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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
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
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
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
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
schools. Other topics covered include education for the disabled child, decentralization of education and its implications for … trends in the region, an introduction to the theme of education and an overview of the main findings. The purpose of the …
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(lower) secondary education, but without gains in the overall level. This contribution addresses the question of whether this …
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(lower) secondary education, but without gains in the overall level. This contribution addresses the question of whether this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010529428
On average, boys score higher on math achievement tests and girls score higher in reading; these gaps increase between primary and secondary school. Using PISA, PIRLS, and TIMSS data, we investigate the role of early educational tracking (sorting students into different types of secondary...
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of their children on their family farms, accompanied by an education intervention aimed to improve the quality of schools … measures to improve the quality of education in Peru, we see a reduction in hazardous child labor and child labor overall … had an effect in the reduction of child labor, and these effects were reinforced by education interventions. Results …
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