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Inequality of Learning amongst Immigrant Children in Industrialised Countries [PDF]
Literature examining immigrants’ educational disadvantage across countries focuses generally on average differences in educational outcomes between immigrants and natives disguising thereby that immigrants are a highly heterogeneous group.
Schnepf, Sylke V.
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BMC Public Health, 2012 Background Widening of socioeconomic status (SES) inequalities in smoking prevalence has occurred in several Western countries from the mid 1970’s onwards.
Nagelhout Gera E +6 more
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Cogent Education, 2021 The concept of social capital has become in recent decades one of the most powerful ideas in social science. Having its roots in sociology and economics, it has consistently “settled” in almost all fields that deal with human functioning—pedagogy, social
Piotr Mikiewicz
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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The Role of Certifications in Improving Household Food Security Among Peruvian Farmers
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Achieving global food security requires sustainable transformations in agri‐food systems. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic and Fairtrade aim to internalize certain social and environmental costs while promoting more equitable value distribution, improved market access, and sustainable production practices.
Lisa‐Marie Schulte, Awudu Abdulai
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36-year trends in educational inequalities in self-rated health among Finnish adults
SSM: Population Health, 2019 Health inequalities exist across countries and populations, but little is known about their long-term trends and even less about factors shaping the trends.
Eero Lahelma +4 more
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The Use (and Misuse) of PISA in Guding Policy Reform: The Case of Spain [PDF]
, 2015 In 2013 Spain introduced a series of educational reforms explicitly inspired by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012 results. These reforms were mainly implemented in secondary education - based upon the assumption that this is ...
Choi Mendizábal, Álvaro B. (Álvaro Borja) +1 more
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Sorting, Education, and Inequality [PDF]
, 2008 This paper examines the education literature through the lens of sorting. It argues that how individuals sort across neighborhoods, schools and households (spouses), can have important consequences for the acquisition of human capital and inequality.
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Educational Inequalities Among School Leavers in Ireland 1979-1994 [PDF]
The extent to which inequalities in educational outcomes persist in modern Ireland has been the subject of much debate. This paper investigates whether the rapid expansion in educational participation rates over the 1980s and early 1990s has led to a ...
Emer Smyth
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Constructing inclusive education in a neo-liberal context: promoting inclusion of Arab-Australian students in an Australian context. [PDF]
, 2010 School systems are a major social change agent capable of challenging social inequalities and economic disadvantages. Yet, while schools in Australia are being confronted with increasingly culturally diverse populations as well as an increasing focus on ...
Kamp, Annelies, Mansouri, Fethi
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