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qualified workforce that is capable of innovating and managing technology. Therefore, education on technology and innovation … higher education constitutes the significant part of the formal education in the field, hence the effectiveness of these … characteristics of curricula for technology and innovation management education and particularly for graduate and undergraduate …
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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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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 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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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 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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. Chapter 3 then examines education in the region, highlighting the reversal of the gender schooling gap. Nowadays, girls attend …
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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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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, 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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