This paper provides original empirical evidence on the evolution of education inequality for all Latin American countries over the decades of 1990 and 2000. The analysis covers a wide range of issues on differences in educational outcomes and opportunities across the population, including...

This paper provides original empirical evidence on the evolution of education inequality for the Latin American countries over the decades of 1990 and 2000. The analysis covers a wide range of issues on the differences in educational outcomes and opportunities across the population, including...

Privatization in education is often associated to higher academic performance but greater social inequality on it, whereas standardization of school systems is associated to equalization of opportunities, at the cost of lower performance. Until now, however, we have not had evidence about that...