Summaries During the twentieth century gender achievement in education has undergone a major transformation in the English‐speaking Caribbean. Males are now the underachievers on global indicators, especially at the higher levels of the system. Yet males still overachieve in many fields where they have traditionally dominated. Although females' achievement in formerly male dominated areas gets a lot of attention, the failure of males to make any headway in fields traditionally dominated by females has been ignored. The current situation is best understood as differential gender achievement connected to an underlying historic male privileging rather than male underachiement due to some form of male marginalization. This proposition is explored drawing on a wide range of Caribbean research. A dynamic analysis is presented on how socio‐economic change has impacted on academic achievement through factors operating at the level of the household and community, in school and at the workplace. Implications for policy are also discussed indicating the different approach adopted by the competing perspectives on gender and educational achievement.

The well-known Lewis model was inspired by one of the models which W. Arthur Lewis presented in 1954. Yet it fails to capture his basic insights, leaving generations of students with the misapprehension that he saw industrialization as a panacea. If we avoid the limitations of the neoclassical recasting and reflect on the variations of Lewis's models, which he presented within the classical tradition, we can re-evaluate some of Lewis's neglected contributions. These relate to accumulation and trade as historical and contemporary problems and to the fundamental role that agriculture plays in development.

This article examines the macroeconomic factors influencing the flow of remittances to selected English-speaking Caribbean countries. A balanced two way fixed effects (FE) model, a random effects (RE) model and the adjusted fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS) model (designed to correct biases in OLS)are employed in estimating a relationship between per capita remittances and selected macroeconomic variables. This article also examines the time series properties of the data within a panel unit root and cointegration framework and in this respect, adds an important new dimension to the time series models on remittances by removing the possibility of a spurious relationship (Pedroni 1995,1997, 2000). The results strongly suggest that there is cointegration among the variables, and that remittances are influenced not only by altruistic motives but also by the investment motive in financial instruments. In addition, the results further indicate that there may be scope for public policy to increase these flows

This article uses a time varying parameter model (TVP) to examine the macroeconomic determinants of cash remittances to Jamaica over the period January 1983 to April 2001. We anticipated a positive relationship between changes in remittances and foreign income. We find an investment component in the relationship between changes in remittances and domestic income. In addition, the relationship between changes in remittances, the unofficial exchange rate premium and the exchange rate differential are in line with our expectations. In terms of the policy dimension of the results, it is clear that domestic policy has a significant impact on the responses of remitters. These responses do not merely reflect altruistic concerns for relatives but also investment related considerations. This means that policy makers might be able, through deliberate policy, to influence the flow of remittances over time.

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