Documents et rapports
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Functional literacy, heterogeneity and the returns to schooling : multi-country evidence (anglais)
Little is known about which of the skills that make up workers' human capital contribute to higher earnings. Past empirical evidence suggest that most of the return to schooling is generated by effects...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6697 Date du document: 1 novembre 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Fasih,Tazeen,Patrinos,Harry Anthony,Sakellariou,Chris
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Adult literacy, heterogeneity and returns to schooling in Chile (anglais)
The author examines the importance of adult functional literacy skills for individuals using a quantile regression methodology. The inclusion of the direct measure of basic skills reduces the return to...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 82807 Date du document: 1 janvier 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Patrinos,Harry Anthony,Sakellariou,Chris
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Heterogeneous returns to education in the labor market (anglais)
Since the development of human capital theory, countless estimates of the economic benefits of investing in education for the individual have been published. While it is a universal fact that in all countries...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6170 Date du document: 1 août 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Fasih,Tazeen,Kingdon,Geeta Gandhi,Patrinos,Harry Anthony,Sakellariou,Chris,Soderbom,Mans Martin
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Decomposing the increase in TIMSS Scores in Ghana : 2003-2007 (anglais)
This paper attempts to explore certain aspects underlying the substantial improvement in 8th grade student performance in Ghana on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study from2003 to...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6084 Date du document: 1 juin 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Sakellariou,Chris
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Industry and skill wage premiums in east Asia (anglais)
This paper focuses on the estimation of skill/industry premiums and labor force composition at the national and sector levels in seven East Asian countries with the objective of providing a comprehensive...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5379 Date du document: 1 juillet 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Sakellariou,Chris,Di Gropello,Emanuela
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Estimating the returns to education : accounting for heterogeneity in ability (anglais)
Typically estimates of the benefits of education investments show average private rates of return for the average individual. The average may not be useful for policy. An examination of the distribution...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4040 Date du document: 1 octobre 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Patrinos,Harry Anthony,Ridao-Cano,Cristobal,Sakellariou,Chris
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Quality of schooling and quality of schools for indigenous students in Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru (anglais)
A substantial gap in test scores exists between indigenous and non-indigenous students in Latin America. Using test score data for 3rd and 4th year primary school pupils in Guatemala and Peru, and 5th...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3982 Date du document: 1 août 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hernandez Zavala,Martha Belem,Patrinos,Harry Anthony,Sakellariou,Chris,Shapiro,Joseph S.
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How fair is workfare? gender, public works, and employment in rural Ethiopia (anglais)
The authors use the Ethiopian Rural Household Survey to examine the gender dimensions of public works. They use three rounds of a panel conducted in 1994-95 to explore the determinants of participation...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3492 Date du document: 1 janvier 2005 Auteur: Quisumbing,Agnes R.,Sakellariou,Chris,Yohannes, Yisehac
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Schooling and labor market impacts of a natural policy experiment (anglais)
The authors use a nationally representative household survey to estimate returns to schooling in Venezuela from instrumental variables based on a supply-side intervention in the education market. These...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3460 Date du document: 1 novembre 2004 Auteur: Patrinos,Harry Anthony,Sakellariou,Chris
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Economic volatility and returns to education in Venezuela : 1992-2002 (anglais)
Preliminary evidence suggests that the rates of return to education in Venezuela have been declining since the 1970s. The authors rigorously estimate the returns to education in Venezuela for the period...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3459 Date du document: 1 novembre 2004 Auteur: Patrinos,Harry Anthony,Sakellariou,Chris