Se presenta de manera sencilla la evolución de la economía colombiana y su contraparte social durante la década de los noventa y comienzos del milenio con el propósito de evaluar los logros y el camino a recorrer para alcanzar las metas del milenio. Se caracteriza el periodo de crisis de la...

The poor state of quality education in South Africa is confirmed by the weak performance of South African students on international tests, even when compared to countries with comparatively poorer education systems. This paper aims to shed light on this issue through the use of the PIRLS 2006...

School retention in South Africa and performance in the major school-leaving matric examination are characterised by significant inequalities on the basis of race and socio-economic status. In order to know at what point in the educational trajectory policy interventions and school improvement...

This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on Brain Drain (BD). We propose an ideal path that links the first studies with the most recent ones. In this development, the literature on BD focuses on a variety of economic and social issues and recalls to national and international...

This study analyzes the relationship between wages and education levels, estimating the private returns of the formal education in the region of Mar de Cortes based on the Human Capital Model. The empirical data of this research are yielded from the National Survey of Urban Employment of the...

This paper bolsters Prescott’s (2004) claim that high taxes are responsible for lacklustre labor market performance in continental European countries. We develop a lifecycle model with endogenous skill formation, endogenous labor supply, and endogenous retirement. Labor taxation distorts not...

This study has explored the impact of the rise in food prices on the education of children in the poor and vulnerable households in Bangladesh. It appears that during early 2008 the prices of rice, pulses and edible oil increased tremendously which threatened the status of food security of these...