Educational Upgrading and Returns to Skills in Latin America : Evidence from a Supply-Demand Framework, 1990–2010

Educational Upgrading and Returns to Skills in Latin America : Evidence from a Supply-Demand Framework, 1990–2010

It has been argued that a factor behind the decline in income inequality in Latin America in the 2000s was the educational upgrading of its labor force. Between 1990 and 2010, the proportion of the labor force in the region with at least secondary...

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Main Authors: Gasparini, Leonardo, Galiani, Sebastian, Cruces, Guillermo, Acosta, Pablo
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ADVANCED COUNTRIES
AGE GROUPS
AGGREGATE INCOME
AGGREGATE UNEMPLOYMENT
AGGREGATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
AGRICULTURE
ANNUAL % CHANGE
AVERAGE RATE
AVERAGE WAGE
BASE YEAR
BUSINESS CYCLE
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
COLLEGE EDUCATION
COLLEGE GRADUATES
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CONSTANT ELASTICITY
COUNTRY EFFECTS
COUNTRY EXPERIENCES
COUNTRY LEVEL
COUNTRY REGRESSIONS
COUNTRY-SPECIFIC TRENDS
CRISES
DATA SET
DEMAND CURVE
DEMAND-SIDE
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPED ECONOMIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC SECTORS
ECONOMIC STRUCTURES
ECONOMIC STUDIES
ECONOMICS
EDUCATED WORKFORCE
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS
EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS
EQUALIZING IMPACT
EXOGENOUS CHANGES
EXOGENOUS FACTORS
EXPLANATORY POWER
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL SHOCKS
FACTOR DEMAND
FACTOR ENDOWMENTS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FISCAL POLICY
FUTURE RESEARCH
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GINI COEFFICIENT
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
HIGH-SCHOOL DROPOUTS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME REDISTRIBUTION
INCOME SOURCE
INCREASING INEQUALITY
INCREASING RATE
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS
LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
LABOR MARKET POLICY
LABOR MARKET REFORM
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR POLICY
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR REGULATIONS
LABOR RELATIONS
LABOR SUPPLIES
LABOR SUPPLY
LEARNING
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LIQUIDITY
LITERATURE
LONG-TERM GROWTH
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
MARGINAL PRODUCT
MARKET EQUILIBRIUM
MEAN VALUE
MINIMUM WAGE
MINIMUM WAGES
MOTIVATION
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
OBSERVED CHANGE
OBSERVED CHANGES
OBSERVED EVOLUTION
OBSERVED INCREASE
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PER CAPITA INCOME
PERFECT COMPETITION
POLICY CHANGES
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY INTERVENTIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POSITIVE CORRELATION
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRESENT EVIDENCE
PREVIOUS SECTION
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT
PRIME AGE
PRIVATE TRANSFERS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTIVE ASSETS
PUBLIC POLICIES
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES
REGIONAL LEVEL
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RELATIVE DEMAND
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
RELATIVE LABOR
RELATIVE LABOR DEMAND
RELATIVE PRICES
RELATIVE SUPPLY
RELATIVE WAGES
RESEARCH AGENDA
RISING DEMAND
RISING WAGE INEQUALITY
SALARIED WORKERS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES
SECONDARY SCHOOLING
SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
SERIAL CORRELATION
SERVICE SECTORS
SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP
SKILL GROUP
SKILL GROUPS
SKILL LEVEL
SKILL LEVELS
SKILL PREMIUM
SKILL PREMIUMS
SKILL UPGRADING
SKILL WORKERS
SKILLED EMPLOYMENT
SKILLED WAGE
SKILLED WAGE PREMIUM
SKILLED WORKERS
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
TECHNICAL SKILLS
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TOTAL OUTPUT
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE REFORMS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT LEVEL
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNSKILLED LABOR
UNSKILLED WORKERS
WAGE DIFFERENTIAL
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE GAP
WAGE INEQUALITY
WAGE LEVEL
WAGE LEVELS
WAGE PREMIUM
WAGE PREMIUMS
WEALTH
WORKER
WORKERS
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