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Entrepreneurship and human capital development in childrenThis paper explores the link between entrepreneurship and child human capital development. We specifically examine how operating a non-farm enterprise (NFE) as opposed to working in agriculture relates to child labour and schooling outcomes...
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Schooling and labour market impacts of Bolivia’s Bono Juancito PintoIn 2006, the Bolivian government introduced a large-scale cash transfer programme, Bono Juancito Pinto (BJP). Exploiting the exogenous variation of the programme expansion, this paper examines the impact of BJP on schooling and child labour. The...
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Human capital, labour market outcomes, and horizontal inequality in GuatemalaPart of Journal Special Issue Horizontal Inequality: Persistence and Change
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Impact of school consolidation on enrolment and achievementI study the impact of school consolidation on enrolment and achievement, using its staggered roll-out in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Across the years 2014, 2016, and 2017, Rajasthan merged many of its grade 1–5 schools with grade 6–10 schools to...
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Elementary education in India versus ChinaThis paper documents the state of elementary education in India and China since the 1960s, key lessons for India from China’s shift in focus from ‘quantity’ to ‘quality’, and evidence-based guidelines for effective implementation of India’s New...
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Impact of the right to education on school enrolment of children with disabilitiesI evaluate the impact of the right to education from the passing of the Right to Education Act in India in 2009. This Act guaranteed free education to children aged 6–14 years, including children with disabilities. Given that the school participation...
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Parental risk preferences, maternal bargaining power, and the educational progressions of childrenWe analyse the effect of parental risk preferences and a novel measure of maternal bargaining power over educational expenses—elicited via lab-in-the-field experiments in rural Côte d’Ivoire—on the educational progression of boys and girls. Data from...
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Schooling and Labor Market Impacts of Bolivia's Bono Juancito Pinto ProgramPart of Journal Special Issue Welfare and distributive effects of social assistance in the Global South
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Human capital, labour market outcomes, and horizontal inequality in GuatemalaWith the second largest indigenous population by percentage in Latin America, Guatemala is an important case for understanding horizontal inequality and indigenous politics. This paper presents new analysis of survey data, allowing for consideration...