What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You—Or at Least Mislead You.

The text of the Carlos Diaz-Alejandro Prize Lecture is presented. The writer discusses human resources, household behavior, and social policies in Latin America. He recounts a number of key moments in his career as an empirical microeconomist involved in Latin America and the Caribbean before pres...

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Published in:	Economia Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 1 - 44
Main Author:	Behrman, Jere R.
Format:	Article
Published:	Brookings Institution Press Spring 2009
Subjects:	Human capital Caribbean economic conditions Latin American economy Resource allocation > Mathematical models Life cycle, Human Economics
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost