3 papers
econ.GN2026
Cognitive and non-cognitive efficiency gaps between private and public schools in the Latin America region-a hybrid DEA and machine learning approach based on PISA 2022
Marcos Delprato
Latin America's education systems are fragmented and segregated, with substantial differences by school type. The concept of school efficiency (the ability of school to produce the…
econ.GN2026
Academic resilience in the Latin America region post COVID-19 pandemic -- an explainable machine learning analysis of its determinants and heterogeneity using alternative definitions
Marcos Delprato, Andres Sandoval-Hernandez
The learning crisis in the Latin American region (i.e., higher rates of students not reaching basic competencies at secondary level) is worrying, particularly post-pandemic given t…
econ.GN2026
Identifying the post-pandemic determinants of low performing students in Latin America through Interpretable Machine Learning methods
Marcos Delprato
Introduction. The high prevalence of students not achieving basic learning competencies in Latin America (LAC) is concerning, even more so considering the region's deep structural…