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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 EthnicityJournal Article
Is the Education of Local Children Influenced by Living near a Refugee Camp?: Evidence from Host Communities in RwandaThis article studies the extent to which educational services and schooling outcomes of local children are influenced by the presence of a refugee camp in or near their community...
Refugees Impact of refugees Host communitiesJournal Article
Gender Inequality in Employment in MozambiquePart of Journal Special Issue Inequalities in the least developed countries
Gender Employment EducationSeminar
Inclusive Growth in Mozambique seminar series: Octávio Pedreira from the World Bank presents the latest data on Education sector in MozambiqueOn 2 May 2019, Octávio Pedreira, a specialist from the World Bank will present at the Eduardo Mondlane University, in Maputo, on ‘Education in Mozambique: Results from the 2018 Service Delivery Indicator Survey’. The presentation...
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David Evans presents at the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique seminar seriesDavid Evans will give a presentation on 25 April at the Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, on ‘Addressing the global learning crisis: can improved teacher practices help?’. The presentation will be in Portuguese. The event is part of...
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The Impact of School Feeding Programmes on Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Burkina FasoFood for Education (FFE) programmes have been implemented in developing countries since the 1960s...
Enrolment School attendance GenderWorking Paper
The gender gap, education, and the life cycle profile in the Brazilian formal labour marketWe study the trajectory of the gender gap over time and over the life cycle, using a matched employer-employee data from the formal labour market in Brazil...
Earnings inequality Linked employer-employee data EducationWorking Paper
Effects of an education reform on household poverty and inequality: A microsimulation analysis on the free Senior High School policy in GhanaThe level of income can be directly inferred from the level of education, making education an important variable as a key determinant of better livelihoods and poverty alleviation...
Education School reform microsimulationWorking Paper
The evolution of private returns to education during post-conflict transformation: Evidence from MozambiqueThis paper estimates how private returns to education have evolved in the context of postconflict transformation in Mozambique...
Returns to education Workforce EmploymentBook Chapter
The effect of China's One Child Policy on sex selection, family size, and the school enrolment of daughtersFrom the book: Towards Gender Equity in Development
Development Education Family planningIn the media
The public forum on higher education in Mozambique covered by the national mediaOn 4 September 2018, the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique Programme hosted a Public Forum in Maputo to share the findings of its report Baseline Survey on the School-to-Work Transitions of University Graduates in Mozambique . The event gathered...
Education Education, HigherPolicy Brief
Employment expectations of university students in Mozambique: Results from a baseline surveyBefore now, there has been no systematic study of the transition of university students as they finish their studies and enter the labour market...
Employment Education WagesReport
Baseline Survey on the School-to-Work Transitions of University Graduates in MozambiqueThe survey on the School-to-Work Transitions of University Graduates in Mozambique aims to respond to the concerns of the Government of Mozambique and development partners with respect to youth employment in the country...
Employment Education WagesJournal Article
Ethnic fragmentation, public good provision and inequality in India, 1988–2012Part of Journal Special Issue Horizontal Inequality: Persistence and Change
Education Equality and inequality Health care