Similar Search Results

Does Inequality Breed Altruism or Selfishness? Gauging Individuals' Predispositions towards Redistributive Schemes

Machado, Fabiana Velasques de Paula - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

While decreasing inequality is generally considered desirable, and there is a growing understanding of which policies …-economic groups arises on how government should address inequality rather than whether it should do so. While poorer respondents …. Contrary to what is commonly assumed, inequality seems to breed altruism among the rich regarding the quintessential poverty …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944108

Household Saving in Developing Countries - Inequality, Demographics and All That: How Different are Latin America and South East Asia?

Attanasio, Orazio P.; Székely, Miguel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

East Asia and Latin America have diverged in several dimensions in the past three decades. This paper compares household saving behavior in two countries in each region (Mexico, Peru, Thailand and Taiwan). We make four contributions. First, we provide the first comparisons of savings in these...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944347

Does Immigration Induce "Native Flight" from Public Schools into Private Schools?

Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014

The paper tests whether native-born American families respond to inflows of immigrants by sending their children to private school.Â The analysis uses 1980 and 1990 Census data from 132 metropolitan areas.Â For primary school students, no significant relation between immigration and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928894

Is There "White Flight" into Private Schools? Evidence from the National Educational Longitudinal Survey

Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014

Using a recently released confidential dataset from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), we find some evidence of "white flight" from public schools into private schools partly in response to minority schoolchildren.Â We also examine whether "white flight" is from all...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929810

Explaining Ethnic, Racial, and Immigrant Differences in Private School Attendance

Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014

Using 1990 Census microdata, we explore ethnic, racial and immigrant differences in private school attendance.Â We find high rates of private school attendance among white natives, white immigrants, and Asian natives.Â In contrast, we find low private school rates among black and Hispanic...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929812

Las escuelas de secundaria en América Latina y el Caribe y la transición al mundo del trabajo

Castro, Claudio de Moura; Carnoy, Martin; Wolff, Laurence - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

En este documento se analiza la organización de las escuelas secundarias en América Latina y el Caribe. Se tratan temas como son la provisión de escuelas para un conjunto estudiantil cada vez más heterogéneo y la triple función de preparar a los alumnos para la educación superior, formar...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216201

Secondary Education in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Challenge of Growth and Reform

Wolff, Laurence; Castro, Claudio de Moura - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

This paper examines the current status of secondary education in Latin America in the context of world-wide economic changes and identifies a wide variety of policy options for ensuring that secondary education can play a positive role in the region's economic and social development. The paper...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216220

Poverty and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2001

This document surveys Bank lending operations designed to fight poverty and enhance social equity, with emphasis on recently approved projects with innovative components. It also surveys a broad range of poverty-related non-lending activities carried out by the Bank over the past two years. It...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367250

Intergenerational Social Mobility in Latin America: A Review of Existing Evidence Title: Movilidad social intergeneracional en América Latina: Una revision de la evidencia actual

Azevedo, Viviane; Bouillon, César P. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

This article reviews evidence on intergenerational social mobility in Latin America. Results indicate that mobility is low in the Region. The evidence also suggests high levels of immobility at the income distribution's lower and upper tails. While intergenerational education mobility has...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672815

Sociómetro Title: Sociómetro

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 1990

To capture social conditions in Latin America, the Sociómetro-BID database presents a diverse set of social indicators, both traditional and LAC-specific, including demographics, education, labor market, housing, and income. The indicators are derived from national household survey data,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672898