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Argentina hit headlines around the world in 2002 on account of the largest debt default in history and a sudden …
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In 2001-02, Argentina experienced a wrenching economic crisis. Plan Jefes, implemented in May 2002, was Argentina …
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paper evaluates the short run effects of one possible exit strategy, programs that promote self-employment, in Argentina. We …
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Limited availability of workfare programs and unemployment insurance and a large informal sector are features of the Argentine labor market at the outset of the 2001 economic crisis. This paper tests the hypothesis whether informal work is an alternative to workfare participation before a...
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Returns to schooling in urban Argentina increased from 1992 to 2003, a period of economic reforms and macroeconomic …
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This study investigates the impact of recent crises in Argentina (including the severe downturn of 2001-2002) on health …
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, savings, length of stay in the U.S., and citizenship status affect the probability of homeownership before the recession and …
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Many households have insufficient savings to handle moderate and routine consumption shocks. Many of these financially …-Linked Savings (PLS) accounts, that combine principal-security with lottery-type jackpots, can increase savings among these at …-risk households. Results from an online experiment show that the introduction of PLS accounts increase total savings and reduce …
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In this paper we analyze a mechanism that is particularly relevant to the workings of the Great Recession: we explain how easier home financing and higher homeownership rates increase unemployment rates. To this purpose we build a model of job search with liquid wealth accumulation and...
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-person households (e.g. with a husband and a wife) from the Dutch CentER Savings Survey, we find that wives find saving for old age more …
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