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Child Labour and Basic Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
Arboleda, Vicky Colbert de; Himes, James R.; Mendez, … - 1994
The high primary school enrolment rates in Latin America and the Caribbean mask poor performance in terms of the quality, relevance and cost-effectiveness of formal schooling in the region. What happens to the millions of children who repeat school years, underperform in their first years of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004981818
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School-related Economic Incentives in Latin America: Reducing drop-out and repetition and combating child labour
Schiefelbein, Ernesto - 1997
This paper examines the barriers to educational achievement presented by child labour and the formal education systems … of Latin America. Parents put pressure on children to work rather than study, and historically the formal education … courses, which in turn prompts parents to view education as irrelevant. The paper examines the various economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005430336
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Education in Latin America and the Caribbean at a crossroads : regional monitoring report SDG4 - Education 2030
UNESCO; UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Latin …; … - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013426140
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Income Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: Evidence from Household Surveys
Gasparini, Leonardo - In: Económica LI (2005) 1-2, pp. 29-57
This paper reports information on income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean computed from a sample of more than 50 household surveys from 20 LAC countries from 1989 to 2001. Although the core of the statistics is on household income inequality, we also report results on aggregate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005258452
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Income Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: Evidence from Household Surveys
Gasparini, Leonardo - 2003
This paper reports information on income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean computed from a sample of more than 50 household surveys from 20 LAC countries from 1989 to 2001. Although the core of the statistics is on household income inequality, we also report results on aggregate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011941057
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Income Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: Evidence from Household Surveys
Gasparini, Leonardo - Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional … - 2003
This paper reports information on income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean computed from a sample of more than 50 household surveys from 20 LAC countries from 1989 to 2001. Although the core of the statistics is on household income inequality, we also report results on aggregate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005022027
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Trabajo, educación y salud de las niñas en Américal Latina y el Caribe : indicadores elaborados en el marco de la plataforma de Beijing
Zapata Sapiencia, Daniela (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003478571
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Chronicle of a deceleration foretold: Income inequality in Latin America in the 2010s
Gasparini, Leonardo; Cruces, Guillermo; Tornarolli, Leopoldo - 2015
After a decade of strong progress toward the goal of reducing the high levels of income disparities, there are clear signs of a deceleration in the pace of inequality reduction in Latin America. This paper argues that the deceleration is the result of two set of reasons. First, several of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011646663
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Income distribution in Latin America: The evolution in the last 20 years: A global approach
Tornarolli, Leopoldo; Ciaschi, Matías; Galeano, Luciana - 2018
While Latin America has historically been considered a region of very high inequality, the performance of most Latin American countries in terms of reduction of income inequality has been remarkable good in the first decade of this century. Given that those improvements took place in a context...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012164610
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Chronicle of a deceleration foretold : income inequality in Latin America in the 2010s
Gasparini, Leonardo; Cruces, Guillermo; Tornarolli, Leopoldo - 2015
After a decade of strong progress toward the goal of reducing the high levels of income disparities, there are clear signs of a deceleration in the pace of inequality reduction in Latin America. This paper argues that the deceleration is the result of two set of reasons. First, several of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011459691