Closing the Gap in Education and Technology

Ferranti, David de; Perry, Guillermo; Gill, Indermit S.; Guasch, J. Luis; Maloney, William F.; Sánchez-Páramo, Carolina; Schady, Norgert

doi:10.1596/0-8213-5172-9

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“…Social spending has been procyclical and even more volatile than aggregate spending (eclac, 28 Repetition rates are proxied by differences in gross and net secondary enrolment rates. 29 For an examination of education in Latin America, see de Ferranti, Perry et al (2003). See also oecd (2004) and Mullis, Martin et al (2004a, 2004b for information on the region's performance in international examinations.…”

Section: Social Spendingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Public Expenditure in Latin America: Trends and Key Policy Issues

Clements

Faircloth²,

Verhoeven

2007

IMF Working Papers

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Section: Social Spendingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Public Expenditure in Latin America: Trends and Key Policy Issues

Clements

Faircloth²,

Verhoeven

2007

IMF Working Papers

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“…36 Small firms may be more constrained by resources, lack knowledge about training benefits, invest less and have higher labor turnover rates than large firms (De Ferranti, 2003). Some evidence from Mexico suggests that membership of a union raises the likelihood of receiving training (Lopez Acevedo 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Naturally, there exists a large variation within the region. In Chile and Uruguay, employers rely mostly on private external training sources, whereas firms in other countries, such as Belize, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Trinidad and Tobago, involve public training suppliers to a larger extent (Marquez, 2002;Cinterfor 2001, andDe Ferranti et al, 2003). In almost 35 See background note by Andreas Blom and Gladys López-Acevedo 36 Gill, Dar, and Fluitman (1998) and Tan and Batra (1995b), McArdler and Blom (forthcoming) and Marquez (2002) all countries, the private firm training is not formally recognized by the public training and education system.…”

Section: G Worker Training 35mentioning

confidence: 99%

Pending Issues In Protection, Productivity Growth, And Poverty Reduction

Arias¹,

Blom²,

Bosch³

et al. 2005

Policy Research Working Papers

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This paper selectively synthesizes much of the research on Latin American and Caribbean labor markets in recent years. Several themes emerge that are particularly relevant to on going policy dialogues. First, labor legislation matters, but markets may be less segmented than previously thought. The impetus to voluntary informality, which appears to be a substantial fraction of the sector, implies that the design of social safety nets and labor legislation needs to take a more integrated view of the labor market taking into account the cost-benefit analysis workers and firms make about whether to interact with formal institutions. Second, the impact of labor market institutions on productivity growth has probably been underemphasized. Draconian firing restrictions increase litigation and uncertainty surrounding worker separations, reduce turnover and job creation, and poorly protect workers. But theory and anecdotal evidence also suggest that they, and other related state or union induced rigidities, may have an even greater disincentive effect on technological adoption, which accounts for half of economic growth. Finally institutions can affect poverty and equity, although the effects seem generally small and channels are not always clear. Overall, the present constellation of labor regulations serves workers and firms poorly and both could benefit from substantial reform.

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“…However, irrespective of where one stands in the divide in terms of the argument for and against the human capital theory in education (Becker, 2009;Welch, 1975;Sweetland, 1996;Baptiste, 2001;Nelson and Phelps, 1966), there seems to be a general consensus that countries with high Research and Development (R&D) share of GDP tend to achieve positive economic growth especially in Science, Technology and Innovation (Lederman and Maloney, 2003;Rodríguez-Pose and Crescenzi, 2008;De Ferranti, 2003;Chen and Dahlman, 2005). For instance, in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries, where many fall in the high income group according to the World Bank's economic classification, deliberate knowledge-driven research policies that accelerate the economy and introduce new technologies are given outmost priority (Şener and Sarıdoğan, 2011).…”

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Bibliometric Measures of Research Output of Lower Middle Income Economies

Afful-Dadzie¹,

Nabareseh²,

Klímek³

2017

American Journal of Applied Sciences

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To understand the path of Lower Middle Income (LMIC) Economies towards economic stability as far as Science, Technology and Innovation are concerned; this paper conducts trend analysis of research output in science-based disciplines of the 55 countries in the LMIC bracket, grouped into the 6 continents of the world. Factors of interest across the six regions were (1) source of funding for scientific research output measured against percentage share of Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD), (2) R&D share of GDP measured against three key determinants of growth in Science, Technology and Innovation (Services, value added (% of GDP); Industry, value added (% of GDP) and High technology exports (% of manufactured exports),) and (3) scientific research publications measured against the three determinants of growth in Science, Technology and Innovation. The results show that, in the period of 2000-2012, the combined performance of LMIC countries in the Oceania region were relatively higher in the Services, value added (% of GDP) and High technology exports (% of manufactured exports) than LMICs in other regions. South America's LMICs performed relatively better under Industry, value added (% of GDP) than other LMICs. The study helps to understand whether investments made in scientific research in LMICs have corresponding effect on the production of Science, Technology and Innovation.

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Closing the Gap in Education and Technology

Cited by 125 publications

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Public Expenditure in Latin America: Trends and Key Policy Issues

Public Expenditure in Latin America: Trends and Key Policy Issues

Pending Issues In Protection, Productivity Growth, And Poverty Reduction

Bibliometric Measures of Research Output of Lower Middle Income Economies

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