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This paper estimates private returns to education in Mexico by means of the Mincer model. The natural ability bias that the literature reports in this type of estimations is tried to be solved using the control function method. Through this method some variables relevant to wage determination...
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There is a strong gap in school enrollment rates between young girls with and without children in Uruguay. This paper aims to explain if this gap responds to a cause-effect relationship, identifying the impact of becoming a teen mother on the educational outcomes of young girls. Our...
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There is a strong gap in school enrollment rates between young girls with and without children in Uruguay. This paper aims to explain if this gap responds to a cause-effect relationship, identifying the impact of becoming a teen mother on the educational outcomes of young girls. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853286
Las instituciones universitarias se enfrentan a retos de competitividad que se enmarcan en las exigencias de la sociedad, los cambios de preferencia de los estudiantes y la evolución tecnológica; esto plantea la necesidad de generar herramientas objetivas para la toma de decisiones que permitan...
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Spanish Abstract: En este documento, se utiliza información a nivel del alumno y el Análisis Envolvente de Datos (DEA) para desagregar la eficiencia de los estudiantes pertenecientes a colegios rurales y urbanos del Departamento de Santander (Colombia) en la Prueba Saber 11, en la parte...
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Spanish Abstract: El objetivo de este artículo es diagnosticar el problema de la segregación del alumnado por nivel socioeconómico en la escuela secundaria argentina, factor que profundiza la inequidad de los aprendizajes. Su contribución es evaluar qué tan desigual es la distribución de...
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Este trabajo analiza el problema de la deserción estudiantil en la Facultad de Economía de laUniversidad del Rosario, a través del estudio de los factores individuales, académicos ysocioeconómicos sobre el riesgo de desertar. Para esto se utiliza el análisis de modelos de...
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Las instituciones universitarias se enfrentan a retos de competitividad que se enmarcan en las exigencias de la sociedad, los cambios de preferencia de los estudiantes y la evolución tecnológica; esto plantea la necesidad de generar herramientas objetivas para la toma de decisiones que permitan...
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In contrast with previous studies on university drop-out, which have tried to explain it only according to some of the features that theoretically have been proposed, this article analyzes the student’s drop-out problem in the University of Antioquia incorporating jointly individual,...
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In this paper we analyze intergenerational educational mobility for afro-descendants and no afro-descendants in Uruguay. We consider the relationship between educational achievements of teenagers and their parents’. The results show that relative mobility is higher among afro-descendants than...
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