, indirect taxes and subsidies, and social spending (cash and food transfers and in-kind transfers in education and health). The …) especially when compared with that found in Western Europe (15 percentage points on average). What prevents Argentina, Bolivia … the country. When in-kind transfers in education and health are added, however, the bottom six deciles are net recipients …

, indirect taxes and subsidies, and social spending (cash and food transfers and in-kind transfers in education and health). The …), especially when compared with that found in Western Europe (15 percentage points on average). What prevents Argentina, Bolivia … on the country. When in-kind transfers in education and health are added, however, the bottom six deciles are net …

on the impact of COVID-19 and school closures on education in Latin America by exploiting harmonized microdata from a …

higher levels of education (there are 30 times as many schools offering grade 1 than grade 12) and receives education of a …

Does more education really mean less poverty and less inequality? How much less? What are the transmission mechanisms … inequality. These results are highly dependent on assumptions about the behaviour of returns to education, both for the … more education operates through greater incentives for labour force participation among the poor, and through reductions in …

those whose education stopped at high school. However, for individuals whose family income during high school was below 1 … prevalence and robustness of these differential returns to education across race and gender, finding that they are driven by …

those whose education stopped at high school. However, for individuals whose family income during high school was below 1 … prevalence and robustness of these differential returns to education across race and gender, finding that they are driven by …

encompasses residential segregation, low quality of education, low paying jobs, discrimination in the labor market, and extra … costs of upward social mobility for minorities, Black families face more challenges for leveraging their education to escape … variation in the effects of highest education of parents on family’s ability to scale poverty, defined as the household’s income …