and development in AsiaHow have economic development, employment, and labour markets in Asian countries interacted since the publication of Myrdal’s Asian Drama?...
Labor Employment Economic growthWorking Paper
Private beats public: A flexible value-added model with Tanzanian school switchersThis paper estimates a private school learning premium in Tanzania by implementing a flexible value-added model with unique administrative data on exam scores...
achievement gap education quality Human capitalWorking Paper
The interaction of institutional quality and human capital in shaping the dynamics of capital structure in Viet NamThe aim of this paper is to find which of two theories of capital structure—trade-off theory or pecking order theory—best explains the capital structure decision of non-state firms during the post-transition process in Viet Nam...
Capital Structure Human capital Trade-off theoryWorking Paper
The long(er)-term impacts of Chile Solidario on human capital and labour incomeThis paper examines Chile Solidario, a social protection programme that provides poor households in Chile with preferential access to a conditional cash transfer programme designed to facilitate investments in children’s health and education...
Conditional cash transfers Human capital Labour incomeWorking Paper
Links between foreign direct investment and human capital formation: Evidence from the manufacturing sector in IndiaThis paper is related to the literature on the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the labour market of host countries...
Foreign Direct Investment Human capital Labour demandBlog
Migration and the transfer of gender and democratic normsDespite the large attention received in the global development debate over the past years, gender inequalities still strongly persist throughout the world. Similarly, democratic and equal institutions are far from standing firm in all countries...
Emigration and immigration Human capital Migration, InternalWorking Paper
Human capital inequality and electoral outcomes in South AfricaThis paper examines the nature and evolution of horizontal and vertical human-capital inequality in South Africa since the end of apartheid...
Equality and inequality Human capital VotingIn the media
VoxEU policy portal features human capital and growth video seriesIn July, 2016 UNU-WIDER launched a new video series on human capital and growth in which 12 experts discuss human capital and its relationship to economic and individual growth. This video series is now being featured on the Centre for Economic...
Growth Human capitalBlog
Ending child marriage and closing the education gapWomen in most parts of the developing world are under-represented in the workplace and poorly paid. One reason for this is the gender gap in education – women tend to be less schooled than men...
Education Human capital WomenBlog
Improving adult health increases children’s schooling - evidence from Zambia
Both health and education are essential for reducing poverty. Unfortunately, the two are often interlinked and in many countries both are severely lacking...
Economic growth Education HealthBlog
The relationship between human capital and economic development -status: It’s complicated
Human capital for development Conventional wisdom on economic growth and development emphasizes the importance of human capital. But is the link between education and income as robust as we think?...
Economic growth Human capitalWorking Paper
Gender bias in education during conflict: Evidence from AssamUsing a large-scale novel panel dataset (2005–14) on schools from the Indian state of Assam, we test for the impact of violent conflict on female students’ enrollment rates...
Education Equality and inequality Human capitalWorking Paper
Does HIV/AIDS matter for economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa?Estimating the impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic on economic growth is challenging because of endogeneity concerns...
Economic growth Human capital MacroeconomicsBook Chapter
Capacity Development for TransformationFrom the book: Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics, Vol. 2...
Economic development Human capital Institutional economics