Education

ARTICLES/BOOKS/RESEARCH REPORTS

2007    Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, “International Migration, the Brain Drain and Economic Development,” in Amitava Krishna Dutt and Jaime Ros, editors, International Handbook of Development Economics, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham, U.K., forthcoming.

2006    Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz and Luis A. Rivera-Batiz, “The Dynamics of Industry Location, Expansion and Human Capital Externalities: A Case Study of the          Pharmaceutical Industry in Puerto Rico,” paper in preparation for the World Bank.

2006    Olga Rodriguez and Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, “The Role of Community Colleges in the Education of Latinos in New York State,” Working Paper, New York Latino Research Network, Albany, New York, November.

2006    Helen F. Ladd and Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, “Education and Economic Development in Puerto Rico,” in Susan M. Collins, Barry Bosworth and Miguel Soto-Class, editors, The Puerto Rican Economy: Restoring Growth, Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 189-238.

2006    Helen F. Ladd and Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, “Education and Economic Development,” in Susan M. Collins, Barry Bosworth and Miguel Soto-Class, editors, Restoring Growth in Puerto Rico: Overview and Policy Options, Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 43-53.

2005    Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, “Education as an Engine of Economic Growth: Myth or         Reality?,” mimeo., Program in Economic Policy Management, School of International           and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, December.

2003    Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, “The Impact of School-to-Work Programs on Minority Youth Employment and Student Outcomes,” in William J. Stull and Nicholas M. Sanders, ed., The School to Work Movement: Origins and Destinations, Praeger Publishers, Westport, Connecticut, 169-188.

1999   David E. Bloom and Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, "Global Trends in the Financing of Higher Education: Prospects and Challenges for the Next Decade," paper prepared for the    Task Force on Higher Education and Society, The World Bank/United Nations/Harvard   Institute for International Development

1998    Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz,  A Profile and Analysis of Students in Vocational Training: Literacy Skills, Demographics and Socioeconomic Characteristics, National Center for Research on Vocational Education, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley.

1996    Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, "English Language Proficiency, Quantitative Skills, and the Economic Progress of Immigrants," in Harriet Orcutt Duleep and Phanindra V. Wunnava, eds., Immigrants and Immigration Policy: Individual Skills, Family Ties, and Group Identities, JAI Press, Greenwich, Conn., 1996, 57-77.

1996    Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, “The Education of Immigrant Children: The Case of New York City,” International Center for Migration, Ethnicity and Citizenship Working Paper No. 96-2, The New School University, August.    

1995    Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, “Immigrants and Schools: The Case of the Big Apple,” Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, Fall, 84-89.

1995    Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, "Vocational Education, the General Equivalency Diploma and Urban Populations," Education and Urban Society, Vol. 27, No. 3, 313-327. May.

1995    Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz “The Impact of Vocational Education on Racial and Ethnic Minorities,” ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education Digest, Number 108, July.

1995    Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, Teacher Education Programs and Education Reform in Puerto Rico, Research Report, General Council of Education, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Hato Rey.

1995    Lillian Marti and Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, “A School System at Risk: A Study of the Consequences of Overcrowding in New York City Public Schools,” New York City Citizen’s Commission on Planning for Enrollment Growth Research Report, New York.

1994    Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, ed., Reinventing Urban Education: Multiculturalism and the Social Context of Schooling, IUME Press, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York.

1992    Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, “"English Language Proficiency and the Earnings of Young Immigrants in U.S. Labor Markets," Policy Studies Review, Vol. 11, No. 2, 165-175.

1992    Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, “Quantitative Literacy and the Likelihood of Employment Among Young Adults in the U.S.," Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 27, No. 2, 313-328. Spring.

1991    Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, "The Effects of Literacy on the Earnings of Hispanics in the United States," in Emilio Meléndez, Clara Rodríguez and Janis Barry-Figueroa, eds., Hispanics in the Labor Force, Plenum Publishers, New York, New York, 53-75.

1990    Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, “"English Language Proficiency and the Economic Progress of Immigrants," Economics Letters, Vol. 34, No. 2, November, 295-300.

1990    Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, "Literacy Skills and the Wages of Young Black and White Males in the U.S.," Economics Letters, Vol. 32, April, 377-382.

1987    Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, "Is There a Brain Drain of Puerto Ricans to the U.S.?," Puerto Rico Business Review, Vol. 12, No. 7, July, 1-5.

1984    Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz, "Child Labor Patterns and Legislation in Relation to       Fertility," in George J. Stolnitz, ed., Quantitative Approaches to Analyzing             Socioeconomic Determinants of Third World Fertility Trends, The Futures Group.