The Expansion of Public Spending and Mass Education in Bolivia: Did the 1952 Revolution Represent a Permanent Shock?

Peres-Cajías, José

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“…The critical role of centralization was more evident in Bolivia, where improvements in both literacy and basic school enrollment were a consequence of the new educational policy imposed by the liberales. This policy implied a centralization and an increase of education expenses (1904) and the introduction of a new pedagogy system where the formation of teachers played a critical role (1907) (Peres-Cajías, 2017;Velásquez-Castellanos, 2017). These changes had positive impacts that are noticeable when looking at the previous evolution of the Bolivian educational system, but were still very poor by international standards: in the 1920s, for instance, basic school enrollment rates were around 15%.…”

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Engineers and the Knowledge Gap Between Andean and Nordic Countries, 1850–1939

Peres-Cajías

Ranestad

2021

Palgrave Studies in Economic History

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En lugar de dotaciones exógenas, los recursos naturales pueden verse como recursos económicamente explotables gracias a mejoras en el conocimiento. Esto subraya la necesidad de comprender por qué algunos países abundantes en recursos naturales pueden desarrollar sus propias tecnologías, mientras que otros no. Abordamos este problema observando la evolución de las facultades de ingeniería y los ingenieros graduados desde 1850 hasta 1939 en países andinos y nórdicos, dos regiones donde los recursos naturales fueron críticos al comienzo del crecimiento económico moderno. Encontramos la consolidación de una brecha de conocimiento entre los países andinos y nórdicos durante la Primera Globalización que se materializó en: a) una diferencia drástica en el número total de ingenieros capacitados localmente; b) el papel que desempeñaron estos ingenieros en sus respectivos mercados laborales. Estas diferencias fueron el resultado de diferencias en el apoyo público a la educación primaria, y a las tradiciones migratorias. Ambas, a su vez, están vinculadas a contingencias históricas y geográficas.

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Engineers and the Knowledge Gap Between Andean and Nordic Countries, 1850–1939

Peres-Cajías

Ranestad

2021

Palgrave Studies in Economic History

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“…Children between six and 14 who attended school were 29% in 1902 and 35% in 1940. As for the Bolivian case, it should be noted that in spite of radical political changes and the continuous increase of public spending in education from the late 1930s, full literacy and full primary attendance was achieved just at the turn of the 21st Century [113].…”

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Natural Resources Curse in the Long Run? Bolivia, Chile and Peru in the Nordic Countries’ Mirror

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Abstract:The new estimates of the Maddison Project show that GDP per capita ratio at purchasing power parity (ppp) between Bolivia and Finland has changed from 0.68 ca. 1850 to 0.16 in 2015; similarly, that between Chile and Norway from 0.65 to 0.28. The aim of this article is to present a review of the literature and available quantitative evidence to understand how these extreme differences became possible between countries with similarly enormous natural resource endowments. Specifically, the article seeks to: (a) identify some stylized facts that may help understand the divergence between Andean and Nordic countries; (b) identify key historical processes that explain the divergent effect of natural resource abundance in Andean and Nordic economies. In order to achieve these objectives, four topics are covered: GDPpc, population, trade and taxation. The analysis comprises three Nordic countries (Finland, Norway and Sweden) and three Andean countries (Bolivia, Chile and Peru) from the mid-Nineteenth Century to present day. The sample size, time span covered and thematic approach provide new evidence regarding previous work.

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“…As for the Bolivian case, it should be noticed that in spite of radical political changes and the continuous increase of public spending in education from the late 1930s, full literacy and full primary attendance was achieved just at the turn of the 21st century. [114] …”

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Natural Resources Curse in the long run? Bolivia, Chile and Peru in the Nordic countries’ mirror

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Peres-Cajías

Badia-Miró

et al. 2018

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Abstract:The new estimates of the Maddison Project show that the p.p.p. GDP per capita ratio between Bolivia and Finland has changed from 0.68 ca. 1850 to 0.16 in 2015; similarly, that between Chile and Norway from 0.65 to 0.28. The aim of this article is to present a review of the literature and available quantitative evidence to understand how these extreme differences became possible between countries with similarly enormous natural resources endowments. Specifically, the article seeks to a) identify some stylised facts that may help understand the divergence between Andean and Nordic countries; b) highlight research questions that will guide further work about the divergent effect of natural resource abundance in Andean and Nordic economies. In order to achieve these objectives, four topics are covered: GDPpc, population, trade and taxation. The analysis comprises three Nordic countries (Finland, Norway, and Sweden) and three Andean countries (Bolivia, Chile, and Peru) from the mid-nineteenth century to present day. The sample size, time span covered and thematic approach provide new evidence regarding previous work. [1][2][3]

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The Expansion of Public Spending and Mass Education in Bolivia: Did the 1952 Revolution Represent a Permanent Shock?

Cited by 7 publications

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Engineers and the Knowledge Gap Between Andean and Nordic Countries, 1850–1939

Engineers and the Knowledge Gap Between Andean and Nordic Countries, 1850–1939

Natural Resources Curse in the Long Run? Bolivia, Chile and Peru in the Nordic Countries’ Mirror

Natural Resources Curse in the long run? Bolivia, Chile and Peru in the Nordic countries’ mirror

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Engineers and the Knowledge Gap Between Andean and Nordic Countries, 1850–1939

Engineers and the Knowledge Gap Between Andean and Nordic Countries, 1850–1939

Natural Resources Curse in the Long Run? Bolivia, Chile and Peru in the Nordic Countries’ Mirror

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