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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 capitalJournal Article
The Long(er)‐Term Impacts of Chile Solidario on Human Capital and Labor IncomePart of Journal Special Issue Welfare and distributive effects of social assistance in the Global South
Conditional cash transfers Human capital Labour incomeWorking Paper
Human capital and social mobility in low- and middle-income countriesParental human capital and endowments may affect children’s human capital, which in turn may affect children’s earning and occupations and thus affect social mobility...
Social mobility Human capital Cognitive abilityWorking Paper
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
Labour 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?...
Labour 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 VietnamThe 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 Vietnam...
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 demand