School-based management programs aim to improve education outcomes by involving parents in allocation decisions about …

This paper characterizes household spending in education using microdata from income and expenditure surveys for 12 … in education while Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay have the lowest. Tertiary education is the most important form of … spend more in the education of household members. Households with both parents present and those with a female main income …

This paper explores families' investment in skills development through education in a high-inequality, low-education … quality country such as Mexico, comparing it to a lower-inequality, higher-quality education country such as the United States … years and different methodological approaches. Of particular interest is the analysis of education expenditure patterns …

private education and health systems has raised concerns about the future of an already fragmented social contract in Latin … America. In this chapter, we examine the evolution of the use of private education and private health insurance in selected … with some nuances. Wealthy households are mostly opting out of the public education system, and the middle-class is split …

also provides a novel microfoundation for peer effects, with empirical implications for welfare and different education …

Despite the renewed interest in technical education, only a handful of studies analyze its effect on academic outcomes …, Brazil, to identify the impact of technical education during high school on student academic outcomes. We find that students …

, still graduate from college but with much lower returns to education. Highincome applicants who just miss the cutoff … affordable higher education in promoting social mobility. …