This paper provides original empirical evidence on the evolution of education inequality for the Latin American … outcomes and opportunities across the population, including inequality in years of education, gaps in school enrolment, wage … 2000s in terms of both the assessment of the equity of the education expansion and its impact on the income distribution …

looks like Western Europe-below-replacement fertility rates, rising age at first marriage and first birth, and high and …, near-universal marriage and childbearing. The other facet of this demographic transformation is nearly unprecedented …

This paper examines the impact of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake on age at marriage and other assortative matching … outcomes. Using the 2004-05 wave of the India Human Development Survey and employing a difference-in-differences strategy, we … document that the earthquake reduced the age at marriage for both men and women and decreased the likelihood of women marrying …

move up the wage ladder. Education plays an important role, as it increases the probability of transitioning into a better …

obstacle to improvements in income distribution triggered by other factors such as greater education levels across the …

-based development policy, and a second explanation emphasizing political factors. The paper assesses their relevance in the context of …

premium following a rapid expansion of secondary education, and the adoption of a new development model by a growing number of …