primary school in two Latin American countries, Argentina and Colombia, as well as several comparison countries. The database …,300 students in Argentina and 5,131 students in Colombia. The emerging general pattern of results is that educational performance …This paper estimates the relationship between family background, school characteristics, and student achievement in …

primary school in two Latin American countries, Argentina and Colombia, as well as several comparison countries. The database …,300 students in Argentina and 5,131 students in Colombia. The emerging general pattern of results is that educational performance …This paper estimates the relationship between family background, school characteristics, and student achievement in …

enrolment and work participation in rural Colombia. Our results show that departure of the father decreases children's school …This paper investigates how the permanent departure of the father from the household affects children's school …

dropping out of school before graduation. In this analysis, we use data from a new source in Colombia to examine the effects of … more time is spent in instruction. These findings have been reported in research examining both the length of the school … day, as well as the length of the school year (Patall, Cooper, & Allan, 2010). However, most research on the topic has …

. This work shows that although rural households in Colombia and Mexico seem to exhibit this same positive relationship …

Argentina over 12 years, emphasizing the recession/crisis years 1998-2002. Over "typical" years deteriorating job rates increase … the probability of attending school and decrease the probability of combining work and school, particularly for boys; the … probability of being in school for secondary school children was about 6 percent higher in 2002 than in 1998. These estimates …

Argentina over 12 years, emphasizing the recession/crisis years of 1998-2002. In “typical” years deteriorating job rates boost … the probability of attending school and decrease the probability of combining work and school, particularly for boys; the … probability of being in school for secondary school children was about 6% higher in 2002 than in 1998. These estimates reflect a …

The paper empirically explores the effects of the monetary incentive involved by the program Stamps School for my … Future on the educational performance of students in the province of San Luis in Argentina. Specifically it comes to … measuring the impact of the program on the education gap, repetition and dropping out of school. Using difference …