evaluates the impact of a cash transfer program, the Bono de Desarrollo Humano of Ecuador, on students' cognitive achievements …

This paper analyzes the individual-level determinants of wage inequality for Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador from 2001 … Ecuador, and a mere 2.4 percent in Bolivia. Our findings show that the sources of income inequality can differ substantially … educational attainment to form part of one's own responsibility the Colombian income distribution appears more equal than Bolivia …

In this paper we examine the effect of birth order on human capital development in Ecuador using a large national … potential mechanisms we find that earlier born children receive less quality time from their mothers than later born children …

This paper estimates the effects of a 2008 policy that eliminated tuition fees at public universities in Ecuador. We …

Ecuador. Two years after families lost the transfer, which they had received for seven years, their young children weigh less …

administrative data on the universe of taxpayers in Ecuador and the introduction of generous tax deduction policies. Key to the …

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 …

Ecuador has become the third largest receiver of the 4.3 million Venezuelans that left their country in the last five … skilled and have high rates of employment, compared to Ecuadorians. However, their employment is of much lower quality … educational credentials, would increase Ecuador's GDP between 1.6% and 1.9% and alleviate the pressure on disadvantaged native …

As of 2019, more than 1.2 million Venezuelans have passed through Ecuador and over 400,000 settled in, which amounts to … almost 3% of Ecuador's population. This paper analyzes the location choices of Venezuelan migrants within Ecuador and the … labor market consequences of these choices, using data from Ecuador's labor force survey (ENEMDU) and mobile phone records …

in an attempt to raise teacher quality. We evaluate the impact of this policy using linked administrative teacher … teachers in the 2012-2013 school year in Ecuador. We find positive and significant effects of test-screened tenured teachers of …