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The intergenerational transmission of maternal human capital and the gender gap in educational attainment
(2011-06)
An intergenerational effect of maternal (and not paternal) human capital on offspring’s human capital production is a mechanism that induces males and females to attain different education levels. This mechanism allows ...
The intergenerational transmission of maternal human capital and the gender gap in educational attainment
(2011-06)
An intergenerational effect of maternal (and not paternal) human capital on offspring’s human capital production is a mechanism that induces males and females to attain different education levels. This mechanism allows ...
The accident of birth: effect of birthweight on educational attainment and parent’s compensations among siblings
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Administración Pública, 2017)
Inequality of Opportunities in the Educational Attainment of Chilean Students.
(Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2010)
This study measures the contribution of inequality of opportunities on the educational
attainment of Chilean students, captured through the SIMCE test scores. For this, it employs a
recently introduced methodology that ...
Equality in Educational Policy and the Heritability of Educational Attainment
(PLOS, 2015-11)
Secular variation in the heritability of educational attainment are proposed to be due to the implementation of more egalitarian educational policies leading to increased equality in educational opportunities in the second ...
Mediation of the effect of childhood socioeconomic position by educational attainment on adult chronic disease in Chile
(Springer, 2017)
Objectives We estimated the roles of childhood socioeconomic
position (ChSEP) and education attainment on
chronic diseases in Chilean adults, mediated through
structural determinants and health behaviors, to identify
potential ...
Do Larger School Grants Improve Educational Attainment? : Evidence from Urban Mexico
(BID, 2018-01)
The authors study the effects of increasing cash grants on the education attainment of low-income middle and high school students in Mexico. Starting in 2009, the Oportunidades conditional cash transfer (CCT) program ...
Family structural influences on children's education attainment: evidence from Uruguay
(Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2011)
As the developed world has experienced a shift away from the traditional two biological parent family, scholars have sought to understand how children are faring in non-traditional homes. Debate has arisen over assertions ...
El SNTE y la calidad educativa. Una agenda de investigaciónSNTE and education quality: A research agenda
(Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, 2013)