Teaching to the Rating: School Accountability and the Distribution of Student Achievement,
Randall Reback,
from Barnard College, Department of Economics
(2006)
Keywords: School Accountability; Performance measures; Test scores; No Child Left Behind; School Ratings; Incentives; Distributional Effects; Minimum Competency
How effective are poor schools? Poverty and educational outcomes in South Africa,
Servaas van der Berg,
from Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics
(2006)
Keywords: Analysis of Education
Migration, school attainment, and child labor: evidence from rural Pakistan,
Ghazala Mansuri,
from The World Bank
(2006)
Keywords: Gender and Development,Primary Education,Youth and Governance,Anthropology,Education For All
Universities as drivers of the urban economies in Asia: the case of Vietnam,
Tran Ngoc Ca,
from The World Bank
(2006)
Keywords: Tertiary Education,ICT Policy and Strategies,Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems,Rural Development Knowledge&Information Systems,Access&Equity in Basic Education
Can migration reduce educational attainment ? Evidence from Mexico,
David McKenzie and Hillel Rapoport,
from The World Bank
(2006)
Keywords: Education For All,Primary Education,Teaching and Learning,Anthropology,Child Labor
Remittances and the brain drain,
Riccardo Faini,
from Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milano
(2006)
Keywords: remittances, migration, brain drain
Skill Diffusion by Temporary Migration? Returns to Western European Working Experience in the EU Accession Countries,
Anna Iara,
from Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milano
(2006)
Keywords: Central and Eastern Europe, return migration, wage premium, skill diffusion
Capital humain et processus de création d'entreprise: le cas des primo-créateurs wallons,
Michele Cincera, Lydia Greunz, Jean-Luc Guyot and Olivier Lohest,
from ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles
(2006)
Keywords: primo-créateurs d’entreprise; capital humain; expérience professionnelle; caractéristiques personnelles; durée du processus de création
Does the Liberalization of Trade Advance Gender Equality in Schooling and Health?,
T. Schultz,
from Economic Growth Center, Yale University
(2006)
Keywords: Trade Liberalization, Schooling, Health, Gender Equality
The U.S. Gender Pay Gap in the 1990s: Slowing Convergence,
Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn,
from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(2006)
Keywords: wage differentials, gender pay gap