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
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	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
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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
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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.
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author	Vandycke, Nancy
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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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Access to Education for the Poor in Europe and Central Asia : Preliminary Evidence and Policy Implications

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