and economic inequality.The incarceration of a caregiver can hamstring a child’s development and leave already struggling … potential to cut short students’ education and increase the likelihood that they themselves will be incarcerated. The struggle …

explain selection at early stages of the education system. Our findings for Uruguay suggest that long-term factors, such as … parental background or ethnicity matter across all education stages while the effect of short-term factors, such as family … income, wear out as individuals progress in the education system, suggesting a severe selection process at early stages. …

One consequence of the rise in inequality witnessed over the past 40 years is its potentially negative impact on … capital. I consider whether public investments in children can potentially offset the inequality of private investments … of family background and declines in inequality in the production of child human capital as measured by the Program for …

education contingent subsidy paid to the poorest families of a community manages to initiate a bandwagon effect towards … 'education for all'. The optimal mechanism design of such a targeted transfer program is investigated. …