Ecuador experienced an unprecedented wave of international migration since the late 1990s, triggered by a severe … economic and financial crisis. This paper gathers individual-level data from Ecuador and the two main destinations of …

In this paper we examine the effect of birth order on human capital development in Ecuador using a large national … growing up in poor, low educated families. -- birth order ; human capital development ; parental time allocation ; Ecuador …

This paper analyzes the individual-level determinants of wage inequality for Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador from 2001 …'s or Ecuador's. In 2010, educational achievement explains over 10.9 percent of the Gini score in Colombia, 6.3 percent in … Ecuador, and a mere 2.4 percent in Bolivia. Our findings show that the sources of income inequality can differ substantially …