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Results from "Call for Research Proposals on education and health production functions"
Dear colleague,
The following table shows the Research Proposals accepted as background papers for UNDP´s LAC-Regional Report on the Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality in Human Development, to be published in Fall 2009. These Research Proposals were selected from the Second Call for Papers issued last Summer. The selection committee based its decisions on the technical quality of the proposals and on their relevance for policy recommendations.
| Autores | Título del paper | Afiliación |
| Alzúa Maria Laura | The quality of education in Argentina: Education production function and policy change | Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales |
| Crespo Ana | Child health and socioeconomic status in brazil: is that the origin of the gradient? | Princeton University |
| Eduardo Amadeo Gabriela Agosto | Human Development and the inter-generational transmission of inequality | Observatorio Social, S.C. |
| Jacques Silber Joseph Deutsch | Estimating Education Production Functions | Bar-Ilan University |
| Macdonald Kevin Felipe Barrera Juliana Guaqueta Harry Patrinos Emilio Porta | Estimating the Determinants of Gender and Socio-Economic Differences in Learning Achievement in Latin America | World Bank |
| Johannes Metzler Ludger Wößmann | The Impacto of Teacher Subject Knowledge on Student Learning | Munich University |
| Otter Thomas | Quality and Inequality Determinants in Primary Education in Paraguay | Consultor Independiente |
| Seinfeld Janice | Identifying successful strategies for fighting child malnutrition in Peru | Universidad del Pacífico |
| Thompson Benita | The Achievement Level of Poor Students In Barbados: An Investigation into the Relationship of Certain Constraints | University of the West Indies |
| Zubizarreta José | Educational Outcomes of the Children of the Poor: the Chilean Case | New York University |
Best regards,
Isidro Soloaga
Project Coordinator
LAC-Regional Human Development Report
Intergenerational transmission of inequality.
Results of the new call for papers
Dear colleague,
Due to the quality and number of proposals received, prior to make any decission about the selection of them, we have decided to have another round of consultations with the referees.
We are aiming at finishing the selection process by Thursday, September 25th.
We will contact by email with each one of the participants as soon as we have the results
We apologize for this delay.
Regards.
Isidro Soloaga
Project Coordinator
LAC-Regional Human Development Report Intergenerational transmission of inequality.
New Call for Research Proposals. Education and Health.
Dear colleague,
A new call for Research Proposals was issued on July 31st, 2008 (see full text in here). This time, we are seeking to select Research Proposals ona) Households' Demand for Education/Education Production Functions
b) Households' Health Production Functions.
The RBLAC-UNDP 2009 Regional Report on Inequality in Human Development project will provide between US$6.000 and US$12.000 for each selected RP. We expect to select at least 5 Research Proposal for each topic.
How to apply.Enter http://www.lacregionalhdr2009.org/callforresearchproposals/
Click on "Call for papers: Education" or on "Call for papers: Health"
Upload your Research Proposal and CV´s in one single document.
Questions?
Write (or phone) to Isidro Soloaga (Project Coordinator) at:
isidro.soloaga@lacregionalhdr2009.org
Researcher- El Colegio de México
Camino al Ajusco 20 -Col. Pedregal de Sta. Teresa 10740
Ciudad de México- Tel: 52-(55) 54 49 30 00 ext 4114
Best Regards,
Luis Felipe López Calva- Chief Economist-RBLAC-UNDP (luis.lopez-calva@undp.org)
Isidro Soloaga- Project Coordinator- Reasercher- El Colegio de México.
(isoloaga@colmex.mx)