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on the long term effects of CT programs particularly on migration decisions. Progresa-Oportunidades, the pioneer Mexican … to Progresa-Oportunidades. The reduction of adult population of males is 6 times higher than for females, a clear sign of …
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purpose. I examine the short and long term effects of Progresa-Oportunidades on migration using a regression discontinuity …
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While there are different estimates of poverty in Mexico, there is general agreement that poverty is widespread, and … policies have been implemented in Mexico, as elsewhere, to reduce poverty and improve the well-being of the population. This … relate to poverty in Mexico. …
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We evaluate the impact of the rise in food prices during 2006-2008 on the poverty and extreme poverty rates in Mexico …
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stress in Mexico and this retards the growth of skills of workforce. (2) The informal sector is large, mostly due to the …
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than public schools in Mexico. The analysis is based on panel data including out-of-school cognitive skill tests, which …
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The objective of this paper is to characterize the population between 15 and 19 years of age in Mexico which does not … from the three samples used are consistent. We estimate that there are 8.6 million NiNis in Mexico in 2010 (28.9 percent of …
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This paper chronicles the rise of social pensions in Mexico. First it summarizes the pension system prior to … introduction of social pensions. Next it describes how Mexico City, the federal government, and seventeen of Mexico’s 31 states …
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the cheapest routes to move cargo from Mexico to Europe, but also provided various alternatives according to the fresh …
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We develop a comparative study using the TARCH and EGARCH non-linear econometric models. We use them to describe Mexican stock market returns. We model daily series of returns for 30 stocks and the Stock Market Index (IPC) for the period between December 7, 2005 and August 1, 2011. Most of the...
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