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Standardization and ethnocracy in Sri LankaStandardization was the scheme that replaced meritocracy in Sri Lanka education, with positive discrimination to increase the majority Sinhalese community’s university enrolment...
Education Standardization QuotasResearch Brief
Are women’s labour force participation rates improving in sub-Saharan Africa?Several sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries have achieved substantial economic growth in the past 30 years. Likewise, access to education has considerably expanded, as reflected in rising enrolment rates for both men and women...
Labour supply Gender Sub-Saharan AfricaWorking Paper
Is economic development affected by the leaders’ education levels?: Evidence from IndiaAlthough formal education is often considered an indicator of political leaders’ quality, the evidence on the effectiveness of educated leaders is mixed...
political leaders Elections Public goodsWorking Paper
Elementary education in India versus China: Guidelines for NEP implementationThis 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 imple...
Education Schooling Education qualityJournal Article
On the impact of inequality on growth, human development, and governanceInequality is a major international development challenge. This is so from an ethical perspective and because greater inequality is perceived to be detrimental to key socioeconomic and political outcomes...
Inequality Growth HealthWorking Paper
Impact of teacher content knowledge on student achievement in a low-income countryThis paper estimates the causal impact of teacher content knowledge on student achievement in Mozambique, a low-income country where a large share of fourth-graders fail to meet the minimum requirements of literacy and numeracy...
Education quality Mozambique EducationJournal Article
The intergenerational impact of house prices on education: Evidence from ChinaWe investigate heterogeneous and nonlinear intergenerational transmission of education and the impact on this of house prices...
Education Housing
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Do disadvantaged students benefit from attending classes with more skilled colleagues?: Evidence from a top university in BrazilPeers play an essential role in cognitive and non-cognitive skills formation. Ordinal rank may also change incentives and environment, impacting students’ efforts...
Affirmative action Peer effect Ranking effectBlog
Grandads, dads, and sons: Examining multigenerational mobility in IndiaWhile studies have examined the association in socioeconomic status between parent and offspring, there has been relatively little research on multigenerational mobility, especially in the developing country context...
Social mobility Inequality EducationWorking Paper
The changing nature of work and earnings inequality in ChinaThis paper examines the evolution of China’s industrial and occupational structure in the last two decades and its impact on wage inequality...
Occupations Wage inequality EducationBlog
Adding insult to injury – the impacts of COVID-19 on urban youth in MozambiqueThe negative economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique range from reduced social interaction to business closures, job losses, and increased poverty...
Education Youth EmploymentBlog
Unaccompanied asylum-seeking youth in the UK – an interview with an expert: Inequalities in access to education
I recently spoke to Catherine Gladwell, who is the Director and Founder of Refugee Education UK (formerly Refugee Support Network ) and one of the researchers who contributed to our special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies on invo...
Inequalities Intersecting inequalities RefugeesJournal Article
Birth control, family size and educational stratification: Evidence from the Han and ethnic minorities in ChinaThis study investigates the unexpected impact that enforcing birth control policies in China has upon the educational stratification between the Han majority, the policy target group, and ethnic minorities, a partially excluded group...
Education Human fertility MinoritiesWorking Paper
Dynastic measures of inter-generational mobility with empirical evidence from IndonesiaWe suggest a simple and flexible criterion to assess inter-generational mobility...
Intergenerational Mobility Education Welfare