School-based management programs aim to improve education outcomes by involving parents in allocation decisions about … raised funds. Difference-in-differences estimation shows that parents in richer schools increased voluntary contributions by … schools. Based on a randomized control, estimation shows that parents use 83 percent of the grant to substitute for voluntary …

, and self-employment. The study points to the need for a redesign of maternity protection policy that would enable the …

identification regions, and we illustrate our methods by partially identifying the effect of maternal education on the 2015 PISA math … maternal education, it is still possible to calculate informative identification regions. …

performance, and informal employment levels within Colombias manufacturing sector. Empirically, I use a two-stage estimation … Shock has affected the future growth rates of productivity, employment level, workforce composition, wages, export … outside Latin America. The results validate that the China Shock has significant effects on future growth rates for employment …

, consistent with the transition to employment elevating time pressure and stress. We find no effect on teenagers' education and … substantial and heterogeneous employment responses that increased average income despite reduced transfers. We find zero effects …

This paper explores families' investment in skills development through education in a high-inequality, low-education … quality country such as Mexico, comparing it to a lower-inequality, higher-quality education country such as the United States … years and different methodological approaches. Of particular interest is the analysis of education expenditure patterns …

of allowing entry to the elite track for a group that was previously only at the margin of being admitted. -- Education …

This paper brings new evidence on the impact of The Peruvian Job Youth Training Program (Projoven). Compared with prior …), allowing for a more accurate measure of formal employment. It also measures whether socioemotional skills of beneficiaries … improved with program participation. The evaluation finds a high long term positive impact of Projoven on formal employment. It …