School achievement gaps and school failure are problematic issues in Latin America, and are mainly explained by the socio-economic status (SES) of the students. What schools can do to improve school achievement and reduce school failure is a critical issue, both for school management and teacher ...
López, V.
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Oyanedel, J.C.
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Bilbao, M.
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Torres, J.
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Oyarzún, D.
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Morales, M.
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Ascorra, P.
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Carrasco, C.
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[School Achievement and Performance in Chilean High Schools: The Mediating Role of Subjective Wellbeing in School-Related Evaluations]
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School Achievement and Performance in Chilean High Schools: The Mediating Role of Subjective Wellbeing in School-Related Evaluations
Why has concentration of power persisted when (re) designing forms of government, in the face of the institutional changes that have taken place in Latin America (LA)? The usual scenario involves the activation of institutional mechanisms such as extraordinary powers, rule by decree, or the outri...
Carlos Arellano-Gonzalez, Juan
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Toro-Maureira, Sergio
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[Ideas and the (de) concentration of power in Latin America: an incipient research agenda]
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Ideas and the (de) concentration of power in Latin America: an incipient research agenda
After the Cold War era, significant constitutional changes took place in Latin America. One
distinct trend is the neo-Bolivarian constitutionalism, which has taken place in the ALBA
countries, including the constitutional replacements of Venezuela (1999), Ecuador (2008)
and Bolivia (2009). Many s...
The aim of this study is to describe the trends of transport accident mortality in Chile from 2000 to 2012 by year, geographic distribution, gender, age group, and type of accident. Population-based study. Data for transport accident mortality in Chile between 2000 and 2012 were used. The crude a...
Otzen, Tamara
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Sanhueza, Antonio
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Manterola, Carlos
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Hetz, Monica
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Melnik, Tamara
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[Transport accident mortality in Chile: trends from 2000 to 2012]
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Transport accident mortality in Chile: trends from 2000 to 2012
Studies on job insecurity are currently widespread in the social sciences, and the presence of the issue in scientific journals, research, congresses, and other settings has contributed to its also being addressed in labor studies. This makes it possible to pose questions regarding the definition...
Julian Vejar, Dasten
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[Job insecurity in Latin America: contributions to the creation of a model]
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Job insecurity in Latin America: contributions to the creation of a model
The comparative literature on presidential systems has paid little attention to the causes that explain variation in executive power concentration. We use the case of nineteenth century Chile to uncover the causal path that led to one of Latin America's most far-reaching yet gradual sets of refor...
Arellano González, Juan
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Martinez, Christopher A.
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[Gradual Change and Deconcentration of Presidential Powers in Nineteenth Century Chile: Ideas, Networks, and Institutional Ambiguity]
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Gradual Change and Deconcentration of Presidential Powers in Nineteenth Century Chile: Ideas, Networks, and Institutional Ambiguity
This paper proposes a methodology for measuring the quality of employment from a multidimensional and public policy perspective in Latin American developing countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay) using household and labour force surve...
In this article, we explore the effectiveness of government intervention, R+D, and pro-
innovation mechanisms in the likelihood of being an innovative entrepreneur with high
ambitions of growing, in the particular context of Latin America and the Caribbean. We use a longitudinal approach, with a ...
Purpose - Women in entrepreneurship can have a significant impact on economic and social development globally and particularly in developing countries. But the challenges entrepreneurial women face are unique and multiple, pressing the need for research and policies to maximize impact. The purpos...