Las investigaciones recogidas en cientos de estudios demuestran los beneficios que proporcionan la educación y los cuidados de calidad durante la primera infancia para el aprendizaje posterior del niño, su éxito escolar y su desarrollo social. Habiendo reconocido el valor de ofrecer...

Con miras a proveer información relevante para planificar el escalamiento (scale-up) de servicios de programas de atención y educación de la primera infancia (AEPI) orientados a niños menores de tres años, se realiza un estudio de la demanda social de este tipo de intervenciones en dos...

This paper compares the organisation of the university sector under private provision with the structure which would be chosen by a welfare maximising government. It studies a general equilibrium model where universities carry out research and teach students. To attend university and earn higher...

The returns to schooling are estimated for 28 European and Central Asian countries using the Mincerian function. Our results show that while the public sector pays on average more than the private sector, the effect of education on earnings is stronger in the private sector. However, the returns...

The returns to schooling are estimated for 28 European and Central Asian countries using the Mincerian function. Our results show that while the public sector pays on average more than the private sector, the effect of education on earnings is stronger in the private sector. However, the returns...

The returns to schooling are estimated for 28 European and Central Asian countries using the Mincerian function. Our results show that while the public sector pays on average more than the private sector, the effect of education on earnings is stronger in the private sector. However, the returns...

Between 2000 and 2010, U.S. public postsecondary schools experienced widespread decreases in appropriations funding. We document that every 10 percent cut in appropriations statewide increased for-profit attendance by 2 percent, owing to students who otherwise would have attended public...

"La educación es considerada un factor fundamental para impulsar el desarrollo de una sociedad, especialmente por sus efectos positivos sobre el posterior desenvolvimiento del individuo en el mercado laboral y su mayor capacidad de generación de ingresos. En el caso específico de la...

¿Qué factores explican el aprendizaje de los estudiantes peruanos? Los autores buscan dar respuesta a esta interrogante para los niveles educativos inicial, escolar y superior. Se confirma el enorme impacto de la familia, de la formación de los docentes y de los conocimientos previos del...

We estimate the effects of early childhood malaria exposure on education and health at older ages by exploiting variations in malaria exposure risk around birth that resulted from a universal malaria eradication campaign in colonial Taiwan in the early 20th century. We find that malaria exposure...