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Extending the school day in Latin America and the Caribbean
Holland, Peter Anthony; Alfaro, Pablo; Evans, David K. - 2015
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Extending the School Day in Latin America and the Caribbean
Holland, Peter - 2017
school day. This paper examines the evidence on the relationship between instructional time and student learning, reviewing … 19 studies that measure the effects of longer school days in the region. It characterizes the differences in the … implementation of extended school day programs and provides one detailed case study and cost-effectiveness exercise, from Uruguay …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971577
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Gender inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Berniell, Inés; Fernández, Raquel; Krutikova, Sonya - 2023
This chapter examines gender inequality, focusing on two critical spheres in which gender inequality is generated: education and work. The objective is to provide a current snapshot of gender inequality across key indicators as well as a dynamic perspective that highlights successes and...
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Case Studies in Extending the School Day in Latin America
Alfaro, Pablo; Holland, Peter - 2012
The case study in extending the school day in Latin America includes the following countries in this paper: Argentina …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564725
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How do hurricanes impact achievement in school? : a Caribbean perspective
Spencer, Nekeisha; Polachek, Solomon W.; Strobl, Eric - 2016
relationship at the school, parish, year and country level. The results show a negative and significant effect on performance in … the sciences if hurricanes strike when school is in session and a positive or no effect when school is not in session. In …
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Late start with extra schooling : the effect of school entry-age increase and the introduction of preparatory year
Jha, Nikhil - 2014
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Carribbean region: access, quality, and efficiency in education
1993 - 1. print.
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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
Hundreds of millions of children are losing learning opportunities, resulting in potentially large losses in their lifetime education, health, income, and productivity. Losses in long-term earnings from preprimary program closures due to COVID-19 can be unprecedented. Acute effects are plausible...
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Private education provision and public finance : the Netherlands
Patrinos, Harry Anthony - In: Education economics 21 (2013) 4, pp. 392-414
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The earnings of immigrants and the quality adjustment of immigrant human capital
Sharaf, Mesbah - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-18
The quality dimension of immigrant human capital has received little attention in the economic assimilation literature. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate how human capital acquired in different source countries may be adjusted according to its quality in the Canadian labor market....
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