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The spatial agglomeration of educated people in Colombia
Sayago Gómez, Juan Tomás - In: Cuadernos de economía 33 (2014) 1, pp. 297-317
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Identity and Politics in School Reform Research
Rojas, Fabio - In: Econ Journal Watch 1 (2004) 3, pp. 427-436
Akerlof and Kranton (2002) model the effects of student identity on achievement. They argue that students have identities that determine the effort expended on learning. Academic achievement within a school depends on the match between student identities and academic and disciplinary standards....
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The Spatial Agglomeration of Educated People in Colombia (La Aglomeración Espacial De La Población Educada En Colombia)
Sayago-Gomez, Juan - 2015
English Abstract: Over the past few decades, Colombia's education system has been growing in terms of access and … tertiary education. The purpose of this article is to test this hypothesis of agglomeration and attempt to find out which … factors are associated to this phenomena: quality of life, the effects of income, political safety, and supply of education …
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The Impact of Poor Health on Education: New Evidence Using Genetic Markers
Ding, Weili; Lehrer, Steven; Rosenquist, J. Niles; … - 2006
This paper examines the influence of health conditions on academic performance during adolescence. To account for the endogeneity of health outcomes and their interactions with risky behaviors we exploit natural variation within a set of genetic markers across individuals. We present strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011940664
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Free of Illiteracy? Evaluating the Bolivian Experience with the National Literacy Program “Yo Si Puedo”
Hernani-Limarino, Werner L.; Villarroel, Paul; … - 2015
This paper evaluates the success of National Literacy Program (PNA) “Yo Si Puedo”. First, we evaluate whether the implementation of PNA is associated with a change in the level and trend of illiteracy, and if such changes were sufficient to reduce the incidence of illiteracy below 4% - a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210839
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The Impact of Poor Health on Education: New Evidence Using Genetic Markers
Ding, Weili; Lehrer, Steven; Rosenquist, J. Niles; … - Economics Department, Queen's University - 2006
This paper examines the influence of health conditions on academic performance during adolescence. To account for the endogeneity of health outcomes and their interactions with risky behaviors we exploit natural variation within a set of genetic markers across individuals. We present strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005688575
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On spatial econometric models, spillover effects, and W
Elhorst, Paul; Vega, Solmaria Halleck - 2013
Spatial econometrics has recently been appraised in a theme issue of the Journal of Regional Science. Partridge et al. (2012) provide an overview of the three contributing papers, the most critical being Gibbons and Overman (2012). Although some of the critiques raised are valid, they are issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397334
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Structural change, productivity growth and Structural Funds in European regions
Pontarollo, Nicola - 2013
A key factor for a stable and solid development is the gain in labor productivity. The regions that manage to pull out of poverty and improve the living standards of their inhabitants, in fact, need to be able to diversify away from agriculture and other traditional sectors. In doing this, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397447
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On spatial econometric models, spillover effects, and W
Vega, Solmaria Halleck; Elhorst, J. Paul - 2013
Spatial econometrics has recently been appraised in a theme issue of the Journal of Regional Science. Partridge et al. (2012) provide an overview of the three contributing papers, the most critical being Gibbons and Overman (2012). Although some of the critiques raised are valid, they are issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581774
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The asymmetric spatial effects for eastern and western regions of Russia
Demidova, Olga A. - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014
The purpose of this study is to identify the spatial effects of the main macroeconomic indicators of the eastern and western regions of Russia. These regions differ significantly in population density and the distances between cities. The main research question we are interested in is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738437