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The study investigates disparities in social development in 144 countries worldwide. In the paper we aim to investigate cross-country differences in social development level in year 2011, as well as to estimate inequalities on the field. Secondly, we assess relative social development level...
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Within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the gender equality in education is considered one of … narrowing down the gender gap in education for the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. More specifically, and among many … other factors, the study focuses on the response of gender gap in education to economic growth, information communication …
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This paper examines the effects of Chile Solidario programme on labour market outcomes from a gender perspective. Chile … to provide poor families with auxiliary social services, including support for employment. We compare the gender impact …
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The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of economic policy and structural change on gender inequality … three different methodologies to explore this question: 1) statistical description of changes in a range of gender … well as the determinants of gender inequality in these variables. …
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This paper assesses the impact of 30 years of globalization on gender equity in well-being in Latin America and the … equalizer for gender anymore than it has been shown to be by class. The results here indicate that growth exhibits a negative …
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This paper draws attention to the internal consistency of the demographic statistics frequently used in applied work, population stocks and flows of births, deaths and net migration. We illustrate some inconsistencies found in these statistics provided by the Spanish central statistical office,...
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This paper is aimed at examining the theoretical determinants and empirical evidence on the use of derivatives in Latin America for risk management. The contingent claims, the development of their market, and their use, is undoubtedly one of the most powerful financial innovations available to...
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This study investigates the existence of day of the week effects on stock returns in the Colombian Stock Exchange (CSE) for the period between June 2001 and March 2005. The Bogotá Stock Exchange was established in 1928. However, the two other main bourses in the country merged with this in 2001...
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The issue of institutional support for innovations in Latin American countries has been examined in this paper. We use aprirori theoretical knowledge on this issue in order to derive one econometric model out of a theoretical framework. The influence on human capital variable on innovations...
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