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Seguro Popular (SP) was introduced in 2002 to provide health insurance to the 50 million Mexicans without Social Security. This paper tests whether the program has had unintended consequences, distorting workers' incentives to operate in the informal sector. The analysis examines the impact of...
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Providing unemployment insurance is particularly problematic in countries with high informality because workers can claim unemployment benefits and work in the informal sector at the same time. This paper proposes a method to evaluate alternative schemes to provide insurance for unemployed...
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expected future income from additional schooling exceeds the cost of the grants by a ratio of more than two-toone. The patterns …
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expected future income from additional schooling exceeds the cost of the grants by a ratio of more than two-toone. The patterns …
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This working paper studies the effect of remittances from the United States on crime rates in Mexico. The topic is …
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The existing empirical evidence suggests a reduction in aggregate crime as a consequence of the COVID-19 lockdown …. However, what happens when lockdown measures are relaxed? This paper considers how the COVID-19 pandemic affects crime rates … throughout Mexico when the stay-at-home orders end. We use national crime data from Mexico’s National Public Security System …
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Objective: To investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on conventional crime and organized crime in Mexico City …, Mexico.Methods: Mexico City’s Attorney General’s Office reported crime data, covering domestic violence, burglary, robbery … in conventional crime during the COVID-19 pandemic, organized crime remains steady. These findings have policy …
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