Essays about: "Educational attainment"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 113 essays containing the words Educational attainment.
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1. The Role of Language of Instruction: The Case of Morocco
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This paper explores the differential and intergenerational effects of Morocco's 1983 language policy that changed the language of instruction for most subjects in grades 6 to 12 from French to Classical Arabic. Although the policy has faced ongoing criticism over four decades, the plausible heterogeneous effects of the policy on marginalized groups and its intergenerational impact have yet to be investigated in the literature. READ MORE
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2. Unconditional cash transfers to single mothers effective for child education? – Using a historical policy experiment
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : In this thesis, I examine whether unconditional cash transfers to poor femaleheaded households have an effect on children’s educational attainment. Using a historical Swedish child allowance policy that targeted unconditional cash transfers to widow mothers with an income below a poverty threshold, I lay out a credible identification strategy, to test the hypothesis with a regression kink design. READ MORE
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3. The Effect of a Universal Primary Education Reform on Gender Attitudes in Uganda
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This thesis examines whether greater access to primary school education for girls and a decreased gender gap in primary school education affects gender attitudes, by studying a Universal Primary Education reform in Uganda that eliminated primary school fees. We conduct a Two-Stage Least Squares regression where we use exogenous variation in exposure to the reform as an instrumental variable to estimate the effect of educational attainment on gender attitudes. READ MORE
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4. Assessing The Relationship Between Social Networks And Integration In The Labour Market In Sweden: A Case Study Of Somali And Bosnian Second-Generation Immigrants In Växjö
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : The integration of immigrants has been a significant area of research, focusing on aspects such as employment, housing, and education for newly arrived community members. In recent years, scholarly attention has increasingly turned toward social networks and their influence on immigrant integration into the labor market of the host country. READ MORE
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5. Intergenerational socioeconomic mobility in Germany : How does it affect the educational attainment for second generation immigrant daughters?
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to study the intergenerational socioeconomic mobility of second generation immigrant daughters in Germany, by measuring how the parents’ educational level affect their children’s education. By adding a gender equality index to the dataset, the aim was to create a more nuanced interpretation of the results, including how cultural views in the parents’ source country can affect the parental investments. READ MORE
