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Sibling Composition and Child Educational Attainment: Evidence from Native Amazonians in Bolivia
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Zeng, Wu; Undurraga, Eduardo A.; Eisenberg, Dan T. A.; Rubio-Jovel, Karla; Reyes-Garcia; Victoria; Godoy, Ricardo – Economics of Education Review, 2012
Evidence from industrial nations suggests that sibling composition is associated with children's educational attainment, particularly if parents face resource constraints. If sibling composition is associated with educational attainment, then those associations should be stronger in poor societies of developing nations. We use data from a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Siblings, American Indians, Economically Disadvantaged
Do Modern Forms of Human Capital Matter in Primitive Economies? Comparative Evidence from Bolivia
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Godoy, R.; Karlan, D.S.; Rabindran, S.; Huanca, T – Economics of Education Review, 2005
We examine the correlation between modern human capital and income among adult men in four foraging-horticultural societies of Bolivia. Despite their remote location, we find results similar to those found in developed nations. We find that: (a) education correlates with 4.5% higher overall income and with 5.9% higher wages and math skills…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Skills, Income, Developed Nations
Education's Role in Rural Areas of Latin America.
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Jameson, Kenneth P. – Economics of Education Review, 1988
Large rural surveys from Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and Paraguay were used to examine education's role. Education has a consistently important effect that differs across countries. It is strongest in the modernizing environment context and consistently related to social differentiation, except in Guatemala. Productivity effects…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Capital, Productivity
Private Education in a Poor Country: The Case of Urban Bolivia.
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Psacharopoulos, George; Arieira, Carlos R.; Mattson, Robert – Economics of Education Review, 1997
Disputes claims that private education is highly selective and unaffordable. Examines extent of private expenditure on education in Bolivia, a very poor country whose public education system is characterized by low teacher salaries, unqualified teachers, few textbooks, and high dropout and repetition rates. Using 1990 and 1992 household survey…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Problems, Foreign Countries