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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