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In this paper we study the effect of family and school background on students' academic performance, who attended public schools in Medellín. Two approaches are implemented in this work. Firstly, we investigate the effect of covariates on different segments of scores' distribution by quantile...
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The topics of interest of the economists have been common since the emergence of the economic discipline like science in the beginnings of the Modernity; the theoretical contributions of William Petty are an example of this. The articles wants to trace the origin of the Petty Clark law from...
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The present document resumes the work of tree papers regarding college selection system. These investigations evaluate the use of the “high school ranking” of students as a college selection variable. The authors evaluate the performance of students in the University of Chile, Catholic...
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Spanish Abstract: En los procesos globalizados donde los problemas del cambio climático a nivel mundial están perjudicando a todos los procesos productivos del sector primario, se hace necesario empezar a tener alternativas que puedan dar solución a los procesos de producción primarios, en...
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RESUMEN: La existencia de brechas salariales por género es un fenómeno que, al igual que en muchos otros países, está presente en el mercado laboral colombiano. Esas brechas no son homogéneas en todo el territorio, lo que justifica un análisis detallado de lo que ocurre en cada una de las...
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Today there are two tendencies in apparent contradiction: increasing globalisation and the rise of cultural, religious and national individualities. In the struggle for equity, human rights have followed society from the individual to the universal organization; from civil rights to the...
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El presente documento describe la evolución del mercado laboral profesional en el Total de las Trece Áreas Metropolitanas (TTAM) y desarrolla un modelo que permite calcular la probabilidad que un profesional este desempleado. Se utiliza la información de los segundos trimestres de la Encuesta...
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This paper shows the relationship between business growth and private corruption in the manufacturing industry in Colombia. This study investigates the dynamics of these variables using various techniques by implementing empirical models: estimations via panel data estimates and modeling with...
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This study quantifies the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth in Bolivia by using microdata … from a survey on innovation conducted in Bolivia in 2016. Following the model of Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse, and Peters … demonstrate that employment growth is explained by product innovation. On the other hand, we find no evidence of a displacement …
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