Author: Ana María Arriagada
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Empleo - Peru
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Post -school training significantly improves the employment probabilities but not the wages for urban salaried and self -employed women in Peru, possibly because they train for low -paying jobs. Because their chances of receiving job training are largely determined by educational attainment, women with limited schooling also face training opportunities.
The Effect of Job Training on Peruvian Women's Employment and Wages
Author: Ana María Arriagada
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Empleo - Peru
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Post -school training significantly improves the employment probabilities but not the wages for urban salaried and self -employed women in Peru, possibly because they train for low -paying jobs. Because their chances of receiving job training are largely determined by educational attainment, women with limited schooling also face training opportunities.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Empleo - Peru
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Post -school training significantly improves the employment probabilities but not the wages for urban salaried and self -employed women in Peru, possibly because they train for low -paying jobs. Because their chances of receiving job training are largely determined by educational attainment, women with limited schooling also face training opportunities.
Does Education Pay in the Labor Market?
Author: Elizabeth M. King
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
This study examined how education and postschool vocational training affect the type and extent of labor market participation of women in Peru. It also estimated monetary returns to different levels of schooling, to formal general and technical schooling, and to training. The sample, which comprised more than 5,600 women in urban and rural Peru, was drawn from the Peruvian Living Standard Survey. More than 70 percent of these women were in the labor force at the time of the survey, about 35 percent working in paid jobs. The overall level of female labor force participation in Peru is 72 percent, and this percentage is higher in rural areas than in urban areas. The majority (60 percent) of paid female workers are self-employed, but these jobs tend to be very low paying. Women holding jobs in the public sector are the best paid. In general, the study found that education and training enhance the contribution of women in the labor market. Although education does not increase the participation of Peruvian women in the labor force (and may in fact decrease it), it alters the occupational distribution of female workers by increasing the proportion of women in paid employment. Among paid employees, education is positively related to hourly earnings; the relationship is nonlinear, with primary education showing higher returns than secondary education. The return to postsecondary education appears low and negative, except for the small fraction of women who have earned a diploma. The poor performance of the Peruvian economy since the early 1970s has influenced this result. (26 references.) (Author/KC)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
This study examined how education and postschool vocational training affect the type and extent of labor market participation of women in Peru. It also estimated monetary returns to different levels of schooling, to formal general and technical schooling, and to training. The sample, which comprised more than 5,600 women in urban and rural Peru, was drawn from the Peruvian Living Standard Survey. More than 70 percent of these women were in the labor force at the time of the survey, about 35 percent working in paid jobs. The overall level of female labor force participation in Peru is 72 percent, and this percentage is higher in rural areas than in urban areas. The majority (60 percent) of paid female workers are self-employed, but these jobs tend to be very low paying. Women holding jobs in the public sector are the best paid. In general, the study found that education and training enhance the contribution of women in the labor market. Although education does not increase the participation of Peruvian women in the labor force (and may in fact decrease it), it alters the occupational distribution of female workers by increasing the proportion of women in paid employment. Among paid employees, education is positively related to hourly earnings; the relationship is nonlinear, with primary education showing higher returns than secondary education. The return to postsecondary education appears low and negative, except for the small fraction of women who have earned a diploma. The poor performance of the Peruvian economy since the early 1970s has influenced this result. (26 references.) (Author/KC)
Labor Market Participation, Returns to Education, and Male-female Wage Differences in Peru
Author: Shahidur R. Khandker
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Diskrimination-arbejdsmarked
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Diskrimination-arbejdsmarked
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Promoting girls' and women's education : lessons from the past
Author: Rosemary Bellew
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Educacion
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Educacion
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Gains in the Education of Peruvian Women, 1940 to 1980
Author: Elizabeth M. King
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
What determines girls' educational attainment? School quality (measured by the number of textbooks and teachers) changes in attitudes and better economic opportunities for educated women ; parents (especially mothers') years of schooling and occupations ; and the opportunity cost of sending a girl to school - especially in rural families, or when mothers must hold jobs outside the home.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
What determines girls' educational attainment? School quality (measured by the number of textbooks and teachers) changes in attitudes and better economic opportunities for educated women ; parents (especially mothers') years of schooling and occupations ; and the opportunity cost of sending a girl to school - especially in rural families, or when mothers must hold jobs outside the home.
