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Intercontinental evidence on socioeconomic status and early childhood cognitive skills: Is Latin America different?

Lopez Boo, Florencia - 2013

This paper documents disparities in cognitive development-as measured by a receptive vocabulary test-between children from households with high and low socioeconomic status (SES) in two different phases of childhood (before and after early school years) in four developing countries: Peru,...

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Does gender and sexual diversity lead to greater conflict in the school?

Frisancho Robles, Verónica; Herrera, Alejandro; … - 2022

Diversity in gender identity and sexual orientation challenges traditional institutions, social norms, and gendered stereotypes. This may translate into greater levels of conflict in s ociety. Using data from 95 middle and high schools in Uruguay, we exploit plausibly exogenous variation in the...

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Gender inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Berniell, Inés; Fernández, Raquel; Krutikova, Sonya - 2023

This chapter examines gender inequality, focusing on two critical spheres in which gender inequality is generated …: education and work. The objective is to provide a current snapshot of gender inequality across key indicators as well as a …, particularly those that highlight other sources of inequality. The second part of the chapter focuses on the worksphere. Here it …

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Good peers have asymmetric gendered effects on female educational outcomes: Experimental evidence from Mexico

Busso, Matias; Frisancho Robles, Verónica - 2021

This study examines the gendered effects of early and sustained exposure to high-performing peers on female educational trajectories. Exploiting random allocation to classrooms within middle schools, we measure the effect of male and female high performers on girls' high school placement...

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When measure matters: Coresidence bias and intergenerational mobility revisited

Muñoz S., Ercio; Siravegna, Mariel - 2023

We provide novel evidence of the impact of coresidence bias on a large set of indicators of intergenerational mobility in education. We begin re-examining a recent claim that the correlation coefficient is less biased than the regression coefficient. Then, we expand our analysis to show that...

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The geography of intergenerational mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean

Muñoz S., Ercio - 2024

This paper estimates intergenerational mobility in education using data from 91 censuses in 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean spanning over half a century. It measures upward mobility as the likelihood that individuals will complete one educational stage more than their parents...

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Intergenerational Mobility, Middle Sectors and Entrepreneurship in Uruguay

Gandelman, Nestor; Robano, Virginia - 2012

This paper estimates the relationship between parents' educational attainment and income and children's schooling in Uruguay between 1982 and 2010. This relationship is interpreted as a measure of intergenerational social mobility, and the paper reports evidence that it has decreased over time....

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¿Ayudar a las familias a ayudarse a sí mismas? Efectos (in)deseados de un programa digital de crianza

Amaral, Sofia; Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Domínguez, Patricio; … - 2022

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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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Helping families help themselves? The (un)intended impacts of a digital parenting program

Amaral, Sofia; Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Domínguez, Patricio; … - 2022

Parenting practices play a crucial role in child development. We evaluate the impact of a free digital stress management and positive parenting intervention designed to reduce the prevalence of child maltreatment in El Salvador. Drawing on the prior success of in-person interventions, we study...

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