Access to Education for the Poor in Europe and Central Asia : Preliminary Evidence and Policy Implications

In Europe, and Central Asia, the poor faces three problems: 1) the education system as a whole does not work well, and hence fails to meet adequately their needs; 2) the private cost of education has gone up, so that "education", as a com...

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Main Author: Vandycke, Nancy
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spelling okr-10986-139742021-04-23T14:03:10Z Access to Education for the Poor in Europe and Central Asia : Preliminary Evidence and Policy Implications Vandycke, Nancy ACHIEVEMENT ADAPTABILITY ADDITION ADULT ILLITERACY ADULT LITERACY AGED AIR ALCOHOLISM BASIC EDUCATION COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT COMPOSITION COSTS OF EDUCATION CURRICULA DECENTRALIZATION DEPRESSION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DROP OUT RATES ECOLOGY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC TRANSITION EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION FINANCE EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ACCESS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL INPUTS EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES EQUITABLE ACCESS FAMILIES FINANCIAL RESOURCES FORMAL EDUCATION HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY IMMIGRATION INFORMAL EDUCATION INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES LEARNING OUTCOMES LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY LITERATURE MOBILITY MOTIVATION PAPERS PARENTS POLICY ANALYSIS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY REDUCTION PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRINTING PRIVATE COSTS PRIVATE RATES PRIVATE SECTOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION REPETITION RURAL AREAS RURAL SCHOOLS SAFETY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLING SCREENING SECONDARY EDUCATION SINGLE PARENTS SOCIAL POLICY SPEAKING SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHER TEACHER WELFARE TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING MATERIALS TEACHING STAFF TERTIARY EDUCATION TEXTBOOKS TUTORING UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSITY EDUCATION URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN SCHOOLS WASTE WORKERS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH In Europe, and Central Asia, the poor faces three problems: 1) the education system as a whole does not work well, and hence fails to meet adequately their needs; 2) the private cost of education has gone up, so that "education", as a commodity, competes with other consumption goods in shrinking household budgets; and, 3) the perceived benefits of education (in terms of higher wage earning) are still low, thereby undermining long-term incentives to invest in education. The paper shows the discrepancy between Central European, and Former Soviet Union countries in the contribution of "education" for explaining wage earnings inequality. The discrepancy can be explained by factors such as the degree of private sector development, and the flexibility of the labor market. Although there remains a "taste" for education in Europe and Central Asia, there is also a risk that low-income groups, drop out of the education system, and irreversibly fall into poverty. 2013-06-17T18:47:38Z 2013-06-17T18:47:38Z 2001-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1614736/access-education-poor-europe-central-asia-preliminary-evidence-policy-implications 0-8213-4965-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13974 English en_US World Bank Technical Paper;No. 511 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Europe and Central Asia Europe Central Asia Europe and Central Asia
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topic ACHIEVEMENT
ADAPTABILITY
ADDITION
ADULT ILLITERACY
ADULT LITERACY
AGED
AIR
ALCOHOLISM
BASIC EDUCATION
COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT
COMPOSITION
COSTS OF EDUCATION
CURRICULA
DECENTRALIZATION
DEPRESSION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DROP OUT RATES
ECOLOGY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC FACTORS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC REFORMS
ECONOMIC TRANSITION
EDUCATION EXPENDITURES
EDUCATION FINANCE
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATION LEVEL
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SERVICES
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL ACCESS
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
EDUCATIONAL INPUTS
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT RATE
ENROLLMENT RATES
EQUITABLE ACCESS
FAMILIES
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FORMAL EDUCATION
HEALTH CARE
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
ILLITERACY
IMMIGRATION
INFORMAL EDUCATION
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LEARNING
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LITERACY
LITERATURE
MOBILITY
MOTIVATION
PAPERS
PARENTS
POLICY ANALYSIS
POOR PEOPLE
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRINTING
PRIVATE COSTS
PRIVATE RATES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC SECTOR
QUALITY EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
REPETITION
RURAL AREAS
RURAL SCHOOLS
SAFETY
SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOLING
SCREENING
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SINGLE PARENTS
SOCIAL POLICY
SPEAKING
SPECIAL NEEDS
TEACHER
TEACHER WELFARE
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING MATERIALS
TEACHING STAFF
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TEXTBOOKS
TUTORING
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
URBAN SCHOOLS
WASTE
WORKERS
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH
spellingShingle ACHIEVEMENT
ADAPTABILITY
ADDITION
ADULT ILLITERACY
ADULT LITERACY
AGED
AIR
ALCOHOLISM
BASIC EDUCATION
COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT
COMPOSITION
COSTS OF EDUCATION
CURRICULA
DECENTRALIZATION
DEPRESSION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DROP OUT RATES
ECOLOGY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC FACTORS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC REFORMS
ECONOMIC TRANSITION
EDUCATION EXPENDITURES
EDUCATION FINANCE
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATION LEVEL
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SERVICES
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL ACCESS
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
EDUCATIONAL INPUTS
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT RATE
ENROLLMENT RATES
EQUITABLE ACCESS
FAMILIES
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FORMAL EDUCATION
HEALTH CARE
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
ILLITERACY
IMMIGRATION
INFORMAL EDUCATION
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LEARNING
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LITERACY
LITERATURE
MOBILITY
MOTIVATION
PAPERS
PARENTS
POLICY ANALYSIS
POOR PEOPLE
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRINTING
PRIVATE COSTS
PRIVATE RATES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC SECTOR
QUALITY EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
REPETITION
RURAL AREAS
RURAL SCHOOLS
SAFETY
SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOLING
SCREENING
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SINGLE PARENTS
SOCIAL POLICY
SPEAKING
SPECIAL NEEDS
TEACHER
TEACHER WELFARE
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING MATERIALS
TEACHING STAFF
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TEXTBOOKS
TUTORING
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTERS
URBAN SCHOOLS
WASTE
WORKERS
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH
Vandycke, Nancy
Access to Education for the Poor in Europe and Central Asia : Preliminary Evidence and Policy Implications
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Europe
Central Asia
Europe and Central Asia
relation World Bank Technical Paper;No. 511
description In Europe, and Central Asia, the poor faces three problems: 1) the education system as a whole does not work well, and hence fails to meet adequately their needs; 2) the private cost of education has gone up, so that "education", as a commodity, competes with other consumption goods in shrinking household budgets; and, 3) the perceived benefits of education (in terms of higher wage earning) are still low, thereby undermining long-term incentives to invest in education. The paper shows the discrepancy between Central European, and Former Soviet Union countries in the contribution of "education" for explaining wage earnings inequality. The discrepancy can be explained by factors such as the degree of private sector development, and the flexibility of the labor market. Although there remains a "taste" for education in Europe and Central Asia, there is also a risk that low-income groups, drop out of the education system, and irreversibly fall into poverty.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Vandycke, Nancy
author_facet Vandycke, Nancy
author_sort Vandycke, Nancy
title Access to Education for the Poor in Europe and Central Asia : Preliminary Evidence and Policy Implications
title_short Access to Education for the Poor in Europe and Central Asia : Preliminary Evidence and Policy Implications
title_full Access to Education for the Poor in Europe and Central Asia : Preliminary Evidence and Policy Implications
title_fullStr Access to Education for the Poor in Europe and Central Asia : Preliminary Evidence and Policy Implications
title_full_unstemmed Access to Education for the Poor in Europe and Central Asia : Preliminary Evidence and Policy Implications
title_sort access to education for the poor in europe and central asia : preliminary evidence and policy implications
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1614736/access-education-poor-europe-central-asia-preliminary-evidence-policy-implications
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13974
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