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Female Headship and Poverty in the Arab Region: Analysis of Trends and Dynamics Based on a New Typology (Английский)
Various challenges are thought to render female-headed households (FHHs) vulnerable to poverty in the Arab region. Yet, previous studies have had mixed results and the absence of household panel survey...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS10672 Дата подготовки документа: 16 января 2024 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: AlAzzawi,Shireen,Dang,Hai-Anh H.,Hlasny,Vladimir,Abanokova,Ksenia,Behrman,Jere R.
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Social Protection and Foundational Cognitive Skills during Adolescence : Evidence from a Large Public Works Program (Английский)
Many low, and middle-income countries have introduced public works programs (PWPs) to fight poverty. This paper provides the first evidence that children from families who benefit from PWPs show increased...
Типу документа: Журнальная статья Номер отчета: 189837 Дата подготовки документа: 13 ноября 2023 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Richard Freund,Favara,Marta,Lambert-Porter,Emma Catherine,Behrman,Jere R.
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Decomposing Learning Inequalities in East Africa : How Much Does Sorting Matter (Английский)
Inequalities in learning opportunities arise from both household, and school-related factors. Although these factors are unlikely to be independent, few studies have considered the extent to which sorting...
Типу документа: Журнальная статья Номер отчета: 186279 Дата подготовки документа: 10 августа 2021 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Paul Anand,Behrman,Jere R.,Dang,Hai-Anh H.,Jones,Edward Samuel
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Impacts of PROSPERA on Enrollment, School Trajectories, and Learning (Английский)
Many studies have demonstrated that Mexico's conditional cash transfer program, PROSPERA, has substantial effects on educational attainment. Nevertheless, little evidence exists on whether increases in...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS9000 Дата подготовки документа: 9 сентября 2019 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Behrman,Jere R.,W. Parker,Susan,Todd,Petra Elizabeth
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Inequality of Opportunity in Education: Accounting for the Contributions of Sibs, Schools and Sorting across East Africa (Английский)
Inequalities in the opportunity to obtain a good education in low-income countries are widely understood to be related to household resources and schooling quality. Yet, to date, most researchers have...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS8622 Дата подготовки документа: 25 октября 2018 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Anand,Paul,Behrman,Jere R.,Dang,Hai-Anh H.,Jones,Sam
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Identifying catch-up trajectories in child growth : new methods with evidence from young lives (Английский)
Definitions of catch-up growth in anthropometric outcomes among young children vary across studies. This paper distinguishes between catch-up in the mean of a group toward that of a healthy reference population...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS8353 Дата подготовки документа: 22 февраля 2018 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Jones,Sam,Behrman,Jere R.,Dang,Hai-Anh H.,Anand ,Paul
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Developing and testing supply- and demand-side interventions to improve kindergarten educational quality in Ghana (Английский)
The adoption of the 2004 national early childhood care and development (ECCD) policy highlighted access to quality kindergarten (KG) education as central to improving early childhood development and learning...
Типу документа: Доклад/ отчет Номер отчета: 128007 Дата подготовки документа: 1 декабря 2017 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Wolf,Sharon,Tsinigo,Edward,Behrman,Jere R.,Aber,J. Lawrence,Bonarget,Alix
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Testing and scaling-up supply- and demand-side interventions to improve kindergarten educational quality in Ghana : SIEF midline report (Английский)
The quality preschool for Ghana (QP4G) study seeks to evaluate the impact of an in-service teacher training and parental awareness training in preschools on teachers, classrooms, and children in Ghana...
Типу документа: Доклад/ отчет Номер отчета: 128011 Дата подготовки документа: 1 июля 2017 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Wolf,Sharon,Tsinigo,Edward,Behrman,Jere R.,Aber,J. Lawrence
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The contribution of increased equity to the estimated social benefits from a transfer program : an illustration from PROGRESA/oportunidades (Английский)
Most impact evaluations of Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) and Unconditional Cash Transfers (UCTs) focus on the returns to increased human capital investments that will be reaped largely or exclusively...
Номер отчета: WPS8026 Дата подготовки документа: 10 апреля 2017 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Alderman,Harold H.,Behrman,Jere R.,Tasneem,Afia
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Big numbers about small children : estimating the economic benefits of addressing under nutrition (Английский)
Different approaches have been used to estimate the economic benefits of reducing undernutrition and to estimate the costs of investing in such programs on a global scale. While many of these studies are...
