Similar Search Results

The long-term effects of job training on labor market and skills outcomes in Chile

Doerr, Annabelle; Novella, Rafael - 2020

Job training programs can be an eective policy for improving productivity and labor market outcomes in low and middle income countries. We report medium and long-term impacts of a job training program for vulnerable workers in Chile on labor market and skill outcomes using experimental and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012587654

The causal impact of Covid-19 government-backed loans on MSMEs liquidity and earnings

Cerda, Maikol; Gertler, Paul J.; Higgins, Sean; … - 2023

We conducted two randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate the impact of government-guaranteed loans offered by the Chilean and Colombian governments. The public funds of these programs greatly expanded following the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and offered loans to Micro, Small and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014461601

Ability grouping and student performance : experimental evidence from middle schools in Mexico

Busso, Matias; Frisancho Robles, Verónica - 2023

This article relies on a large-scale field experiment in Mexico to measure the effects of two ability-grouping models (tracking and heterogeneous/bimodal groups) on student learning outcomes during middle school. Both strategies yielded an average learning gain of 0.08 of a standard deviation....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474559

The wider wellbeing effects of immigration

Neuseeland / Productivity Commission - 2021

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012671517

L'impact budgétaire de 30 ans d'immigration en France : (I) une approche comptable

Chojnicki, Xavier; Ragot, Lionel; Sokhna, Ndeye-Penda - 2018

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060055

Macroeconomic effects of over-investment in housing in an aggregative model of economic activity

Hoon, Hian Teck; Phelps, Edmund S. - 2010

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009304844

A framework for ex-ante economic impact assessment of tourism investments : an application to Haiti

Banerjee, Onil; Cicowiez, Martin; Gachot, Sebastien - 2015

regional economy-wide and poverty impacts of a US$36 million investment in tourism in the south of Haiti. The first social … representative household configuration to enable more robust analysis of tourism investment impacts on poverty and income inequality … evaluation of trade-offs between investment alternatives. Results of this analysis showed a positive impact on sectoral activity …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011431387

The effect of cash transfers to schools on voluntary contributions

Bando Grana, Rosangela - 2014

investment in schools via voluntary contributions. One program provides both a cash grant and a matching scheme for privately …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011287264

Lessons from 15 years of experience with the Dutch tax allowance for energy investments for firms

Ruijs, Arjan; Vollebergh, Herman R. J. - 2013

and sustainable energy production. This Energy Investment Tax Allowance (EIA in Dutch) reduces up-front investment costs … deduct some of the investment costs from their taxable profits. The EIA may also reduce search costs by investors to find … revenues to subsidise investment in energy-efficient technologies and renewable energy is not very different from using on …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009757392

Intended and unintended effects of unconditional cash transfers : the case of Bolivia's Renta Dignidad

Hernani-Limarino, Werner; Mena, Gary - 2015

This document presents a quasi-experimental impact evaluation of Bolivia's Renta Dignidad, a universal and non-contributory old age pension. Causal effects on direct, future, and indirect beneficiaries are identified, taking advantage of a reduction in age of eligibility from 65 to 60 years in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473136