This paper analyses the changes in inequality occurred during the period 1998 - 2005. A set of results are presented in order to contribute to a better understanding of the changes in inequality. The obtained results show that important distributive effects were hidden by the apparent observed...

An explanation of the Dunning-Kruger effect is provided which does not require any psychological explanation, because it is derived as a statistical artefact. This is achieved by specifying a simple statistical model which explicitly takes the (random) boundary constraints into account. This...

En este trabajo se analizan los cambios en la desigualdad producidos durante el período 1998-2005. Se presenta un conjunto de resultados que pueden contribuir a entender mejor los cambios en la desigualdad. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que la desigualdad distributiva observada entre ambos...

Las regiones argentinas presentan diferencias en su estructura poblacional y también en la forma en que retribuyen a los distintos factores. Este trabajo estudia cómo esas diferencias afectan la distribución del ingreso y la pobreza, aplicando técnicas de microdescomposición. La...

French Abstract: Le travail des enfants demeure une préoccupation pour les décideurs compte tenu de ses interrelations sur le plan microéconomique et macroéconomique. L'objectif de cette étude est de comparer les effets de la pauvreté des ménages à ceux de la qualité de l'école. Ainsi,...

Presented are estimates of the effects of class size on course grades in a one semester course in introductory economics at a medium size land grant institution in the Southwest. Demonstrated is that the grades of Hispanic undergraduates and white males are lowered by nontrivial amounts when...

The paper attempts to rediscover some missing links between the ranking metrics of Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) and their quality. Two global ranking frameworks, The Times Higher Education and Quacquarelli Symonds and the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for Indian HEIs...

This paper attempts to understand why children often delay school enrolment despite the prediction of human capital theory that schooling should begin at the earliest possible age. We explore different explanations of delayed enrolment but focus particularly on the effect of child health on the...

This piece of work intends to go in depth into the knowledge of the time that students devote to different activities throughout their life as university students, on the ground of the Consumption Theory that assumes an utility maximization behavior on the students’ side. Additionally, for a...

The purpose of this study is to empirically investigate causal effects between socioeconomic status and absence from the workplace due to sickness. To be able to conclude that income causally affects health it is important to control for both reverse causality and unobserved heterogeneity. This...