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In this paper we try to explain the academic performance of a sample of children starting their first year at public schools in 1999 in Montevideo, Uruguay. We are mainly interested in the effect of pre-school education on the children’s academic results. We found fairly strong empirical...
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An analysis of schoolchildren’s outcomes for the cohort that did their first year in public schools in Montevideo in 1999 shows that one of the main problems is that a low proportion of children completed the six-year primary school cycle on schedule because so many had a high repetition rate....
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Using a quasi-experimental design with pooled cross section over time model, this paper explore the effect of the … to offset the decline of the income (substitution effect is larger than income effect). The model suggest that the …
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This paper studies the relationship between social-political and judicial factors and private investment in Latin America during 1995-2003 by means of panel data analysis. The empirical evidence suggests that investment rate differentials, not only among Latin American countries but also with...
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This paper analyzes the impact of MapaRegalías on efficiency in the execution of public investment projects in Colombia. MapaRegalías is an online platform that displays geo-referenced information and data on royalties coming from the extractives sector. The purpose of the platform is to...
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Spanish Abstract: Este paper presenta los avances que han tenido en fuentes de energías renovables no convencionales y redes inteligentes dos de los mercados que más han avanzado en Latinoamérica sobre el tema, Brasil y Chile. Brasil igual que Colombia depende en gran medida del agua para...
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Spanish Abstract: Algunos de los retos a los que se han enfrentado en los mercados Norteamericanos con la inclusión de fuentes de generación eléctrica eólica y solar consiste en la incertidumbre y la variabilidad que presentan estas fuentes y, por tanto, han evidenciado la necesidad de...
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Spanish Abstract: La política energética alemana ha sido, sin duda, un referente a nivel mundial enlo relativo a energías renovables. Con la implementación de la Ley de energías renovables (Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz) en 2000, el 36% del consumo bruto de electricidad en 2018 provino de...
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Spanish Abstract: Este paper describe la transición energética que ha tenido el Reino Unido para alcanzar una generación mediante energías renovables del 25% en 2016 y reducir las emisiones per cápita de CO2, las cuales pasaron de 10.744.1 kg CO2/pc en 1990 a 6.560.2 en 2016. Pero al mismo...
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