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Choosing the right parents : changes in the intergenerational transmission of inequality - between 1980 and the early 1990s
Levine, David I. (contributor);  … - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001697071
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Latin American Middle Classes: The Distance between Perception and Reality
Lora, Eduardo; Fajardo, Johanna - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
definitions of middle-class using data from the 2007 World Gallup Poll. Seven objective income-based definitions of social class … fact that self-perceived social status is associated not just with income, but also with personal capabilities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943989
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Latin American Middle Classes: The Distance between Perception and Reality
Lora, Eduardo; Fajardo, Johanna - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
. Seven objective income-based definitions of social class are contrasted with a self-perceived social status measure … incomes. Mismatches arise because self-perceived social status is associated not just with income, but also with personal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944419
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Should we teach old dogs new tricks? : The impact of community college retraining on older displaced workers
Jacobson, Louis S. (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
less than those reported for schooling of children. However, our internal rate of return estimates are very sensitive to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001920927
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Education, Family Background and Racial Earnings Inequality in Brazil Title: Educación, antecedentes familiares y desigualdad interracial del salario en Brasil Title: Educação, ant...
Arias, Omar; Yamada, Gustavo; Tejerina, Luis - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
This study combines survey data with annual state data on pupil-teacher ratios covering broadly the period 1940-90 to investigate the role of race, family background and education (both the quantity and quality) in explaining earnings inequality between whites and the African descendent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944185
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The Latin American Middle Class: Fragile After All?
Castellani, Francesca; Parent, Gwenn; Zenteno, Jannet - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
with the likelihood of being middle class. The example of Colombia illustrates that, while growing in size, this income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240369
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Maternal employment and overweight children
Anderson, Patricia M. (contributor);  … - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001697106
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Nutrition, Income Instability and Quality of Life: Determinants and Differential Patterns across Members within the Household
Cárdenas, Mauricio; Maro, Vincenzo Di; Meija, Carolina - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
Using an approach that complements standard income-based measures with broader measures of well-being this paper … income instability as measures of deprivation and analyzes their relationship with perceived and objective well-being. First … perceived well-being and income instability. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673327
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Education, Family Background and Racial Earnings Inequality in Brazil
Arias, Omar; Yamada, Gustavo; Tejerina, Luis - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
This study combines survey data with annual state data on pupil-teacher ratios covering broadly the period 1940-90 to investigate the role of race, family background and education (both the quantity and quality) in explaining earnings inequality between whites and the African descendent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653996
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The Family in Flux: Household Decision-Making in Latin America
Duryea, Suzanne; Attanasio, Orazio P.; Székely, Miguel; … - Inter-American Development Bank
This book breaks away from the exclusively macroeconomic focus of development studies to bring the spotlight to the place where decisions are made: households. Complementing this microeconomic view with an aggregate approach, this volume uncovers clues to declining fertility, skyrocketing female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943383