The Determinants of Wealth and Gender Inequity in Cognitive Skills in Latin America

The Determinants of Wealth and Gender Inequity in Cognitive Skills in Latin America

Wealth and gender inequity in the accumulation of cognitive skills is measured as the association between subject competency and wealth and gender using the OECD s Programme for International Student Assessment. Wealth inequity is found to occur no...

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Main Authors:	Macdonald, Kevin, Barrera, Felipe, Guaqueta, Juliana, Patrinos, Harry Anthony, Porta, Emilio
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE ANALYTICAL METHOD ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK BASIC EDUCATION BETTER LEARNING BETTER SCHOOLS COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE SKILLS COMPETENCIES CURRICULUM DATA ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DISCRIMINATION EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATED PARENTS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION PLANNERS EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION STRATEGY EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL EQUITY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ELEMENTS EXAM GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER DISPARITY GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GROUPS GENDER INEQUALITY GENDERS GIRLS GIRLS SCHOOLS HIGHER SCHOOL FEES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INDEXES INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT LABOR MARKETS LABOUR FORCE LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES LEARNING LEARNING OUTCOMES LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT LITERACY LITERATURE MATHEMATICS PAPERS PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY SCHOOLS READING RESEARCHERS RETENTION RATES RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL RETENTION SCHOOL SELECTION SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOLING SCHOOLING QUALITY SCHOOLS SCIENCE STUDY SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIETY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENTS STUDENT BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS STUDENT PERFORMANCE SUBJECT AREAS TEACHERS VIOLENCE WEALTHY STUDENTS WORTH YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11696982/determinants-wealth-gender-inequity-cognitive-skills-latin-america http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19858

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