• Efficiency of colombian schools 

      Barrera, Felipe; Gaviria, Alejandro (2003-09)
      "The main goal of this paper is to study the efficiency of Colombian schools with an eye on understanding what drives school productivity and how much is to be gained by increasing efficiency. The paper uses Data Envelopment ...
    • Determinantes de la calidad de la educación en Colombia 

      Gaviria, Alejandro; Barrientos, Jorge H. (2001-08)
      Este trabajo estudia los determinantes de la calidad de la educación secundaria en Colombia con base en las pruebas del ICFES. El trabajo tiene tres capítulos que abordan tres aspectos cruciales del tema, a saber, el efecto ...
    • Intergenerational mobility in Latin America 

      Behrman, Jere R.; Gaviria, Alejandro; Székely, Miguel (2001-04)
      High inequality has long been regarded as one of the main problems facing Latin American countries. To understand better the determinants of inequality and to help guide thinking about policy options, it would be useful ...