This paper examines the impact of universal health coverage on cohabitation, marriage, and labor force participation …. Economic gains from marriage when non-labor income increases among partners. I use the expansion of non-contributory health … insurance in Mexico to test this. This insurance scheme, called Seguro Popular (SP), provides a minimum set of health benefits …

This paper is devoted to the peculiarities of the Siberian labor market regulation, including the deepening of market … optimize the structural processes in order to maximize the preservation of labor potential, its augmentation, providing …

It is claimed that introducing flexibility in regulation is a sufficient condition for curbing the level of informality … using Panel Data regression point out that regulation does not significantly affect informality. What matters is the … enforcing the regulation are more important in context of curbing the level of informality. In addition, the dissertation also …

. Thus, the maternity leave system (6+3+3), together with the limited resources of labor inspectorate, lack of a health …This study aims to analyze the implementation of Labor Law in Kosovo, with a particular attention towards Article 49th … which regulates the issue of maternity leave. Labor Law in Kosovo has been in force only for a year, and as such it has been …

This study provides circumstantial evidence for the impact of permits for employment in Israel on the Palestinian labor … that merges data from the Palestinian Labor Force Survey with Israeli administrative data on permits for employment in … number of permits issued. These results reflect the short-run benefits for the un-skilled Palestinian labor force as well as …

capital investments of poor families by increasing nutrition, health and schooling levels. How- ever, there is little evidence … 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 …

What is the long term effect of conditional cash transfers (CCT) on labor and migration decisions? There is scientific … evidence that support short run positive effects of CCT on the levels of nutrition, health and schooling. However, there is … little evidence on their long term effects on labor and migration decisions. The experimental data is limited for this …

Indigenous groups account for over one tenth of Mexico’s population and many of them suffer from constant social … is a central element of Oportunidades’ strategy to ameliorate trans-generational poverty. This study finds that the … positive impacts of Oportunidades on enrollment for the general population are no different for indigenous households. In …

This paper follows a quasi-experimental research design to assess the impact of the electronic payment system of Mexico …’s Oportunidades programme. The switch from cash payments to electronic payments delivered via a bank account is found to have …