important as lack of funding for new investment in capital for rural producers in Mexico. Producers benefit from easing their …This paper evaluates the effectiveness of easing credit constraints for rural producers in Mexico through loans … loans on production and investment decisions, input use, and yields. Using a multiple treatment methodology, it explores the …

Using data collected for the evaluation of the rural component of Oportunidades, Mexico's flagship anti-poverty program …

exploiting the discontinuity in the assignment of a welfare program in Mexico. The in-cash transfer is found to significantly …

This paper analyzes the joint effect of EPL and financial market imperfections on investment, capital … stronger in firms with lower levels of internal resources. We find that, on average, EPL reduces investment per worker, capital …

Previous papers tested the validity of the Family Investment Hypothesis (FIH) among immigrants by comparing the labor … credit constraints are binding, then only married immigrants can cross-finance their investment within the family. In order … to a rejection of the FIH in both countries. -- Family investment model ; labor supply …

This paper presents a two-period human capital investment model of married and single immigrants under binding … shown that the comparative advantage in investment that determines which spouse will invest more in local skills depends on … partial specialization in work and investment activities within immigrant households. However, the level invested by each …

firm's investment is comparatively more sensitive to cash flow, but this sensitivity is negatively and significantly … related with corporate efficiency. These results point to the fact that high investment sensitivity to cash flow may not be … solely driven by measurement error in investment opportunity, but may still be interpreted as a consequence of imperfect …

easing entrepreneurial investments for credit-constrained individuals whose investment possibilities depend on their income …