This article identifies the main determinants of skill acquisition in Latin America. Not having repeated a grade, sex, the number of books in the home and the mother’s education are defined as individual and family characteristics. In the case of school characteristics, the results are more heterogeneous between countries. The key factors seem to be attending a private school, the number of students per classroom, the quality of the educational materials available, and larger school size and autonomy. The characteristics of the schools explain most of the variability of the results, followed b…
En este artículo se identifican los principales condicionantes de la adquisición de competencias en América Latina. Se establecen como características individuales y familiares la condición de no repetidor, el sexo, la cantidad de libros en el hogar y la educación de la madre. En el caso de los factores escolares, los resultados son más heterogéneos entre los países. Los principales factores serían la asistencia a colegio privado, la cantidad de alumnos por aula, la calidad de los materiales educativos, y el mayor tamaño y autonomía de los centros. Las características de las escuelas explican …
This study is intended to be exploratory in nature. It seeks a better understanding of i) how the OMU cluster emerged; ii) the characteristics of the offshore medical universities in the Caribbean cluster; iii) the contribution of the offshore medical universities to the economy of the host Caribbean countries; and iv) the prospects for enhancing the educational quality, and value added captured by the Caribbean in the medical value chain.…