Four extra months of maternity leave have a significant effect on the education and income of children when they become adults. This effect is especially noticeable with the most marginalized families: it causes a 5% reduction in dropout rates and increased average income by 8%.
So states Pedro Carneiro of University College London, who presented at the fourth annual Development Week conference of the Navarra Center for International Development of the University of Navarra.
His study compared Norwegian children born within one month of each other: between June 1st of 19...
Economic incentives increase students’ motivation to learn, according to the findings of a study from the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) of 40,000 students in 88 high schools in Mexico. The study’s central goal was to determine what policies can improve educational outcomes. Jere Behrman, professor at UPenn, presented the study at the 4th Development Week, organized by the Navarra Center for International Development of the University of Navarra at IESE Business School in Madrid.
To carry out the study, the research team divided the students into ...
The second of the IV Development Week of the Navarra Center for International Development of the University of Navarra focused on topics related to macroeconomics in developing countries. This event took place at IESE Business School in Madrid and included issues on monetary policy in an interdependent world of the resilience of emerging markets when facing a global crisis.
The first speaker was Sebastian Edwards, professor of Internatio...