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What you don't know can hurt you : or at least mislead you ; family behaviors, unobserved heterogeneities, and the determinants and impacts of human resources over the life cycle

Behrman, Jere R. - In: Economia : journal of the Latin American and Caribbean … 9 (2008/09) 2, pp. 1-43

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Long-run economic losses from COVID-related preprimary program closures in Latin America and the Caribbean

López Bóo, Florencia; Behrman, Jere R.; Vazquez, Claudia - In: Economia : journal of the Latin American and Caribbean … 22 (2023) 1, pp. 19-30

lifetime education, health, income, and productivity. Losses in long-term earnings from preprimary program closures due to …

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Human resources in Latin America and the Caribbean

Behrman, Jere R. - 1996

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"Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America"

Behrman, Jere R.; Gaviria, Alejandro; Székely, Miguel - In: ECONOMIA JOURNAL OF THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN … (2001)

, and that mobility in Latin America is strongly associated with schooling levels and expenditures on education. …

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The Impact of Nutrition during Early Childhood on Education among Guatemalan Adults

Maluccio, John A.; Hoddinott, John; Behrman, Jere R.; … - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2003

Early childhood nutrition is thought to have important effects on education, broadly defined to include various forms … of learning. We advance beyond previous literature on the effect of early childhood nutrition on education in developing …

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Schooling Inequality, Crises, and Financial Liberalization in Latin America

Behrman, Jere R.; Birdsall, Nancy; Pettersson, Gunilla - 2009

Latin America is characterized by high and persistent schooling, land, and income inequalities and extreme income concentration. In a highly unequal setting, powerful interests are more likely to dominate politics, pushing for policies that protect privileges rather than foster competition and...

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What Determines Adult Cognitive Skills? Impacts of Pre-Schooling, Schooling and Post-Schooling Experiences in Guatemala

Behrman, Jere R.; Hoddinott, John; Maluccio, John A.; … - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2006

Most investigations of the importance of and the determinants of adult cognitive skills assume that (a) they are produced primarily by schooling and (b) schooling is statistically predetermined. But these assumptions may lead to misleading inferences about impacts of schooling and of...

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Intergenerational mobility in Latin America : deeper markets and better schools make a difference

Behrman, Jere R.; Birdsall, Nancy; Székely, Miguel - In: New markets, new opportunities? : Economic and social …, (pp. 135-168). 2000

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Investment in Education Inputs and Incentives

Behrman, Jere R. - In: Handbook of Development Economics

From the point of view of economic development, education is the acquisition of knowledge and skills through … experiences from conception onwards over the life cycle that increase productivity broadly defined. Education can occur through …. The proximate determinants of education are experiences or inputs into knowledge and skills production functions. Within a …

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Development Beyond Economics Title: Desarrollo más allá de la economía

Pagés-Serra, Carmen; Piras, Claudia; Behrman, Jere R.; … - Inter-American Development Bank

This report moves beyond the conventional scope of economics to examine three entrenched structural factors -demography, geography and institutions- that are closely connected to economic and social development. Historical in nature and slow to evolve, these variables are not always in the...

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