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Changes in Population, Inequality and Human Capital Formation in the Americas in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries : A Comparative Perspective / / by Enriqueta Camps-Cura
| Changes in Population, Inequality and Human Capital Formation in the Americas in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries : A Comparative Perspective / / by Enriqueta Camps-Cura |
| Autore | Camps-Cura Enriqueta |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVI, 159 p. 60 illus., 51 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina |
330.9
305.5098 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in Economic History |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic history
America - History Latin America - Economic conditions North America - Economic conditions Education - Economic aspects Economics Culture Economic History History of the Americas Latin American/Caribbean Economics North American Economics Education Economics Cultural Economics Igualtat Condicions econòmiques Població |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN |
9783030213503
9783030213510 (e-book) |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Impact of Race and Inequality on Human Capital Formation in Latin America during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries -- Chapter 3: Education and Inequality in North America in the Long Term with Special Reference to the United States -- Chapter 4: World Population Growth and Fertility Patterns, 1960-2010: A Simple Model Explaining the Evolution of the World’s Fertility – The Americas in a Comparative Framework -- Chapter 5: The Economic Geography of Human Capital in Twentieth Century Latin America in an International Comparative Perspective -- Chapter 6: Education and Children’s Work: Spain, Latin America and Developing Countries -- Chapter 7: Education, Gender Gaps and Market Openness: A Comparative Study of Urban Latin America and East Asia (1970-2000) -- Chapter 8: Income and Human Capital, Inequality and Ethnicity in the Americas during the Second Era of Globalization (1960-2010). |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910337677703321 |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2019 | ||
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Classi ed istituzioni in America Latina : proposte di analisi ed interpretazioni / Francesco P. Cerase, Luis Razeto M., Francesco F. Consoli
| Classi ed istituzioni in America Latina : proposte di analisi ed interpretazioni / Francesco P. Cerase, Luis Razeto M., Francesco F. Consoli |
| Autore | Cerase, Francesco Paolo <1941- > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Assisi - Roma : Carucci, c1977 |
| Descrizione fisica | 269 p. ; 20 cm |
| Disciplina | 305.5098 |
| Soggetto non controllato |
AMERICA MERIDIONALE - Classi sociali
CLASSI SOCIALI - America Meridionale AMERICA MERIDIONALE - Istituzioni |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-990003774290403321 |
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Cerase, Francesco Paolo <1941- >
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| Assisi - Roma : Carucci, c1977 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Economic inequality in Latin America : migration, education and structural change / / Carlos Villalobos Barría
| Economic inequality in Latin America : migration, education and structural change / / Carlos Villalobos Barría |
| Autore | Villalobos Barría Carlos <1980-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Frankfurt am Main : , : Peter Lang, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (173 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.5098 |
| Collana | Göttinger Studien zur Entwicklungsökonomik |
| Soggetto topico | Equality - Latin America |
| ISBN | 3-653-01949-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Author's Preface; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Introduction and Overview; Essay 1 - The dynamics of inequality change in a highly dualistic economy: Honduras, 1991-2007; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Macroeconomic environment, liberalization and trade imbalance; 1.1.2 Sector-related changes in earnings: tradebles versus non-tradables; 1.1.3 Workers' heterogeneity and capital-skill complementarity; 1.1.4 A dysfunctional and highly dualistic educational system; 1.1.5 Education reforms and crisis during the 1990's; 1.1.6 Rural-urban migration
1.1.7 Inequality change in Honduras 1.2 Micro-econometric decomposition I: The proximate determinants of changes in income inequality; 1.2.1 First sub-period: The nineties (1991-1999) - labour market-driven inequality increase; 1.2.2 Second sub-period: The nineties II (1999-2005) - labour market-driven inequality increase; 1.2.3 Third sub-period: Inequality decrease (2005-2007) - recovery of the tradable sector, equalizing remittances and expanding social transfers; 1.3 Micro-econometric decomposition II: Determinants of changes in labour income inequality; 1.3.1 Estimation strategy 1.3.2 Returns to education 1.3.3 Structure of education; 1.3.4 Returns by sectors and occupations as well as sectoral change; 1.3.5 Unobservables; 1.4 Micro-econometric decomposition III: Linking the microeconomic evidence to the macroeconomic story; 1.5 Conclusions and remaining challenges; Essay 2 - Sectoral shifts and inequality. How to relate macroeconomic events to inequality changes; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Tradable and non-tradable sectors in the rural economy; 2.3 An illustration using simulated distributions; 2.4 The methodology 2.5 An application using observed and simulated data 2.6 Conclusions; Essay 3 - Internal migration and its impact on reducing inter-communal disparities in Chile; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The data; 3.3 Ex-post characteristics of inter-communal migrant workers; 3.4 Theoretical framework; 3.4.1 Extended Roy model; 3.4.2 Estimation; 3.4.3 The role of geographic connectivity - Adjacency at the communal level; 3.4.4 Household education; 3.5 Estimation results; 3.5.1 Probit - reduced form (first step); 3.5.2 Selectivity adjusted wage equations and the potential wage differential 3.5.3 Probit, structural form (third step) 3.6 Conclusions; Essay 4 - Determinants of student achievements in the primary education in Paraguay; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Education in Paraguay - an overview; 4.3 The data; 4.4 Previous research; 4.5 Approach and methodology; 4.5.1 Quantile approach - Median regression; 4.5.2 Some comments on applied econometrics; 4.6 Results; 4.6.1 Language (F, EP); 4.6.2 Under-nutrition (L); 4.6.3 Optimal class room conditions (EP); 4.6.4 Small-scale school (EP); 4.6.5 District mean level of health insurance (L); 4.6.6 Inequality analysis 4.6.7 Test of robustness |
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Villalobos Barría Carlos <1980->
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| Frankfurt am Main : , : Peter Lang, , [2013] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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