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Effects of HIV on Gender Gaps in School Attendance of Children in Zimbabwe: A Non-Linear Multivariate Decomposition Analysis
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Zinyemba, Tatenda; Pavlova, Milena; Groot, Wim – Education Economics, 2021
We examine the effects of HIV-infection on school attendance in Zimbabwe using recent nationally representative data of 11,673 children aged 6-18 years. We employ a non-linear multivariate decomposition approach to examine how HIV affects gender gaps in school attendance. We find gaps in school attendance between HIV-positive boys and girls and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Children, Adolescents
Allocation and the Returns to Over-Education in the UK.
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Groot, Wim; Brink, Henriette Maasen van den – Education Economics, 1997
Estimates the rates of return to overeducation in the United Kingdom, using the 1991 British Household Panel Survey. Describes three approaches to analyzing skill utilization and their returns. Analyzes characteristics of the overeducated and undereducated work force. Overeducation is part of an adjustment in the labor market and tends to…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Efficiency, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Differences in Rates of Return by Type of Education.
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Groot, Wim – Education Economics, 1994
Analyzes the wage effects of different types of education in The Netherlands, using a generalized version of the dummy endogenous variable model and distinguishing among seven types of education: general, agricultural, technical, medical, teacher, economic/administrative, and other education. Findings show that technical education yields lower…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Education, General Education