Essays in Development Economics, Human Capital and External Validity
Author: Noam Angrist
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Author: Noam Angrist
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Published: 2017
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Published: 2013
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kasper Brandt
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Published: 2020
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis PhD dissertation consists of four self-contained chapters in the field of development economics. The topic of the first three chapters is human capital in East Africa, whereas the topic of the fourth chapter is measurement of sub-national state capacity. The first chapter studies the effect on exam scores from attending private school relative to attending public school in Tanzania. I compare secondary school exam scores for students who went to the same primary school, in the same cohort, and achieved the same primary school exam scores, but one went on to public secondary school and the other to private secondary school. The second chapter studies the effect of private schools at the district level. Based on data from Kenya, we analyse whether an increase in the share of children enrolled in private schools affect average performance in cognitive tests. The third chapter evaluates the impacts on enrolment and learning from a reform eliminating secondary school fees in Tanzania. The fourth and final chapter develops a method for measuring state capacity at a local level in Sub-Saharan Africa. This measure is used to test whether areas with high predicted state capacity have lower risk of armed conflict relative to areas with low predicted state capacity.
Author: Chiara Amini
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Published: 2013
Total Pages: 380
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Published: 2015
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Published: 2023
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn particular, I show that closely spaced siblings score significantly lower on the standardized Peabody International Achievement Test (PIAT), a wide-range measure of academic achievement for children aged five and above. On the other hand, I find limited evidence of the birth spacing effect on long-term outcomes such as schooling and labor market outcomes. These findings have implications for parental leave and other labor market policies affecting the birth spacing choices of parents.
Author: Sophie Ochmann
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile health and education, jointly referred to as human capital, are important ends in themselves, they are also important drivers of poverty alleviation and economic growth. Understanding and overcoming the barriers that constrain human capital accumulation is hence crucial for economic development. This dissertation examines three barriers to human capital accumulation in three essays. Essay one studies whether providing school-based management committees with a grant and training can improve primary educational attainment in Sokoto, Nigeria. We thereby contribute evidence from an unders...
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alberto Bucci
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2019-11-26
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 3030215997
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis edited collection explores the links between human capital (both in the form of health and in the form of education), demographic change, and economic growth. Using empirical as well as theoretical perspectives, the authors investigate several important issues in the context of human capital, namely population ageing, inequality, public policy, and long-term economic development. Ultimately, they demonstrate that the accumulation of human capital is of crucial importance to long-run economic growth.