Acronyms and abbreviations

Central American Center for Population Studies (Centro Centroamericano de Población)

Costa Rican Social Security Fund

Conditional cash transfer

Costa Rican colon (currency)

General Directorate of Migration (Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería)

European Union

National Scholarship Fund (Fondo Nacional de Becas)

Gross domestic product

National Learning Institute

National Statistics Office

International Organization for Migration

Interrelations between Public Policies, Migration and Development

International Standard Classification of Occupations

Ministry of Education

Ministry of Labor and Social Security

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Ordinary least square

National Development Plan

Primary sampling unit

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affaires

United Nations Development Programme

United Nations Population Fund

United States dollar