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Evolving Wage Cyclicality in Latin America
Gambetti, Luca - 2017
Examines the evolution of the cyclicality of real wages and employment in four Latin American economies: Brazil, Chile …, Colombia and Mexico, during the period 1980-2010. Wages are highly pro-cyclical during the 1980s and early 1990s, a period …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959063
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Assessing the Long-Term Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers on Human Capital : Evidence from Colombia
Baez, Javier - 2011
cohorts of children from poor households that benefited up to nine years from Familias en Acción, a CCT in Colombia, attained …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123916
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Spillovers from Conditional Cash Transfer Programs : Bolsa Família and Crime in Urban Brazil
Chioda, Laura - 2014
combining detailed school characteristics with time and geo-referenced crime information from the city of São Paulo, Brazil, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013066498
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The Effect of Job Loss and Unemployment Insurance on Crime in Brazil
Britto, Diogo - 2020
on the universe of workers and criminal cases in Brazil over the 2009-2017 period. We match workers displaced upon …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012833235
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Ageing Poorly? Accounting for the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil, 1995-2012
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2017
The Gini coefficient of labor earnings in Brazil fell by nearly a fifth between 1995 and 2012, from 0.50 to 0.41. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959062
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Learning About the Enforcement of Conditional Welfare Programs : Evidence from Brazil
Brollo, Fernanda - 2017
We study the implementation of Bolsa Familia, a program that conditions cash transfers to poor families on children's school attendance. Using unique administrative data, we analyze how beneficiaries respond to the enforcement of conditionality. Making use of random variation in the day on which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959064
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Evaluating the Impact of Community-Based Health Interventions : Evidence from Brazil's Family Health Program
Rocha, Romero - 2009
This paper analyzes the direct and indirect impacts of Brazil's Family Health Program. We estimate the effects of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012763930
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Does Management Matter in Schools?
Bloom, Nicholas - 2014
Italy, Brazil and then finally India. We also show that autonomous government schools (i.e. government funded but with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043700
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The Effect of Brazil's Family Health Program on Cognitive Skills
Mine Gunes, Pinar; Tsaneva, Magda - 2022
This paper examines the effect of Brazil's Family Health Program (Programa Saude da Familia, FHP) on cognitive skills …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014240775
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Unpacking Neighborhood Effects : Experimental Evidence from a Large-Scale Housing Program in Brazil
Belchior, Carlos; Gonzaga, Gustavo; Ulyssea, Gabriel - 2023
programs in Brazil. Receiving a house has positive impacts on housing quality and reduces household expenditures but has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014357160