This paper exploits variations in the timing of telecommunications reforms across Europe to analyze the relationship between the rise of alternative work arrangements and the emergence of the Internet. The paper evaluates whether sectors that are technologically more dependent on information and...

Evidence about the effect of exports on welfare at the local level is scarce. Using a unique dataset of international trade and poverty maps for almost 2,000 Mexican municipalities between 2004 and 2014, the study presented in this paper provides new evidence on the impact of a significant rise...

Evidence on the effect of exports on welfare at the local level is scarce. Using a unique data set of international trade and poverty maps for almost 2,000 Mexican municipalities between 2004 and 2014, the study presented in this paper provides new evidence on the impact of a significant rise in...

Evidence about the effect of exports on welfare at the local level is scarce. Using a unique dataset of international trade and poverty maps for almost 2,000 Mexican municipalities between 2004 and 2014, the study presented in this paper provides new evidence on the impact of a significant rise...

Este trabajo estudia el efecto de la escolaridad sobre los aprendizajes en América Latina según el nivel de integración socioeconómica de los alumnos. Utilizando datos de las distintas ediciones de PISA para 5 países de la región (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Costa Rica y Uruguay), el trabajo...

Este trabajo proporciona un modelo dinámico de segregación escolar socioeconómica. Reinterpreta y extiende el modelo Galor-Zeira para ilustrar las principales causas y consecuencias de este fenómeno. El modelo teórico predice que la segregación de los pobres será mayor cuanto mayor sea la...

Este trabajo estudia el efecto de los programas de transferencias monetarias condicionadas sobre la concentración de alumnos de menor nivel socioeconómico en determinados tipos de escuelas. Utilizando datos de un municipio urbano en el estado de México, el trabajo evalúa si el programa...

This paper studies school segregation among students from different socioeconomic strata attending public and private schools in Argentina. The study contributes with empirical evidence to the measurement of this phenomenon from 1986 to the present, including projections to 2014. To this end,...