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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 … examined using municipal-level data on the percent of household receiving remittances and homicides per 100,000 inhabitants …. Remittances are found to be associated with a decrease in homicide rates. Every 1 percent increase in the number of households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314153
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Does Access to Better Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Improve Child Outcomes? Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean
Schady, Norbert - 2015
I review the evidence on access to water and sanitation infrastructure and child outcomes In Latin America. I show that there are large differences in access across countries and, within countries, between households living in urban and rural areas. Many papers in the public health literature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011535713
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A Framework for Ex-Ante Economic Analysis of Tourism Investments: An Application to Haiti
Banerjee, Onil; Cicowiez, Martin; Gachot, Sebastien - 2015
This study develops a linked regional computable general equilibrium and micro-simulation (RCGE-MS) model to assess the regional economy-wide and poverty impacts of a US$36 million investment in tourism in the south of Haiti. The first social accounting matrix for Haiti with a base year of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011535723
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Do Remittances Help Smooth Consumption During Health Shocks? Evidence From Jamaica
Beuermann, Diether W.; Ruprah, Inder S.; Sierra, Ricardo E. - 2014
We identify whether remittances facilitate consumption smoothing during health shocks in Jamaica. In addition, we … investigate whether remittances are subject to moral hazard by receivers, how the informal insurance provided by remittances … remittances offer complete insurance toward decreased consumption during health shocks and that moral hazard is weak. The role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314158
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Higher inequality in Latin America: A collateral effect of the pandemic
Acevedo, Ivonne; Castellani, Francesca; Cota, María José - 2022
. Surprisingly, we found that the differences in income by education level declined in most cases. Remittances had a modest effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014518312
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Lecciones a partir de experimentos de formalización empresarial
Galiani, Sebastián; Meléndez, Marcela - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314096
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Does birth underregistration reduce childhood immunization? Evidence from the Dominican Republic
Corbacho, Ana; Brito, Sreve; Osorio, René - 2013
Birth registration is not only a fundamental human right, but also a requirement for obtaining additional documents, proving legal identity, and accessing a number of government benefits. Yet, little is known about the effects of birth under-registration on access to health care. Using data from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314106
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Impact of Early Life Shocks on Human Capital Formation: El Niño Floods in Ecuador
Rosales, María Fernanda - 2014
A growing body of research argues that early adverse experiences have lasting effects not only on later health outcomes, but also on human capital accumulation. This paper investigates the persistent effect of negative shocks early in life on children's health and cognitive outcomes, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314155
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Do We Need More Women in Power? Gender, Public Policy, and Development in Bolivia
Yañez-Pagans, Patricia - 2014
This paper evaluates the impacts of increasing female representation in Bolivian municipal councils on public policy choices and welfare outcomes. By combining detailed administrative panel data on municipal expenditures and revenues together with electoral data, an innovative regression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314174
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Information and Communication Technologies, Prenatal Care Services and Neonatal Health
Beuermann, Diether W.; Anta, Rafael; Garcia, Patricia; … - 2015
We evaluate the effectiveness of sending text messages to pregnant women containing appointment reminders and suggestions for healthy behaviors during pregnancy. Receiving messages had an overall positive effect of 5 percent on the number of prenatal care visits attended. Moreover, for women who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314216