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Labelled loans and human capital investments
Augsburg, Britta; Caeyers, Bet; Giunti, Sara; Malde, Bansi - 2021
Imperfect capital markets and commitment problems impede lumpy human capital investments. Labelled loans can alleviate both constraints, but little is known about their effectiveness in practice. We draw on a cluster randomized controlled trial in rural India to provide the first evidence that...
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What you learned by second grade matters : a comparative study on human capital formation in Madagascar and Senegal
Kaila, Heidi; Sahn, David E.; Sunder, Naveen - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013271337
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The dietary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
O'Connell, Martin; Smith, Kate; Stroud, Rebekah - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant changes in where people work, eat and socialise. We use novel data on the food and non-alcoholic drink purchases from stores, takeaways, restaurants and other outlets to quantify the impact of the pandemic on the diets of a large, representative panel...
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Demand-driven training and job turnover : the effects of Brazil's Pronate-MDIC at firm and worker level
Quintana, Rodrigo E.; Cravo, Túlio - 2019
This paper explores for the first time the impact of a demand-driven training program on labor turnover at both firm and worker level. Launched in 2014 by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MDIC in Portuguese), Pronatec-MDIC allows firms to demand courses which some of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012028434
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Occupational choice and the dynamics of human capital, inequality and growth
Dvorkin, Maximiliano A.; Monge-Naranjo, Alexander - 2019
We construct a dynamic general equilibrium model with occupation mobility, human capital accumulation and endogenous assignment of workers to tasks to quantitatively assess the aggregate impact of automation and other task-biased technological innovations. We extend recent quantitative general...
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Gender inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Berniell, Inés; Fernández, Raquel; Krutikova, Sonya - 2023
This chapter examines gender inequality, focusing on two critical spheres in which gender inequality is generated: education and work. The objective is to provide a current snapshot of gender inequality across key indicators as well as a dynamic perspective that highlights successes and...
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Health inequalities in Latin American and the Caribbean : child, adolescent, reproductive, metabolic syndrome and mental health
Bancalari, Antonella; Berlinski, Samuel G.; Buitrago, … - 2023
Health constitutes a fundamental aspect of our well-being. It is also a key factor in determining our contribution to … market and non-market output. Health inequality refers to the unequal realization of health outcomes between different groups … in the population. Systematic disparities in health outcomes and in access to health resources not only undermine basic …
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Child development in the early years : parental investment and the changing dynamics of different domains
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Bernal, Raquel; Giannola, Michele; … - 2021
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The impact of obesity on human capital accumulation : exploring the driving factors
Carrasco, Raquel; González-González, Diego - 2024
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Impact of early life shocks on human capital formation : El Niño floods in Ecuador
Rosales, María Fernanda - 2014
A growing body of research argues that early adverse experiences have lasting effects not only on later health outcomes … children's health and cognitive outcomes, and explores whether shocks at certain periods matter more than others. The paper …
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