Causes of Adult Deaths in Developing Countries
Author:
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Death
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Little is known about the causes of adult deaths in most developing countries. The authors recommend developing and validating diagnostic algorithms to determine the causes of adult deaths, using lay interviewers to conduct retrospective interviews of relatives of the deceased.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Death
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Little is known about the causes of adult deaths in most developing countries. The authors recommend developing and validating diagnostic algorithms to determine the causes of adult deaths, using lay interviewers to conduct retrospective interviews of relatives of the deceased.
Education and Employment Research and Policy Studies
Author: Carol E. Copple
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Private Investment, Government Policy, and Foreign Capital in Zimbabwe
Author: Mansoor Dailami
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Investments
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Policy measures to encourage recovery of private investment in Zimbabwe should focus not on measures to raise current profits but on measures to relief supply-side constraints, to reduce perceived risk, to clearly define the rules of the game for foreign investors, and to create a more favorable environment for investment decision making.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Investments
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Policy measures to encourage recovery of private investment in Zimbabwe should focus not on measures to raise current profits but on measures to relief supply-side constraints, to reduce perceived risk, to clearly define the rules of the game for foreign investors, and to create a more favorable environment for investment decision making.
Developing a Partnership of Indigenous Peoples, Conservationists, and Land Use Planners in Latin America
Author: Peter Poole
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Recommendations for working in partnership with indigenous peoples, recognizing their land rights, incorporating their environmental knowledge into wildlands and native area planning, and paying more serious attention to the economics and resource implications of local activities to harvest wild resources - especially in environmentally delicate areas such as tropical rainforests.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Recommendations for working in partnership with indigenous peoples, recognizing their land rights, incorporating their environmental knowledge into wildlands and native area planning, and paying more serious attention to the economics and resource implications of local activities to harvest wild resources - especially in environmentally delicate areas such as tropical rainforests.
A Multilevel Model of School Effectiveness in a Developing Country
Author: Marlaine E. Lockheed
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 6092806592
Category : Academic achievement
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
The comparative effectiveness of schools in developing countries has become the center of a lively debate. Of particular concern is the appropriate analytic method to employ when examing school effects. This paper uses a multi-level approach to examine determinants of growth in grade 8 mathematics achievement in Thailand. Results of the analysis showed that schools in Thailand were equally effective in transforming pretest scores into posttest scores, and that schools and classrooms contributed 32 percent of the variance in posttest scores. Higher levels of achievement were associated with a higher proportion of teachers qualified to teach mathematics, an enriched curriculum and frequent use of textbooks by teachers. Individual characteristics, however, contributed 68 percent of the variance, with achievement higher for boys, younger students, and children with higher educational aspirations. The model developed in the paper was able to explain most of the between school variance, but significantly less of the within school variance. The implication of these results is that schools in Thailand are much more uniform in their effects than previous research in developing countries would have suggested.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 6092806592
Category : Academic achievement
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
The comparative effectiveness of schools in developing countries has become the center of a lively debate. Of particular concern is the appropriate analytic method to employ when examing school effects. This paper uses a multi-level approach to examine determinants of growth in grade 8 mathematics achievement in Thailand. Results of the analysis showed that schools in Thailand were equally effective in transforming pretest scores into posttest scores, and that schools and classrooms contributed 32 percent of the variance in posttest scores. Higher levels of achievement were associated with a higher proportion of teachers qualified to teach mathematics, an enriched curriculum and frequent use of textbooks by teachers. Individual characteristics, however, contributed 68 percent of the variance, with achievement higher for boys, younger students, and children with higher educational aspirations. The model developed in the paper was able to explain most of the between school variance, but significantly less of the within school variance. The implication of these results is that schools in Thailand are much more uniform in their effects than previous research in developing countries would have suggested.