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Two stories of wage dynamics in Latin America : different policies, different outcomes

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Carvajal-Osorio, Luis C. - 2018

This article explores the variation in the wage distributions of two Latin American countries, Bolivia and Colombia … suggest that Bolivia, which has implemented left-wing economic policies, has experienced a general increase in wages …, especially benefiting the least skilled workers and the informal sector. On the other hand, the wage distribution in Colombia …

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A snapshot on the quality of seven home visit parenting programs in Latin America and the Caribbean

Leer, Jane; López Bóo, Florencia; Perez Expósito, Ana; … - 2016

Although there is ample support for the causal link between home visit parenting programs and child development outcomes, few studies have explored what it is that drives this relationship – to what extent home visit programs are implemented as designed in terms of the content and strategies...

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The "informality gap": can education help minorities escape informal employment? : evidence from Peru

Delgado Montes, Juan Gabriel; Corrales, Javier; … - 2016

Discrimination in formal labor markets can push discriminated groups into labor informality, where wages are lower and pensions scarce. In this paper, we explore whether education offsets discrimination by empowering discriminated groups to successfully compete for formal jobs. Specifically, we...

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Assessing welfare accounts

Fölster, Stefan; Gidehag, Robert; Orszag, Jonathan Michael - 2002

The paper examines the possible effects of introducing a large-scale welfare reform in Sweden, namely, the introduction of comprehensive welfare accounts. Under this policy, individuals make mandatory contributions to accounts, which they can top up with voluntary contributions. In return,...

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Are parental welfare work requirements good for disadvantaged children? : evidence from age-of-youngest-child exemptions

Herbst, Chris M. - 2014

This paper assesses the short-run impact of first-year maternal employment on low-income children's cognitive development. The identification strategy exploits an important feature of the U.S.'s welfare work requirement rules - namely, age-of-youngest-child exemptions - as a source of...

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Can welfare conditionality combat high school dropout?

Hernæs, Øystein; Markussen, Simen; Røed, Knut - 2016

Based on administrative data, we analyze empirically the effects of stricter conditionality for social assistance receipt on welfare dependency and high school completion rates among Norwegian youths. Our evaluation strategy exploits a geographically differentiated implementation of...

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Making activation for young welfare recipients mandatory

Dahl, Espen; Hernæs, Øystein - 2022

Activation policies to promote self-sufficiency among recipients of welfare and other types of benefits are becoming more common in many welfare states. We evaluate a law change in Norway making welfare receipt conditional on participation in an activation program for all welfare recipients...

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Unintended consequences of welfare reform: evidence from birth outcomes of Aboriginal Australians

Doyle, Mary-Alice; Schurer, Stefanie; Silburn, Sven - 2020

Australia's 'income management' policy requires benefit recipients to spend at least half of their government transfers on essentials (e.g. food, housing). We estimate income management's impact on birth outcomes by exploiting its staggered rollout. By changing parents' consumption patterns, the...

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Income inequality in Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador : different reasons

Aristizábal-Ramirez, Maria; Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; … - 2015

This paper analyzes the individual-level determinants of wage inequality for Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador from 2001 … regressions and decompositions of standard Gini indices. Although popular opinion and standard Gini indices suggest Colombia to … educational attainment to form part of one's own responsibility the Colombian income distribution appears more equal than Bolivia …

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Progressing towards efficiency : the role for labor tax progression in reforming social security

Makarski, Krzysztof; Tyrowicz, Joanna; Komada, Oliwia - 2022

We study interactions between progressive labor taxation and social security reform. Increasing longevity puts fiscal strain that necessitates the social security reform. The current social security is redistributive, thus providing (at least partial) insurance against idiosyncratic income...

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