Bryce Millett Steinberg

Brown University
Bryce Millett Steinberg

Bryce Millett Steinberg is currently finishing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University, and in July 2017 will begin an appointment as the Stephen Robert Assistant Professor of Economics at Brown. She received her Ph.D. in business economics from Harvard University in 2015. Her work focusses on health and education in the developing world, particularly the effect of market forces and government programmes on families’ decisions to invest in human capital.

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अच्छी मॉनसून तो परीक्षा में कम प्राप्तांक? शिक्षा से भटकाव

भारत में अच्छी मॉनसून कृषि की उत्पादकता बड़ा देती है जिसके कारण रोजगार और वेतन भी बढ़ जाता है। क्या यह अतिरिक्त रोजगार गरीब बच्चों के मामले में उनकी स्कूली शिक्षा की कीमत पर होता है? इस लेख में पता चलता है कि बढ़ी हुई घरेलू आय से छोटे बच्चों को लाभ होता है क्योंकि उनकी मानव पूंजी पर अधिक निवेश किया जा सकता है। हालांकि वेतन बढ़ जाने के कारण बड़े बच्चों को स्कूल की पढ़ाई के बजाय घर का काम, खेत का काम, या दिहाड़ी मजदूरी का काम करना पड़ता है।

14 December 2018
Human Development
Human Development

Good monsoon, bad test scores? Substituting away from schooling

Good monsoons in India raise agricultural productivity and hence, bring added work and higher wages. Is this extra work at the expense of schooling for poor children? This column finds that increased household income benefits younger children as more can be invested in their human capital; however, older children may substitute away from schooling into domestic work, farm work, or wage labour, in response to higher wages.

27 June 2017
Human Development
Human Development
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