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Unbundling returns to degrees and skills : evidence from postsecondary education in Colombia

Busso, Matias; Muñoz, Juan Sebastián; Montaño, Sebastián - 2020

This paper shows that returns to education are not enough to capture all the returns to human capital. Using longitudinal data of all college graduates in Colombia, we estimate labor market returns to postsecondary degrees and to various skillsincluding literacy, numeracy, foreign language,...

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In-firm training, innovation and productivity : the case of Caribbean small island developing states

Mohan, Preeya; Strobl, Eric; Watson, Patrick K. - 2017

In-firm training is a crucial innovative activity in modern knowledge-based economies which face increasing global …. This study uses the World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES) 2010 and Compete Caribbean's Productivity Technology Innovation … play a relatively small role and may not even matter for innovation and productivity. …

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School reorganization reforms : the case of school networks in Colombia

Elacqua, Gregory; Sánchez Torres, Fabio; Santos, Humberto - 2019

To contribute to the debate about the reorganization of the public-school supply, in this paper we analyze a reform introduced in Colombia in 2001 that merged several independent small schools into a single educational institution, with the same name, administration, educational project and...

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Inequality, crime, and the long-run legacy of slavery

Buonanno, Paolo; Vargas, Juan F. - 2017

Estimating the effect of inequality on crime is challenging due to reverse causality and omitted variable bias. This paper addresses these concerns by exploiting the fact that, as suggested by recent scholarly research, the legacy of slavery is largely manifested in persistent levels of economic...

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Teacher policies, incentives, and labor markets in Chile, Colombia, and Perú : implications for equality

Bertoni, Eleonora; Elacqua, Gregory; Jaimovich, Analía; … - 2018

This paper contributes to the teacher sorting literature by analyzing equity in the distribution of teachers in three educational systems in Latin America, with different equalization policies, teacher assignment rules, and incentives to work in disadvantaged schools: Chile, Colombia, and Peru....

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Is there discrimination against children of same-sex households? : evidence from an experimental study in Colombia

Cantet, Natalia; Feld, Brian; Hernández, Mónica - 2023

We measure the extent of discrimination against same-sex couples by schools in Colombia using a matched-pair correspondence study. We send requests to visit private schools from several couples of different sexual orientation as conveyed by the names of the parents. We track the response rate...

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Socioemotional learning in early childhood education : experimental evidence from the think equal program's implementation in Colombia

Näslund-Hadley, Emma; Mateo Díaz, Mercedes; Santos, … - 2023

In this article we experimentally evaluate Colombia's Think Equal program, which teaches socioemotional skills to children ages 3 to 6. Given the context of COVID-19, the original design was adapted as a hybrid model, alternating in-person and remote instruction and engaging families in the...

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Training, soft skills and productivity : evidence from a field experiment in retail

Prada, María F.; Rucci, Graciana; Urzua, Sergio - 2019

Understanding the causal association between skills and productivity is essential for designing effective training programs. This paper evaluates an intervention aimed at boosting leadership and communication skills among store managers and sales associates from a large Latin American retailer....

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Remedial education : evidence from a sequence of experiments in Colombia

Álvarez Marinelli, Horacio; Berlinski, Samuel G.; … - 2019

This paper assesses the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at improving the reading skills of struggling third-grade students in Colombia. In a series of randomized experiments, students participated in remedial tutorials conducted during school hours in small groups. Trained teachers used...

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Gender gaps in entrepreneurship and their macroeconomic effects in Latin America : prepared for the Institutions for Development Sector

Cuberes, David; Teignier, Marc - 2017

This paper studies the aggregate effects of the existing differences between male and female-run firms in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Using data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey and the International Labor Organization (ILO), we show that only about one-fourth of the total firms...

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