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Mind the Gap: Bridging the Perception and Reality of Crime Rates with Information
Ardanaz, Martin; Corbacho, Ana; Ruiz-Vega, Mauricio - 2014
Gains from government crime-reducing programs are not always visible to the average citizen. The media overexpose crime … events, but the absence of crime rarely makes the news, increasing the risk that citizen may have inaccurate perceptions of … objective crime trends could have on such perceptions. The results show that information improves perceptions of safety and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314165
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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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Tempering the taste for vengeance: Information about prisoners and policy choices in Chile
Scartascini, Carlos G.; Cafferata, Fernando G.; … - 2020
Punitive anti-crime policies in the Americas have contributed to steadily increasing rates of incarceration. This … politically attractive for politicians. Yet the contextual determinants of participation in crime are rarely understood by the … about the prison population shapes tastes for punitive anti-crime policies. Respondents in the treatment group received …
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