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Impacto del Plan Ceibal en el aprendizaje. Evidencia de la mayor experiencia OLPC

de Melo, Gioia; Machado, Alina; Miranda, Alfonso; … - Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias … - 2013

This paper presents evidence on the impact of the largest deployment of an OLPC program: Plan Ceibal in Uruguay. Unlike previous work in the field, we have unique data that allow us to know the exact date of laptop delivery for every student in the sample. This gives us the ability to use a...

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Peer effects identified through social networks. Evidence from uruguayan schools.

de Melo, Gioia - Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias … - 2012

This paper provides evidence on peer effects in standardized tests by exploiting a unique data set on social networks in Uruguayan primary schools. The identification method enables one to disentangle endogenous from contextual effects via instrumental variables that emerge naturally from the...

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The Economics of Higher Education in the United States

Nica, Elvira; Popescu, Gheorghe H. - In: Knowledge Horizons - Economics 6 (2014) 1, pp. 87-90

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship of education and economic growth, investment in education to … increase human development and economic growth, and the role of education in promoting economic well-being. We are specifically … interested in how previous research investigated the robustness of the relationship between education and economic outcomes, the …

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Desconectados: Habilidades, educación y empleo en América Latina Title: Disconnected: Skills, Education, and Employment in Latin America Title: Desconectados: Habilidades, educação...

Busso, Matías; Bassi, Marina; Urzúa, Sergio; Vargas, Jaime - Inter-American Development Bank

Mediante el análisis de información de primera mano recolectada a través de dos grandes encuestas una sobre trayectorias y habilidades conducida en Chile y Argentina en 2008 y 2010 respectivamente, y otra sobre demanda de habilidades realizada entre empresarios de Argentina, Brasil y Chile en...

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Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth

Artana, Daniel; Zavala, Emilio Osambela; Thomas, Desmond; … - Inter-American Development Bank

Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth aims to improve our understanding of the constraints to social and economic development in Jamaica. It also proposes practical solutions to overcome some of those problems. This book is a collection of studies commissioned by the...

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New century, Old Disparities: Gender and Ethnic Earnings Gaps in Latin America and The Caribbean

Ñopo, Hugo R. - Inter-American Development Bank

. Chapter 3 then examines education in the region, highlighting the reversal of the gender schooling gap. Nowadays, girls attend …

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Development Beyond Economics Title: Desarrollo más allá de la economía

Pagés-Serra, Carmen; Piras, Claudia; Behrman, Jere R.; … - Inter-American Development Bank

This report moves beyond the conventional scope of economics to examine three entrenched structural factors -demography, geography and institutions- that are closely connected to economic and social development. Historical in nature and slow to evolve, these variables are not always in the...

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Beyond Facts: Understanding Quality of Life Title: Calidad de vida: Más allá de los hechos

Pagés-Serra, Carmen; Scartascini, Carlos; Funaro, Rita; … - Inter-American Development Bank

Traditionally, the concept of quality of life has been viewed through objective indicators. Beyond Facts looks at quality of life through a new lens, namely, the perceptions of millions of Latin Americans. Using an enhanced version of the recently created Gallup World Poll that incorporates...

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Accounting and Its Environment in Brazil

Niyama, Jorge Katsumi; Silva, Cesar Augusto Tiburcio - In: Brazilian Business Review 2 (2005) 1, pp. 13-32

accounting, including the accounting education, the structure of ownership, the development of the capital market, auditing and … education of accounting in Brazil have brought about the necessity for a proficiency examination and continued professional …

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Globalization According to German and Brazilian Students: A Comparative Study

Hildebrand, Diogo Fajardo Nunes; Umeda, Guilherme Mirage - In: Brazilian Business Review 2 (2005) 2, pp. 138-154

Globalization is an extremely important phenomenon for understanding the current economic and cultural relations around the world, as well as the new forms of administration available and demanded of executives. Its very international nature, however, implies a diversity of interpretations,...

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