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The impact of smart subsidies on agricultural production: Innovative evidence from Argentina using survey and remote sensing data
Schling, Maja; Pazos, Nicolás - 2022
estimates yield changes and can be used to monitor and assess this type of intervention in real time and at a low cost. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014518226
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El impacto de subsidios inteligentes en la producción agrícola: Evidencia innovadora de Argentina utilizando datos de encuesta y de teledetección
Schling, Maja; Pazos, Nicolás - 2022
estimates yield changes and can be used to monitor and assess this type of intervention in real time and at a low cost. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014518241
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Does expanding health insurance beyond formal-sector workers encourage informality? Measuring the impact of Mexico's seguro popular
Aterido, Reyes; Hallward-Driemeier, Mary; Pages Serra, … - 2011
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314079
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Unemployment insurance in high informality countries
Espino, Emilio; Sanchez, Juan M. - 2013
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314089
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Do larger school grants improve educational attainment? Evidence from urban Mexico
Araujo, M. Caridad; Martínez, María Adelaida; … - 2018
expected future income from additional schooling exceeds the cost of the grants by a ratio of more than two-toone. The patterns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141905
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¿Se mejora la escolaridad con becas de mayor monto? La evidencia de las localidades urbanas de México
Araujo, M. Caridad; Martínez, María Adelaida; … - 2018
expected future income from additional schooling exceeds the cost of the grants by a ratio of more than two-toone. The patterns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141906
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Remittances and the Impact on Crime in Mexico
Brito, Steve; Corbacho, Ana; Osorio, René - 2014
This working paper studies the effect of remittances from the United States on crime rates in Mexico. The topic is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314153
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Crime under lockdown: The impact of COVID-19 on citizen security in the city of Buenos Aires
Perez-Vincent, Santiago M.; Schargrodsky, Ernesto; … - 2021
Buenos Aires, Argentina. We find a large, significant, robust, and immediate decline in crime following quarantine … restrictions. We observe the effect on property crime reported to official agencies, police arrests, and crime reported in … still large in commercial and residential areas (including informal settlements). After the sharp and immediate fall, crime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604891