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Educación técnica y tecnológica, una oportunidad impostergable para el desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe
[Technical and technological education, an urgent task for development in latin america and the caribbean]

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  • Ricardo Alejandro Peña Pinzón

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The enhancement of quantity and quality of technical and technological education has the potential to promote employment among the young and labor formality in Latin America and the Caribbean. Therefore, it is urgent to reduce information asymmetries between young laborers, enterprises, and technical and technological institutions; to interconnect the parts of the education system; to guarantee the pertinence of curriculums; and to focus public expenditure in the regions that need it the most. This text presents the context of youth unemployment and of technical and technological education in the region. Then, their effects on employment and income are discussed and finally certain routes of action are proposed.

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  • Ricardo Alejandro Peña Pinzón, 2021. "Educación técnica y tecnológica, una oportunidad impostergable para el desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe [Technical and technological education, an urgent task for development in latin america and the caribbean]," Econógrafos, Escuela de Economía 022652, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, FCE, CID.
    • Handle: RePEc:col:000176:022652
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    JEL classification:

    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
    • I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education

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