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Gender earnings gaps in the Caribbean : evidence from Barbados and Jamaica

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Do remittances help smooth consumption during health shocks? : evidence from Jamaica

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We identify whether remittances facilitate consumption smoothing during health shocks in Jamaica. In addition, we …

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70 to 700 to 70,000 : lessons from the Jamaica experiment

Araujo, María Caridad; Rubio-Codina, Marta; Schady, … - 2021

This document compares three versions of the same home visiting model, the well-known Jamaica model, which was … gradually scaled-up from an efficacy trial (proof of concept) in Jamaica, to a pilot in Colombia, to an at-scale program in Peru …

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The impact of soft-skills training for entrepreneurs in Jamaica

Ubfal, Diego; Arraiz, Irani; Beuermann, Diether W.; … - 2020

A randomized controlled trial with 945 entrepreneurs in Jamaica shows positive short-term impacts of soft …

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Healthy to work : the impact of free public healthcare on health status and labor supply in Jamaica

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This study examines whether Jamaica's free public healthcare policy affected health status and labor supply of adult …

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The effects of natural disasters on the labour market : do hurricanes increase informality?

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district level with 36 quarterly rounds of labour force surveys in Jamaica. The empirical strategy exploits variation arising …

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The effects of weather shocks on early childhood development

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yearly rounds of household level surveys from Jamaica. The empirical strategy exploits variation arising from the storms …

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Interactions between conditional cash transfers and preferred secondary schools in Jamaica

Beuermann, Diether W.; Bonilla, Andrea Ramos; Stampini, … - 2022

Covering the full population of applicants to the Jamaican Conditional Cash Transfer Program (PATH), we explore whether receiving PATH benefits alters the academic returns to subsequently attending a more preferred public secondary school. To uncover causal associations, we exploit exogenous...

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Mitigating coercive parenting through home visitations : the impacts of a parenting program targeted at vulnerable communities in Jamaica

De Simone, Francesco; Mejia, Camila; Martinez-Carrasco, … - 2022

evaluates an intervention to reduce coercive parenting implemented by the Ministry of National Security of Jamaica, which …

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