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Crime and Growth Convergence : Evidence from Mexico
Enamorado, Ted; L??pez-Calva, Luis F.; … - 2014
. Combining income data from poverty maps, administrative records on crime and violence, and public expenditures data at the …
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The Impact of Financial Literacy Training for Migrants
Gibson, John; McKenzie, David; Zia, Bilal - 2012
Remittances are a major source of external finance for many developing countries but the cost of sending remittances remains high for many migration corridors. International efforts to lower costs by facilitating the entry of new financial products and new cost comparison information sources...
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Harnessing Emotional Connections to Improve Financial Decisions : Evaluating the Impact of Financial Education in Mainstream Media
Zia, Bilal; Berg, Gunhild - 2013
This paper exploits the emotional connections and viewer attentiveness of mainstream media to evaluate the economic impact of financial education messages on debt management delivered through a popular television soap opera in South Africa. The study uses a symmetric encouragement design to...
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Why Is Voluntary Financial Education So Unpopular? Experimental Evidence from Mexico
Bruhn, Miriam; Lara Ibarra, Gabriel; McKenzie, David - 2013
Take-up of voluntary financial education programs is typically extremely low. This paper reports on randomized experiments around a large financial literacy course offered in Mexico City to understand the reasons for low take-up, and to measure the impact of financial education. It documents...
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Conscription and Crime
Galiani, Sebastian; Rossi, Martin; Schargrodsky, Ernesto - 2012
The initiation in criminal activities is, typically, a young phenomenon. The study of the determinants of entry into criminal activities should pay attention to major events affecting youth. In many countries, one of these important events is mandatory participation in military service. The...
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Crime and Violence in Development : A Literature Review of Latin America and the Caribbean
Heinemann, Alessandra; Verner, Dorte - 2012
The authors review the recent literature on crime and violence in Latin America and the Caribbean and present a broad overview of the main ideas and empirical findings. They provide estimates of the magnitude of the problem, trends, and the manifestations of crime and violence in Latin America....
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Heat, Crime, and Punishment
Behrer, A. Patrick; Bolotnyy, Valentin - 2022
Using administrative criminal records from Texas, this paper shows how heat affects criminal defendants, police officers, prosecutors, and judges. It finds that arrests increase by up to 15 percent on hot days, driven by increases in violent crime. There is no evidence that charging-day heat...
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Conditional Cash Transfers and Gender-Based Violence : Does the Type of Violence Matter?
Dervisevic, Ervin; Perova, Elizaveta; Sahay, Abhilasha - 2022
The relationship between intimate partner violence and cash transfer programs has been extensively researched, with a consensus that cash transfers are most likely to reduce intimate partner violence. This study uses a regression discontinuity design to examine the effects of a conditional cash...
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Remittances and Natural Disasters : Ex-post Response and Contribution to Ex-ante Preparedness
Mohapatra, Sanket; Joseph, George; Ratha, Dilip - 2012
Macro- and micro-economic evidence suggests a positive role of remittances in preparing households against natural disasters and in coping with the loss afterwards. Analysis of cross-country macroeconomic data shows that remittances increase in the aftermath of natural disasters in countries...
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Social Transfers, Labor Supply and Poverty Reduction : The Case of Albania
Dabalen, Andrew; Kilic, Talip; Wane, Waly - 2012
In 1993, in response to persistent unemployment, and rising poverty and social unrest, the government of Albania … introduced an anti-poverty program, namely Ndihma Ekonomike; in 1995 it was extended to all poor households. This paper estimates … subjective measures of household poverty. The analysis uses the nationally representative Albanian Living Standards Measurement …
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