Education in Latin America
Dem and and distribution are factors that matter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16829948 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nancy Birdsall (0000-0002-9010-7455), Juan Luis Londoño de la Cuesta, Lesley O'Connell |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 1998 |
| Issue | 66 |
| Pages | 39-52 |
| Publication date | 1998-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | CEPAL review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0251-2920 • E-ISSN: 1684-0348 |
| Publisher | United Nations Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.18356/34ebc36b-en |
| OpenAlex | W626707720 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Although the governments of the region have increased their spending on health and education, the results have been unsatisfactory. Expenditure on these services has traditionally been considered as a transfer rather than an investment. The accumulation of human capital has been relatively slow, with negative effects on economic growth, and it has been distributed unevenly among the different income groups, thereby further increasing inequality
Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic inequality · Economics · Geography · Human capital · Income distribution · Inequality · Latin Americans · Political science · Welfare economics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2008 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |