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When did Argentina lose its mojo? A short note on economic divergence
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Escuela de Gobierno, 2024-04)Based on long series of per capita GDPs, we characterize the economic divergence of Argentina in the 20th century relative to a group of countries with comparable initial income per capita. We find the divergence to be ... -
Money and lies: proxy respondents and the mismeasurement of income in surveys
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Escuela de Gobierno, 2024-07)When sampled individuals are not found at home, many surveys rely on a proxy respondent: another knowledgeable household member. We study the difference between self- and proxy-reported labor income in Mexico. We use the ... -
Principal´s time management: agenda priorities and challenges for school leaders
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Escuela de Gobierno, 2024-04)During the past years, the responsibilities, job intensification and workload of school principals have increased. Since school leadership is a key factor for improving learning, in this study we seek to understand which ... -
Internationalization of Higher Education in Argentina upon the Arrival of COVID-19: Reactions and Lessons from the Perspective of International Relations Office
(Springer, 2023-07-20)The interdependence between countries in relation to the production and transfer of knowledge has grown steadily since the 1980s. As a result, in the past two decades the number of students crossing borders to pursue an ... -
Skills and Selection into Teaching: Evidence from Latin America
(Economía LACEA Journal (e-ISSN: 1533-6239), 2023-11-22)This paper documents a novel stylized fact: many teachers in Latin America have low levels of cognitive skills. This fact is the result of both low levels of skills among the population and—in the case of numeracy—a gap ... -
The effect of high dismissal protection on bureaucratic turnover and productivity
(Universidad Torcuato Di TellaCorporación Andina de Fomento (CAF), 2022-06)We study the impact of high dismissal protection on bureaucratic turnover and productivity in the context of public school teachers in Chile. We take advantage of a law that required education administrators to grant a ... -
Do social descriptive norms about generosity change children's sharing decisions and beliefs?
(Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 2024)Children construct their social preferences and behaviors based on their social interactions and beliefs about other's behavior. Most studies that evaluate the in uence of social norms on children's sharing behavior has ...