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Returns to Private Education in Peru
Calónico, Sebastián; Ñopo, Hugo R. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
returns to education in Urban Peru. Exploiting a rich pair of data sets (ENNIV 1997 and 2000) that include questions on type … of education (public vs. private) for each educational level (primary, secondary, technical tertiary and university … educational trajectories. The results indicate higher returns to education for those who attended private schools than those who …
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Minority Enrollments at Public Universities of Diverse Selectivity Levels under Different Admission Regimes: The Case of Texas
Alfonso, Mariana; Calcagno, Juan Carlos - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
This study describes how minority enrollment probabilities respond to changes in admission policies from affirmative-action to merit-only programs and then to percentage plans when the demographic composition of the potential pool of applicants is also shifting. It takes advantage of admission...
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Technology and Child Development: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program
Cristia, Julian; Ibarraran, Pablo; Cueto, Santiago; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Although many countries are aggressively implementing the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program, there is a lack of empirical evidence on its effects. This paper presents the impact of the first large-scale randomized evaluation of the OLPC program, using data collected after 15 months of...
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Preschool Education in Brazil: Does Public Supply Crowd Out Private Enrollment?
Bastos, Paulo; Straume, Odd Rune - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
This paper examines whether an expansion in the supply of public preschool crowds out private enrollment, using rich data for municipalities in Brazil from 2000-2006, where federal transfers to local governments change discontinuously with given population thresholds. Results from a...
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The Effects of Shared School Technology Access on Students’ Digital Skills in Peru
Cristia, Julian; Bet, German; Ibarraran, Pablo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
This paper analyzes the effects of increased shared computer access in secondary schools in Peru. Administrative data are used to identify, through propensity-score matching, two groups of schools with similar observable educational inputs but different intensity in computer access. Extensive...
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Does Technology in Schools Affect Repetition, Dropout and Enrollment? Evidence from Peru
Cristia, Julian; Czerwonko, Alejo; Garofalo, Pablo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
Many developing countries are allocating significant resources to expanding technology access in schools. Whether these investments will translate into measurable educational improvements remains an open question because of the limited evidence available. This paper contributes to filling that...
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The Pedagogy of Science and Environment: Experimental Evidence from Peru
Beuermann, Diether W.; Naslund-Hadley, Emma; Ruprah, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
In today’s knowledge-based societies, understanding basic scientific concepts and the capacity to structure and solve scientific questions is more critical than ever. Accordingly, in this paper we test an innovative methodology for teaching science and environment in public primary schools...
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Access to Preprimary Education and Progression in Primary School: Evidence from Rural Guatemala
Bastos, Paulo; Cristia, Julian; Bottan, Nicolas - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Evidence on the impacts of a large-scale expansion in public preprimary education is limited and mostly circumscribed …
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Home Computers and Child Outcomes: Short-Term Impacts from a Randomized Experiment in Peru
Cristia, Julian; Beuermann, Diether; Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannu; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper presents results from a randomized control trial in which approximately 1,000 OLPC XO laptops were provided for home use to children attending primary schools in Lima, Peru. The intervention increased access and use of home computers, with some substitution away from computer use...
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Entry and Quality Choices in Child Care Markets
Bastos, Paulo; Cristia, Julian - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Many developing countries have adopted the market approach for expanding the supply of child care, but little is known about the economic behavior of independent providers. This paper draws on uniquely rich administrative data on child care centers and their inputs from São Paulo to examine the...
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