leading UK university, we present evidence on the effects of class size on students' test scores. We observe the same student …-linear class size effects controlling for unobserved heterogeneity of both individual students and faculty. We find that (i) at the … and largest ranges of class sizes and zero over a wide range of intermediate class sizes; (iii) students at the top of the …

We study how class size and composition affect the academic and labor market performances of college students, two … crucial policy questions given the secular increase in college enrollment. We rely on the random assignment of students to … deviation deterioration of the average grade. Further, the effect is heterogenous as female and higher income students seem …

This paper examines the impact on TFP of North-South trade-related technology diffusion in Latin America and the …

Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its … as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which Latin American countries consistently perform at the bottom. In … performance of Latin America. Given the limitations of worldwide tests in discriminating performance at low levels, we also …

This paper documents patterns and recent developments on different dimensions of inequality in Latin America and the …

This paper provides original empirical evidence on the evolution of education inequality for all Latin American …

This paper provides original empirical evidence on the evolution of education inequality for the Latin American …

It has been argued that a factor behind the decline in income inequality in Latin America in the 2000s was the … for 16 Latin American countries between 1990 and 2000. The analysis estimates the relative contribution of supply and …