There is an apparent consensus, at the level of public policies, about the empowering effect of working outside the home for women, thereby reducing the levels of violence against them. However, the empirical evidence on the female labor-violence relationship is inconsistent. In the face of this...

Spanish Abstract: La planeación financiera personal permite realizar procesos administrativos, organizados y sistemáticos para que un individuo, una familia u organización realice eficiente y eficazmente la optimización de los recursos económicos en el manejo de sus finanzas. El ahorro...

Spanish Abstract: Este artículo analiza los principales factores microeconométricos correlacionados con la demanda de educación universitaria en Colombia con datos de las encuestas de hogares del DANE, mediante la estimación robusta de modelos de elección discreta. Entre los resultados más...

Family violence is a critical development challenge in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), carrying high health, social, and economic costs and increasing the risk of perpetuating the cycle of violence across generations. Parenting programs have improved parenting practices in high-income...

Migration movements in the south border of México with Guatemala, has motivated serious social, economic and politic un-stability in both countries. During the last decades of the XX-th century, the sites of the south zone have become in zones with high violence indexes, delinquency and...

The importance of Long Distance Commuting (LDC) has increased as a result of the continuous reduction of transport costs. This paper formalizes the relationship between LDC and wage through a job search model where a commuting time variable is included. The paper proposes that LDC be compensated...