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Income Distribution in Latin America. The Evolution in the Last 20 Years: A Global Approach
While Latin America has historically been considered a region of very high inequality, the performance of most Latin American countries in terms of reduction of income inequality has been remarkable good in the first decade of this century. Given that those improvements took place in a context of
Published in April 2018
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Linkages between Education and Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa
This paper explores linkages between women’s education and fertility in sub-Saharan Africa, using DHS data from about 30 countries. There are three substantive sets of analyses. First, we shed light on several pathways via which fertility is linked to education. We examine how fertility varies by
Published in November 2017
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Does one size fit all? The impact of cognitive skills on economic growth
This paper tests for heterogeneous effects of cognitive skills on economic growth across countries. Using a new extended dataset on cognitive skills and controlling for potential endogeneity, we find that the magnitude of the effect is about 60% higher for low-income countries compared to high
Published in June 2017
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An Application of the Alkire-Foster’s Multidimensional Poverty Index to Data from Madagascar: Taking Into Account the Dimensions of Employment and Gender Inequality
In this study, we build what we call the Malagasy Multidimensional Poverty Index (MALAMPI), which is an augmented-MPI. Here, in addition to the standard MPI dimensions (health, education and living standards), we add an additional and highly important dimension, namely employment, which is
Published in April 2017
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The choice of arabo-islamic education in sub-Saharan Africa: findings from a comparative study
While it is a central issue for most sub-Saharan African countries, quantification and qualification of the Arabo-Islamic education choice appear particularly poorly documented. After an inventory of existing data, we rely on representative household surveys from nine countries (Nigeria, Côte
Published in March 2017
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Migration patterns and labor market outcomes in Tunisia
This article focuses on the external effects of emigration on non-migrants and particularly on the interactions with labor market outcomes in Tunisia before and after the revolution. Using the new Tunisia Labor Market Panel Survey (TLMPS) we conduct an in-depth analysis of the structure and
Published in February 2017
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Evaluation of the « Ecole et langues nationales en Afrique » program: Methodological Aspects and Interim Assessment
This eight-country evaluation seeks to measure how the ELAN Program methods of written language acquisition have an impact, during the first two years of primary school (Grade 1 and Grade 2), on oral and written language performance in African languages (one language per country) and in French. A
Published in February 2017
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Teacher training based on the results of research on their actual practices in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa: The OPERA project in Burkina Faso, issues and challenges
The OPERA project (Observation des pratiques enseignantes dans leur rapport avec les apprentissages des élèves / Diagnosis of Teacher Practices in Relation with Learning) started on the basis of observations on education systems in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): in educational research
Published in February 2017
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High School Track Choice and Liquidity Constraints: Evidence from Urban Mexico
We study how a large household windfall affects sorting of relatively disadvantaged youth over high school tracks by exploiting the discontinuity in the assignment of a welfare program in Mexico. The in-cash transfer is found to significantly increase the probability of selecting vocational schools
Published in December 2016
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Reintegration upon return: insights from Ecuadorian returnees from Spain
Using the ECM2 survey data on Ecuadorian migrants returning from Spain, we investigate the determinants of reintegration upon return. We study how the migration experience, but also the before- and after-migration characteristics, correlate with migrants’ outcomes upon return. We adopt a broad
Published in August 2016
