Children's cognitive development: does parental wage employment matter?

Submitted by Luat Do on
EfD Authors:

Parental and family backgrounds play crucial roles in driving children’s cognitive development. However, in developing countries, self-employment is far more prevalent than wage employment. Despite its significance, limited research has examined how parental employment status influences cognitive development within this context. Given the potential benefits of wage employment for cognitive development, this study examines whether parents’ wage jobs could positively affect children’s cognitive skills.

Policy Design

Public opinion on carbon pricing and revenue uses in East Africa

Submitted by Petra Hansson on

Foreword by EBA

The ongoing climate crisis calls for radically reduced emissions of greenhouse gases. Although low- and lower-middle-income countries may have small or minimal climate footprints compared to richer countries, reductions are key also in those countries, not least since future consumption is likely to increase with increasing economic growth and population.

Air Quality, Carbon Pricing, Climate Change, Policy Design

Gender differences in spending on information and communication technology and transport fuel intensity: Evidence from Ghana

Submitted by Vicentia Quartey on
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This study estimated the effects of spending on information and communication technology (ICT) on transport fuel intensity and examined how the effects of gender on transport fuel intensity depend on spending on ICT in expanding economies. It applied restricted dependent binary logistic regression to the Ghana Living Standards Survey of 14,009 households disaggregated into 4366 women’s and 9643 men’s households, respectively.

Gender