. -- Institutions ; Fiscal Federalism ; Education ; Long Run Development …Recent research links the inequality across countries and regions to colonial institutions. This paper argues that … trade shocks could alter the development path of a country or subnational units, in spite of its colonial institutions. This …

Recent research links the inequality across countries and regions to colonial institutions. This paper argues that … trade shocks could alter the development path of a country or subnational units, in spite of its colonial institutions. This … positive trade shocks, or improvements in export tax revenues, increased expenditures on education per capita and education …

institutional persistence in Colombia using direct measures of colonial institutions, particularly the intensity of encomiendas …, slavery and State presence. The paper deals with the possible endogeneity of colonial institutions developing an instrumental …

This paper studies the historical origins of the federalist institutions in Mexico and Brazil. Using a bargaining game … negotiation power of local governments. This led to the buildup of opposite federalist institutions in both countries, which have …

through its institutions and organizations which, through specific routes, working for an educational purpose: The national … rich experience of 50 years of revolution in education and, in turn, is a creative synthesis of the Cuban tradition of … education, carried qualitatively higher levels. …

This paper studies the historical origins of the federalist institutions in Mexico and Brazil. Using a bargaining game … negotiation power of local governments. This led to the buildup of opposite federalist institutions in both countries, which have …

Education has long stood at the epicenter of the battle for civil rights. More than half a century after the U ….S. Supreme Court declared racially segregated schools unlawful in Brown v. Board of Education, educational opportunity and … schools are resegregating at alarming rates, protecting education as a civil right is crucial for creating equitable and high …

This paper studies the historical origins of the federalist institutions in Mexico and Brazil. Using a bargaining game … negotiation power of local governments. This led to the buildup of opposite federalist institutions in both countries, which have …, weakening the relative power of local elites. -- Institutions ; Fiscal Federalism ; Public Finance and Endowments …