Типу документа: Журнальная статья Номер отчета: 129181 Дата подготовки документа: 3 октября 2016 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Alderman,Harold H.,Behrman,Jere R.,Puett, Chloe
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Out of school and out of work : a conceptual framework for investigating 'ninis' in Latin America and the Caribbean (Английский)
The proportion of youth that is not in work or in school or ninis1 in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) remains high. The latest estimates show that about 19 per cent of 15-24 years olds in the region...
Типу документа: Рабочие документы Номер отчета: 102818 Дата подготовки документа: 1 сентября 2014 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Behrman,Jere R.,De Hoyos Navarro,Rafael E.,Székely, Miguel
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Wealth gradients in early childhood cognitive development in five Latin American countries (Английский)
Research from the United States shows that gaps in early cognitive and noncognitive abilities appear early in the life cycle. Little is known about this important question for developing countries. This...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS6779 Дата подготовки документа: 1 февраля 2014 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Schady,Norbert Rudiger,Behrman,Jere R.,Araujo,Maria Caridad,Azuero,, Rodrigo,Bernal,Raquel,Bravo, David,Lopez Boo,Florencia,Macours,Karen,Marshall, Daniela,Paxson,Christina H.,Vakis,Renos
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Early childhood development through an integrated program : evidence from the Philippines (Английский)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Early childhood development through an integrated program : evidence from the Philippines, conducted in 1999 in Philippines...
Типу документа: Краткие сведения Номер отчета: 81304 Дата подготовки документа: 14 августа 2013 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Armecin, Graeme,Behrman,Jere R.,Duazo, Paulita,Ghuman,Sharon,Gultiano, Socorro,King,Elizabeth M.,Lee, Nanette
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Evaluating preschool programs when length of exposure to the program varies a nonparametric approach (Английский)
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Evaluating preschool programs when length of exposure to the program varies a nonparametric approach, conducted between the...
Типу документа: Краткие сведения Номер отчета: 81321 Дата подготовки документа: 14 августа 2013 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Behrman,Jere R.,Cheng,Yingmei,Todd,Petra Elizabeth
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The right skills for the job? Rethinking training policies for workers (Английский)
This book addresses the question of how to build and upgrade job relevant skills. Specifically, the authors focus on three types of training programs relevant for individuals who are leaving formal general...
Номер отчета: 70908 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 2012 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Almeida,Rita Kullberg,Behrman,Jere R.,Robalino,David A.
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The World Bank research observer 24 (1) (Английский)
Rural poverty: old challenges in new context by Stefan, Dercon; evaluation in the practice of development by Martin, Ravallion; timing and duration of exposure in evaluations of social programs by Elizabeth...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 58349 Дата подготовки документа: 1 февраля 2009 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Dercon,Stefan,Ravallion,Martin,King,Elizabeth M.,Behrman,Jere R.,Claessens, Stijn,Beck,Thorsten,Demirguc-Kunt,Asli,Honohan,Patrick Thomas
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Timing and duration of exposure in evaluations of social programs (Английский)
Impact evaluations aim to measure the outcomes that can be attributed to a specific policy or intervention. While there have been excellent reviews of the different methods for estimating impact, insufficient...
Типу документа: Журнальная статья Номер отчета: 76792 Дата подготовки документа: 1 февраля 2009 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Behrman,Jere R.,King,Elizabeth M.
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Timing and duration of exposure in evaluations of social programs (Английский)
Impact evaluations aim to measure the outcomes that can be attributed to a specific policy or intervention. Although there have been excellent reviews of the different methods that an evaluator can choose...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS4686 Дата подготовки документа: 1 августа 2008 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: King,Elizabeth M.,Behrman,Jere R.
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Early life nutrition and subsequent education, health, wage, and intergenerational effects (Английский)
This paper first summarizes recent research in developing countries that is surveyed in prominent Lancet articles and that reports, albeit based on relatively few systematic studies, substantial associations...
Типу документа: Рабочие документы (нумерованная серия) Номер отчета: 57732 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 2008 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Behrman,Jere R.
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What is the real impact of schooling on age of first union and age of first parenting ? New evidence from Guatemala (Английский)
The ages of first union and of first parenting are of considerable interest, not only because of their implications for individual welfare and well-being over the life cycle, but also because they are...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS4023 Дата подготовки документа: 1 октября 2006 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Behrman,Jere R.,Murphy, Alexis,Quisumbing,Agnes R.,Ramakrishnan, Usha,Yount, Kathyrn