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

Over the last decade Ecuador has experienced a strong increase in financial transfers from migrated workers, amounting … remittances on school enrolment and child work in Ecuador. Identification relies on instrumental variables, exploiting information …

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 …

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