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How Do Hurricanes Impact Achievement in School? A Caribbean Perspective
Spencer, Nekeisha - 2016
relationship at the school, parish, year and country level. The results show a negative and significant effect on performance in … the sciences if hurricanes strike when school is in session and a positive or no effect when school is not in session. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983906
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Urban Transport Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean : Challenges and Lessons Learned
Yañez-Pagans, Patricia - 2018
This paper discusses the transportation challenges that urban areas in Latin America and the Caribbean face and reviews the causal evidence on the impact brought by different urban transport system interventions implemented around the world. The objective is to highlight the main lessons learned...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910748
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Active Labour Market Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean : Evidence from a Meta Analysis
Escudero, Verónica - 2017
We present a systematic collection and assessment of impact evaluations of active labour market programmes (ALMP) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The paper delineates the strategy to compile a novel meta database and provides a narrative review of 51 studies. Based on these studies,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946587
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Long-Term Care in Latin America and the Caribbean? Theory and Policy Considerations
Caruso Bloeck, Martin - 2017
This paper discusses theoretical and practical issues related to long-term care (LTC) services in Latin America. Demand for these services will rise as the region undergoes a swift demographic transition from its currently young population to a rapidly aging one, especially since the region's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946596
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The COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin American and Caribbean Countries : The Labor Supply Impact by Gender
Viollaz, Mariana; Salazar-Saenz, Mauricio; Flabbi, Luca; … - 2022
which this stronger impact is taking place is the increase in child care work affecting women with school-age children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083848
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Financial Development and the Distribution of Income in Latin America and the Caribbean
Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo J.; Rioja, Felix K. - 2021
One of the central concerns in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been the reduction of poverty and inequality so prevalent in the continent. Using large world samples, the literature has found that financial development increases economic growth, increases the income of the poor, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324873
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Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2011
Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in part because countries went … countries. Relying on panel estimation with country fixed effects, we identify the effect of school autonomy from within …-country changes in the average share of schools with autonomy over key elements of school operations. Our results show that autonomy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117402
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The Effect of School Construction on Test Scores, School Enrollment, and Home Prices
Neilson, Chris - 2011
This paper provides new evidence on the effect of school construction projects on home prices, academic achievement …, and public school enrollment. Taking advantage of the staggered implementation of a comprehensive school construction … school construction raised reading scores for elementary and middle school students by 0.027 standard deviations. For a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118273
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On Educational Performance Measures
Muriel, Alastair - 2011
Quantitative school performance measures (QPMs) are playing an ever larger role in education systems on both sides of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121550
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Parental Health and Child Schooling
Bratti, Massimiliano - 2011
the short-run effects of parents' illness on child school enrollment. Our analysis is based on household panel data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121761