NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Danon, Alice; Das, Jishnu; de Barros, Andreas; Filmer, Deon – World Bank, 2023
This paper assesses the reliability and validity of cognitive and socioemotional skills measures and investigates the correlation between schooling, skills acquisition, and labor earnings. The primary data from Pakistan incorporates two innovations related to measurement and sampling. On measurement, the paper develops and implements a battery of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Comparative Analysis, Cognitive Ability, Social Emotional Learning
Andrabi, Tahir; Das, Jishnu; Khwaja, Asim Ijaz – Human Development Network Education, 2011
With an estimated 115 million children not attending primary school in the developing world, increasing access to education is critical. Resource constraints limit the effectiveness of demand-based subsidies. This paper focuses on the importance of a supply-side factor--the availability of low-cost teachers--and the resulting ability of the market…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Access to Education, Teacher Supply and Demand