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Spillovers from Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Bolsa Família and Crime in Urban Brazil

Chioda, Laura; Mello, João M. P. de; Soares, Rodrigo R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

combining detailed school characteristics with time and geo-referenced crime information from the city of São Paulo, Brazil, we …

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Rising Food Prices and Household Welfare: Evidence from Brazil in 2008

Ferreira, Francisco H.G.; Fruttero, Anna; Leite, Phillippe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Food price inflation in Brazil in the twelve months to June 2008 was 18 percent, while overall inflation was 5 … estimate the welfare consequences of these food price increases, and their distribution across households. Because Brazil is a … afforded by increases in two large social assistance benefits, the overall impact of higher food prices in Brazil was U …

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Evaluating the Impact of Community-Based Health Interventions: Evidence from Brazil's Family Health Program

Rocha, Romero; Soares, Rodrigo R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper analyzes the direct and indirect impacts of Brazil's Family Health Program. We estimate the effects of the …

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The Impact of Child Labor and School Quality on Academic Achievement in Brazil

Bezerra, Márcio Eduardo G.; Kassouf, Ana Lucia; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

We analyze the impact of child labor on school achievement using Brazilian school achievement test data from the 2003 Sistema Nacional de Avaliação da Educação Básica (SAEB). We control for the endogeneity of child labor using instrumental variable techniques, where the instrumental...

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