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Socioeconomic Gradients in Test Scores across Latin American and the Caribbean
(CAF, 2022-05-05)
In this paper we document gaps in math and reading achievement between children whose mothers have completed at least upper secondary education and those who have not, using test scores from third and sixth graders across ...
Igualdad de oportunidades educativas: un indicador sencillo para América Latina
(CAF, 2021-12-07)
Este documento presenta estimaciones para América Latina de un indicador simple de igualdad de oportunidades educativas que mide el grado en que las variables de entorno familiar (ingreso y educación de los padres) dan ...
The role of unwanted childbirths on female wages and education
(2022-12-21)
This paper documents how unwanted childbirths relate to women’s education and wages. Unwanted childbirths, especially early in life, can affect women’s education and labor market decisions. Using data from the National ...
La movilidad educativa intergeneracional en el siglo XX en América Latina y el Caribe
(CAF, 2021-12-29)
En este trabajo aportamos nuevas mediciones de movilidad educativa intergeneracional para América Latina y el Caribe a partir de datos censales armonizados para 22 países. Producimos estimaciones de medidas de movildiad ...
Expectations about Returns to Education. The Role of Parental and Youths’ Characteristics
(CAF, 2022-01-17)
Investing in human capital requires, among others, access and capacity to process information. This paper focuses on understanding the role of expected returns to education in determining schooling decisions. Using data ...
Does it Matter Where You Grow up? Childhood Exposure Effects in Latin America and the Caribbean
(CAF, 2021-12-15)
I study whether the observed differences in intergenerational educational mobility across regions in Latin America and the Caribbean are due to the sorting of families or the effect of grow ing up in these different places. ...
Rule–based civil service: evidence from a nationwide teacher reform in Mexico
(CAF, 2023-07)
This paper studies the effect of a civil service reform on the skills
profile of new teachers in Mexico. The reform mandated the use
of rule-based recruitment over discretionary hiring. Our results
show that the reform ...
Educational Mobility Across Three Generations in Latin American Countries
(CAF, 2023-07-27)
This paper presents new evidence on educational mobility across
three generations in six Latin American countries (LAC). Combining survey information with national census data we build a
data set with 50,000 triads of ...
Learning About Opportunity: Spillovers of Elite School Admissions in Peru
(CAF, 2021-03-29)
This paper studies how the admission of a student to an elite school changes the schooling outcomes of younger cohorts in the student’s origin school in Peru. Using a sharp regression discontinuity design, the analysis ...
Motherhood and the missing women in the labor market
(CAF, 2018-09-06)
Motherhood currently stands out as a key determinant of the gender gap in labor market outcomes. Studies identifying the effect of children have mostly focused in Europe and the US. These results may not be extrapolated ...