We analyze the economic returns to different postsecondary degrees in Chile. We posit a schooling decision model with unobserved ability, observed test scores and labor market outcomes. We benefit from administrative records to carry out our empirical strategy. Our results show positive average...

We analyze the economic returns to different postsecondary degrees in Chile. We posit a schooling decision model with unobserved ability, observed test scores and labor market outcomes. We benefit from administrative records to carry out our empirical strategy. Our results show positive average...

Covering Latin America and the Caribbean (more than fifty states and territories, 564 million inhabitants), this chronicle gives an overview of the main socio-demographic and health developments in the region since the 1950s. It includes a summary of census and survey data on each country, with...

As many pension systems in the world, the Belizean pension system faces two main challenges. First, there is a need to manage financial risks to public finances arising from the forecasted increase in liabilities due to an ageing population. Second, the ageing process increases the demand for...

The shift from an industrial economy to a knowledge and service economy over the last four decades has ignited a debate about what skills are now the most critical. The European Commission has placed skills development at the heart of its economic policies, as it believes that skill mismatches...

El artículo aborda el tema de la distribución de ingresos entre un grupo de familias en dos momentos de la vida de éstos. Se trata de un estudio de la dinámica que se observa en los ingresos cuando las familias envejecen. Se utiliza el método de descomposición del Coeficiente Gini que...

El propósito de este trabajo es ligar formalmente los modelos de equilibrio general clásico y neoclásico con el modelo de insumo-producto. El punto de vista que aquí se sustenta es que el modelo de insumo-producto puede interpretarse en gran medida como un modelo de corte ricardiano; en...

El debate nace desde el punto mismo de la definición de derrotabilidad de la norma, pues Bayón básicamente afirma que las excepciones que la norma va adquiriendo después de ser emitida favorecen la reconstrucción de las prácticas jurídicas corrientes. Por el contrario, Rodríguez piensa...