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In 2006, the Bolivian government introduced a large-scale cash transfer programme, Bono Juancito Pinto (BJP). Exploiting the exogenous variation of the programme expansion, this paper examines the impact of BJP on schooling and child labour. The analysis suggests that the transfer increases the...
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During the 2000s Bolivia experienced moderate economic growth and improved all labour market indicators. The economy … suffered a slowdown as a consequence of the international crisis of 2008, but Bolivia sustained positive growth rates during …
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In 2006, the Bolivian government introduced a large-scale cash transfer programme, Bono Juancito Pinto (BJP). Exploiting the exogenous variation of the programme expansion, this paper examines the impact of BJP on schooling and child labour. The analysis suggests that the transfer increases the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943843
examining the effect of Bolivia's Renta Dignidad, a universal non-contributory old-age pension that covers all Bolivians aged 60 …
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original daily data on COVID-19 cases, deaths, movements, and policies at the subnational level from Bolivia's nine departments …
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The relationship between the cocaine trade and urban land markets in South America has been overlooked by the mainstream economics and urban studies literature. This paper examines two avenues through which the cocaine trade can have a large impact on urban development in producer countries: (i)...
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this exogenous variation, we show that during 2002-07, mining activities in response to the global commodity price …
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This paper investigates the relationship between mining and spatial inequality in Africa during 2001-12. The … identification strategy is based on a unilateral causation between mining and district inequality. The findings show that when … minerals are aggregated, mining increases district inequality. But an analysis of individual minerals shows that mining affects …
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the mining industry across the world. Many changes in the formal legal and regulatory systems have also been introduced … monitoring of success, the ongoing tension between companies, communities, and governments regarding the role of mining in … to assess and track mining's contribution to human and ecosystem wellbeing over the full project and product lifecycles …
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The taxation of the mining industry varies considerably from nation to nation. This paper reflects on the evolving use … of various taxation approaches applied by governments to the mining sector. It includes a description of the principal … options in a holistic approach that anticipates commodity price cycles, and that mining companies should anticipate fiscal …
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