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El Trabajo Infantile y la Educación Básica en America Latina y el Caribe
Arboleda, Vicky Colbert de; Himes, James R.; Mendez, … - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004981813
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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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Inequality in Education: Evidence for Latin America
Cruces, Guillermo; Domench, Carolina García; … - Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional … - 2012
This paper provides original empirical evidence on the evolution of education inequality for all Latin American … and opportunities across the population, including inequality in years of education, gaps in school enrollment, wage skill … terms of both the assessment of the equity of the education expansion and its impact on the income distribution. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010897695
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Inequality in Education: Evidence for Latin America
Cruces, Guillermo; Domench, Carolina García; … - 2012
This paper provides original empirical evidence on the evolution of education inequality for all Latin American … and opportunities across the population, including inequality in years of education, gaps in school enrollment, wage skill … terms of both the assessment of the equity of the education expansion and its impact on the income distribution. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429399
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Inequality in education: Evidence for Latin America
Cruces, Guillermo; García Domench, Carolina; … - 2011
This paper provides original empirical evidence on the evolution of education inequality for the Latin American … outcomes and opportunities across the population, including inequality in years of education, gaps in school enrolment, wage … 2000s in terms of both the assessment of the equity of the education expansion and its impact on the income distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319832
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Equity in Latin America Since the 1990s
Sainz, Pedro - Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations - 2006
This paper deals with the social welfare consequences of the stagnation of Latin American growth per capita during the far-reaching economic and social changes that took place during the period 1980-2003. This period of transformation saw large-scale foreign actors gradually increase their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005786868
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Six years of Comunidades Solidarias Rurales: Impacts on school entry of an ongoing conditional cash transfer program in El Salvador
Sanchez Chico, Ana; Macours, Karen; Maluccio, John A.; … - 2018
Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs are important anti-poverty programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. There is little evidence, however, of the effectiveness of ongoing CCT programs several years after they have begun. Such evidence is particularly relevant for policymakers because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141928
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Six years of Comunidades Solidarias Rurales : impacts on school entry of an ongoing conditional cash transfer program in El Salvador
Sanchez Chico, Ana; Macours, Karen; Maluccio, John A.; … - 2018
Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs are important anti-poverty programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. There is little evidence, however, of the effectiveness of ongoing CCT programs several years after they have begun. Such evidence is particularly relevant for policymakers because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011883459
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Inequality Trends and their Determinants: Latin America over 1990-2010
Cornia, Giovanni Andrea - Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, … - 2012
premium following a rapid expansion of secondary education, and the adoption of a new development model by a growing number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009492700
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Measuring the effect of competitive teacher recruitment on student achievement: Evidence from Ecuador
Araujo P., Maria Daniela - 2019
In the last decade, several Latin American governments have implemented new teacher recruitment policies based on evaluations of candidates' competency and knowledge so as to raise the quality of their teachers and schools. Since 2007, the Ecuadorian government has required teacher candidates to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005275