Spanish Abstract: Esta investigación estudia el efecto de ser admitido en la carrera docente oficial sobre los salarios y la salud. Para esto, emplea información de la primera convocatoria para la carrera docente en 2004 en Colombia, después de la reforma del estatuto docente, e información...

This research estimates the impact of Plan Ceibal in students’ achievement at public primary school in Uruguay. Plan Ceibal is the first national model of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) which is being carried out in Uruguay since 2007 in some provinces, but reached national scale during 2009. The...

The English version of this text is available at: 'http://ssrn.com/abstract=2344231' http://ssrn.com/abstract=2344231La version française de ce texte est disponible à l': 'http://ssrn.com/abstract=2336735' http://ssrn.com/abstract=2336735A versão em português deste texto está disponível...

The Bologna Process: What is its origin? What are the final objectives of this university reform? Who will gain and who will lose by it? You do not have to do sociological research to find out that outside the university world nobody knows anything about it because even inside that world, the...

Spanish Abstract: Código modelo euroamericano de la jurisdicción administrativa fue elaborado durante el transcurso de tres seminarios europeo-latinoamericano de investigación denominado “Código modelo de jurisdição administrativa”, organizados por el Grupo de Pesquisa “Efetividade...

The past decade has seen the emergence of numerous rigorous impact evaluations of teacher policies. This paper reviews the economic theory and empirical evidence on eight teacher policy goals: (1) setting clear expectations for teachers; (2) attracting the best into teaching; (3) preparing...

This paper analyzes policy changes introduced by a law in 2001 regarding selection and remuneration of university professors. The effects of the previous law, passed in 1983, are described, as well as the likely consequences of the new law. Economic analysis is combined with a comparison of the...

This paper analyzes policy changes introduced by a law in 2001 regarding selection and remuneration of university professors. The effects of the previous law, passed in 1983, are described, as well as the likely consequences of the new law. Economic analysis is combined with a comparison of the...

El presente documento busca de manera indicativa explicitar algunos elementos conceptuales y prácticos para construir el problema acerca del tema, pues la diversidad de ángulos desde donde se lo aborda da la impresión de que el problema mismo no está conceptualizado de manera homogénea. En...