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Information and communication technology, agricultural profitability, and child labor in rural Peru

Beuermann, Diether W. - 2013

We estimate the impact of access to information and communication technology on agricultural profitability and child labor among isolated villages in rural Peru. We exploit the timing of an intervention that provided at least one public (satellite) payphone to 6,296 villages that did not...

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Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system

Albornoz, Facundo; Berlinski, Samuel G.; Cabrales, Antonio - 2016

also provides a novel microfoundation for peer effects, with empirical implications for welfare and different education …

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Does gamification in education work? : experimental evidence from Chile

Araya, Roberto; Arias Ortiz, Elena; Bottan, Nicolas L.; … - 2019

Gamification, or the introduction of game elements to non-game contexts, has the potential to improve learning by increasing student motivation. However, there is little rigorous evidence about its effectiveness. In this paper, we experimentally evaluate an innovative technology program that...

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¿Funciona la gamificación en la educación? : evidencia experimental de Chile

Araya, Roberto; Arias Ortiz, Elena; Bottan, Nicolas L.; … - 2019

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Household education spending in Latin America and the Caribbean : evidence from income and expenditure surveys

Acerenza, Santiago; Gandelman, Néstor - 2017

This paper characterizes household spending in education using microdata from income and expenditure surveys for 12 … in education while Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay have the lowest. Tertiary education is the most important form of … spend more in the education of household members. Households with both parents present and those with a female main income …

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Patterns, trends and policy implications of private spending on skills development in Mexico and the United States

Székely, Miguel; Mendoza, Pamela - 2017

This paper explores families' investment in skills development through education in a high-inequality, low-education … quality country such as Mexico, comparing it to a lower-inequality, higher-quality education country such as the United States … years and different methodological approaches. Of particular interest is the analysis of education expenditure patterns …

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More schooling and more learning? : effects of a three-year conditional cash transfer program in Nicaragua after 10 years

Barham, Tania Catherine Jane; Macours, Karen; Maluccio, … - 2013

CCT programs have become the anti-poverty program of choice in many developing countries. Numerous evaluations, often based on rigorous experimental designs, leave little doubt that such programs can increase enrollment and grades attained––in the short term. But evidence is notably lacking...

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