The probability that a household will sell its house in a specific year is assumed to be a function of, principally, changes in the characteristics of the household subsequent to purchase. Probit models are estimated from Swedish register data. Leads and lags in the behaviour of the households...

Introducción. El problema de la deuda externa ocupa un lugar central en la discusión latinoamericana sobre teoría y política económicas. Esta discusión se ha extendido mas allá de los medios puramente académicos y financieros para convertirse en un elemento básico de la discusión...

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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<heading format="display" id="h1" implicit="yes" level="1">Abstract</heading> (1249) Renato Aguilar and Andrea Goldstein Copyright 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.