Education, Family Background and Racial Earnings Inequality in Brazil
Sep 2002
Author(s): Arias, Omar; Yamada, Gustavo; Tejerina, Luis
This study combines survey data with annual state data on pupil-teacher ratios covering broadly the period 1940-90 to investigate the role of race, family background and education (both the quantity…
Educación, antecedentes familiares y desigualdad interracial del salario en Brasil
Sep 2002
Author(s): Arias, Omar; Yamada, Gustavo; Tejerina, Luis
Este estudio combina los datos de una encuesta de hogares con los datos anuales de la relación alumno-maestro al nivel de cada estado y en el período 1940-1990 con objeto de investigar la importancia…
Forest Clusters: A Competitive Model for Latin America
Feb 2002
Author(s): Bonita, Manuel; Correa, Fernando; Veijalainen, Pertti; Ahveninen, Harri
contribute to success in the forest business. These include sound macroeconomic and long-term forest policies, secure land tenure, support from related education and technology programs, and…
Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth: A Two-Way Causality
Feb 2002
Author(s): Lustig, Nora; Arias, Omar; Rigolini, Jamele
More than a third of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean currently live in poverty. Will the region be able to simultaneously increase economic growth and reduce poverty given its…