Countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean are reforming their education systems to add more hours to the …

It has been argued that a factor behind the decline in income inequality in Latin America in the 2000s was the … for 16 Latin American countries between 1990 and 2000. The analysis estimates the relative contribution of supply and …

university students in Tunisia, this paper studies the medium-term impacts of entrepreneurship education four years after … students' graduation. The paper complements earlier evidence that documented small, short-term impacts on entry into self …

Latin America and the Caribbean. Ecuador stands out as a country in the region that has made significant investments in … potential to raise program pertinence while allowing the prioritization of investments in teachers and students with the …

This paper studies the relative academic performance of students tracked or randomly assigned to South African … university dormitories. Tracked or streamed assignment creates dormitories where all students obtained similar scores on high … of students. Tracking lowers students' mean grades in their first year of university and increases the variance or …

more than 8 percent. The analysis also provides evidence that students are willing to pay a premium of about 4 percent of …

historical evidence from developed economies. The students of today are the teachers of tomorrow …

Uniquely among Latin American and Caribbean countries, Haiti has a largely non-public education system. Prior to the … earthquake of January 2010, just 19 percent of primary school students were enrolled in public schools, with the remainder … determinant of attendance. Given these findings, the authors conclude that in the near-term paying school fees for poor students …