If you are 65 years old in Panama, you can expect to live 14 additional years in good health and free of poverty. This is 9 years more than in Honduras, and 4 years above the average for Latin American and Caribbean countries. In a recent study, we calculate this measure of older persons’ quality of life for all the countries of the region.
Remittances received in Latin American and the Caribbean during the first half of 2022 reached US$68 billion, continuing the growth trend that has been observed since the second half of 2020 and detailed in the publication “Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021. Migrant Efforts During the COVID-19 Crisis”.
Student performance on standardized tests is typically the main measure of school quality. However, is it the case that schools that improve academic test scores are the same schools that also improve important longer-run outcomes such as crime, risky behaviors, college attendance, and earnings?
We study the labor supply impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by gender in four Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries: Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, and Mexico. To identify the impact, we compare labor market stocks and labor market flows over four quarters for a set of balanced panel samples of comparable workers before and after the pandemic. We find that the pandemic has negatively affected the labor market status of both men and women, but that the effect is significantly stronger for women, magnifying the already large gender gaps that characterize LAC countries.
We study the labor supply impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by gender in four Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries: Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, and Mexico. To identify the impact, we compare labor market stocks and labor market flows over four quarters for a set of balanced panel samples of comparable workers before and after the pandemic. We find that the pandemic has negatively affected the labor market status of both men and women, but that the effect is significantly stronger for women, magnifying the already large gender gaps that characterize LAC countries.
El acceso a las universidades está aumentando, especialmente en los países emergentes, lo que tiene el potencial de mejorar las perspectivas de oportunidades de empleo y desarrollo humano. Sin embargo, se observa que los mecanismos de transición de la universidad al trabajo son complejos debido a las fricciones informativas. Las percepciones e interpretaciones de los reclutadores sobre las credenciales educativas observables de los solicitantes, desempeñan un papel crucial en los procesos de selección y emparejamiento de la mano de obra.
Structural changes in migratory flows in recent years have led to important demographic changes in the Latin American and Caribbean region. These changes have generated the need to increase the efforts made by the National Statistical Institutes (INE) of each country to periodically collect and disseminate a set of socioeconomic and well-being indicators of its inhabitants, especially migrants. This note seeks to give a possible answer to the question regarding what coverage of information on migrants currently exists in the censuses and regular household surveys carried out in the region?
Structural changes in migration flows in recent years have brought important demographic changes to the Latin America and Caribbean region. These changes have generated the need to increase the efforts of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of each country to periodically collect and publish a set of socioeconomic indicators of the wellbeing of their inhabitants, especially migrants. This note identifies the existing coverage of data on migrants in the censuses and regular household surveys that are carried out in the region.
Telecare is a remote care service that has flourished in recent years because of the many benefits it offers to users, their caregivers, and the health and social services system as a whole. In Europe, the penetration rate of telecare among people older than 65 ranges from below 3% to 11%. In Latin America and the Caribbean, available telecare does not yet meet the existing need for care services, and the region lacks studies that provide a broad perspective on the services potential impact on the region.
Curriculum reform is at the top of the education agenda today. Skills gaps between what society and the labor market need and what formal systems of education and training provide are growing. The curriculum is the primary instrument for education systems to translate what society needs in terms of human capital, into specific content, competencies, and skills. The curriculum reflects the standards of what students should know and be able to do by the end of their school and formative years.