This chapter analyzes the international evidence on the relationship between educational
wage premia and the distribution of personal labor earnings. The aim is to review what is …

Introduction benefits, and even the economic benefits are difficult to quantify. Because cost-
benefit analysis is an economists' tool, designed to provide an economic appraisal of an …

Newly available census microdata from IPUMS‐International are used to assess trends in
intergenerational coresidence in 15 developing countries. Contrary to expectations, we find …

Se discuten conceptualmente los roles de las universidades en el contexto de la sociedad
del conocimiento y de la globalización. En esta perspectiva, se presentan los …

Factores tanto de la oferta (tendencias demográficas y educativas); como de la demanda
(un sesgo en favor de las personas con mayores niveles educativos); hacían esperar que la …

Mobility of talented individuals, new providers of higher education, and participation in
knowledge networks offer many possibilities for countries in Latin America to access state of …

El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo identificar y describir las principales características
de la sociedad del conocimiento que deben ser consideradas por el profesorado en el …

In this article several aspects of human resource management (HRM) in Chile will be
examined. Initially Chile will be analysed in the context of Latin American culture and history …

This paper examines the financing of tertiary education in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and
Peru, comparing the affordability and accessibility of tertiary education with that in high …

How are national and international labour laws responding to the challenge of globalization
as it re-shapes the workplaces of the world? This collection of essays by leading legal …