Author: Indermit Singh Gill
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Category : Demanda de mano de obra - Peru
Languages : en
Pages : 55

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Publisher: World Bank Publications
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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Author: Asli Demirgüç-Kunt
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Languages : en
Pages : 60

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The author uses the regional structure of the economy, proxied by the shares of services and industry in regional gross domestic product (GDP), as an indicator of the demand for educated workers. By examining whether the level of schooling as a function of shares of services and industry differs for men and women, a gender bias can be detected in the demand for schooling. The author estimates schooling demand functions for males and females using data for Peru in the 1980s. His primary findings are : 1) as services and industry increase their shares of GDP, relative to the share of agriculture, the demand for schooling of both males and females increases, 2) as the share of services in GDP increases compared to agriculture, the demand for schooling by women increases more than the demand for schooling by men, 3) and increase in the share of industry relative to agriculture is associated with an increase in the demand for schooling of men rather than of women, 4) a decrease in the supply price of schooling increases the level of schooling attained by both sexes, but the gain is larger for women, and 5) increases in wealth are associated with increases in the demand of both sexes for schooling.

Author: Barbara Knapp Herz
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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This report examines ways of improving women's productivity and education and the consequences for development in Peru. It finds that women account for about 39 percent of family income in Peru. They carry the main responsibilty for child care and heavily influence family decisions on children's education and family size. Improving opportunities for women can thus be a means to foster economic and social development as well as an end in itself. The main way to expand women's opportunities is through human capital investments, notably education beyond the primary level. This will increase women's earning capacity and broaden their labor force participation -- and thereby promote economic growth, family welfare, and slower population growth. The report's findings are based on econometric analysis of the household survey data from the Peruvian Living Standards Survey (PLSS) conducted in 1985-86. The PLSS is a national probability sample of 5,100 families and 26,000 individuals.

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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 396

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Author: Indermit Singh Gill
Publisher: World Bank Publications
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Category : Human capital
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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To promote gender equity, expansion of the services sector should be encouraged. But this runs counter to the World Bank and IMF policy of encouraging the production of tradable goods (produced mainly in agriculture and less so in industry) to service debt. So direct government intervention is needed to promote investment in women's human capital.

Author: Ahmed Galal
Publisher: World Bank Publications
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Category : Corporate divestiture
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Author: Filomina Chioma Steady
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Category : Human ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Author: James R. Tybout
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Category : Chile
Languages : en
Pages : 54

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Pressure from foreign competition forces all firms toward common, higher levels of productivity.

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Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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