AI as Coordination-Compressing Capital: Task Reallocation, Organizational Redesign, and the Regime Fork

This paper proposes a model of "agent capital" where AI reduces coordination costs to endogenously reshape organizational structures, revealing a regime fork where the distributional outcome—ranging from broad-based gains to superstar concentration—depends on who controls the resulting organizational elasticity, even as overall inequality declines through employment expansion.

Alex Farach2026-03-06💰 q-fin

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

Using a hybrid DEA and machine learning approach on PISA 2022 data from nine Latin American countries, this study reveals that private schools outperform public schools in both cognitive and non-cognitive efficiency, identifying distinct determinants such as home resources and autonomy for private schools versus climate and student engagement challenges for public schools.

Marcos Delprato2026-03-06💰 q-fin

Academic resilience in the Latin America region post COVID-19 pandemic -- an explainable machine learning analysis of its determinants and heterogeneity using alternative definitions

Using explainable machine learning on PISA 2022 data from nine Latin American countries, this study identifies distinct household and school-level determinants of student academic resilience post-pandemic, revealing how factors like digital access, teaching quality, and pandemic disruptions differentially influence disadvantaged students' ability to achieve high performance.

Marcos Delprato, Andres Sandoval-Hernandez2026-03-06💰 q-fin

Implementing Sustainable Tourism practices in luxury resorts of Maldives: Sustainability principles & Tripple Bottomline Approach

This research paper examines the sustainability challenges facing luxury resorts in the Maldives and proposes a framework based on the Triple Bottom Line approach and 12 Sustainable Tourism Principles to guide the implementation of effective practices, regulatory reforms, and collaborative strategies for long-term environmental and economic viability.

Dr Mir Hasan Naqvi, Asnan Ahmed, Dr Asif Pervez2026-03-06💰 q-fin