What Do 50 Years of Census Records and Household Survey Data Tell Us about Human Opportunities and Welfare in Latin America?

To comprehend how development really happens, it is necessary to understand the evolution of its drivers and their relationship with individuals' income. This paper analyzes the expansion of access to education and basic services in Latin Amer...

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Main Authors:	Calvo-Gonzalez, Oscar, Caruso, German D., Castaneda-Aguilar, R. Andres, Malasquez, Eduardo A.
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	INEQUALITY OPPORTUNITY WELFARE CENSUS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS DEVELOPMENT DRIVERS DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/934631586271653092/What-Do-50-Years-of-Census-Records-and-Household-Survey-Data-Tell-Us-about-Human-Opportunities-and-Welfare-in-Latin-America http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33579

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spelling	okr-10986-335792022-09-20T00:13:11Z What Do 50 Years of Census Records and Household Survey Data Tell Us about Human Opportunities and Welfare in Latin America? Calvo-Gonzalez, Oscar Caruso, German D. Castaneda-Aguilar, R. Andres Malasquez, Eduardo A. INEQUALITY OPPORTUNITY WELFARE CENSUS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS DEVELOPMENT DRIVERS DEVELOPMENT POLICY To comprehend how development really happens, it is necessary to understand the evolution of its drivers and their relationship with individuals' income. This paper analyzes the expansion of access to education and basic services in Latin America and its association with the evolution of incomes in the region. The paper focuses on the importance of access to opportunities as one of the drivers of development and highlights the role of policy making. The findings suggest that access to education and basic public services early in life are positively correlated with incomes in adulthood. The analysis also suggests that countries follow a dissimilar path to increase access to education and basic services. The paper undertakes a comprehensive analysis of historic census records to add granularity to the assessment of the development of countries, matched with detailed individual-level information from household surveys of several countries in the region. The paper widens an ongoing area of research on the long-run relationship between access to opportunities during childhood and incomes in adulthood. 2020-04-10T18:10:26Z 2020-04-10T18:10:26Z 2020-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/934631586271653092/What-Do-50-Years-of-Census-Records-and-Household-Survey-Data-Tell-Us-about-Human-Opportunities-and-Welfare-in-Latin-America http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33579 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9205 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Latin America
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spellingShingle	INEQUALITY OPPORTUNITY WELFARE CENSUS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS DEVELOPMENT DRIVERS DEVELOPMENT POLICY Calvo-Gonzalez, Oscar Caruso, German D. Castaneda-Aguilar, R. Andres Malasquez, Eduardo A. What Do 50 Years of Census Records and Household Survey Data Tell Us about Human Opportunities and Welfare in Latin America?
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description	To comprehend how development really happens, it is necessary to understand the evolution of its drivers and their relationship with individuals' income. This paper analyzes the expansion of access to education and basic services in Latin America and its association with the evolution of incomes in the region. The paper focuses on the importance of access to opportunities as one of the drivers of development and highlights the role of policy making. The findings suggest that access to education and basic public services early in life are positively correlated with incomes in adulthood. The analysis also suggests that countries follow a dissimilar path to increase access to education and basic services. The paper undertakes a comprehensive analysis of historic census records to add granularity to the assessment of the development of countries, matched with detailed individual-level information from household surveys of several countries in the region. The paper widens an ongoing area of research on the long-run relationship between access to opportunities during childhood and incomes in adulthood.
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author	Calvo-Gonzalez, Oscar Caruso, German D. Castaneda-Aguilar, R. Andres Malasquez, Eduardo A.
author_facet	Calvo-Gonzalez, Oscar Caruso, German D. Castaneda-Aguilar, R. Andres Malasquez, Eduardo A.
author_sort	Calvo-Gonzalez, Oscar
title	What Do 50 Years of Census Records and Household Survey Data Tell Us about Human Opportunities and Welfare in Latin America?
title_short	What Do 50 Years of Census Records and Household Survey Data Tell Us about Human Opportunities and Welfare in Latin America?
title_full	What Do 50 Years of Census Records and Household Survey Data Tell Us about Human Opportunities and Welfare in Latin America?
title_fullStr	What Do 50 Years of Census Records and Household Survey Data Tell Us about Human Opportunities and Welfare in Latin America?
title_full_unstemmed	What Do 50 Years of Census Records and Household Survey Data Tell Us about Human Opportunities and Welfare in Latin America?
title_sort	what do 50 years of census records and household survey data tell us about human opportunities and welfare in latin america?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/934631586271653092/What-Do-50-Years-of-Census-Records-and-Household-Survey-Data-Tell-Us-about-Human-Opportunities-and-Welfare-in-Latin-America http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33579
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What Do 50 Years of Census Records and Household Survey Data Tell Us about Human Opportunities and Welfare in Latin America?

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