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Who benefits from free health insurance : evidence from Mexico
Conti, Gabriella; Ginja, Rita - 2023
We present a comprehensive evaluation of the health impacts of the introduction and expansion of a large non-contributory health insurance program in Mexico, the Seguro Popular (SP). SP provided access to health services without co-pays to individuals with no Social Security protection. We...
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Child's socio-emotional skills : is there a quantity-quality trade-off?
Briole, Simon; Le Forner, Helène; Lepinteur, Anthony - 2019
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The long-lasting effects of family and childhood on adult wellbeing : evidence from British Cohort Data
Fleche, Sarah; Lekfuangfu, Warn N.; Clark, Andrew E. - 2017 - This version: July 2017
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From the cradle to the grave : the effect of family background on the career path of Italian men
Raitano, Michele; Vona, Francesco - 2015
's abilities, and a parachute effect, associated with family labour market connections. …
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Parental divorces and children's educational outcomes in Senegal
Crespin-Boucaud, Juliette; Hotte, Rozenn - 2020
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How families matter for understanding economic inequality
Santos, Cézar; Tertilt, Michele - 2023
In this paper we discuss the importance of families for understanding economic inequality. Family structure can in … children can amplify existing inequalities across generations. Third, inequality can exist even within families, and the …
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Family change in Latin America : schooling and labor market implications for children and women
Esteve, Albert; Castro Torres, Andrés Felipe; Becca, … - 2023
status in which women raise their children and the family context in which children are raised. We refer to family context as … inequality of opportunities in family change. Second, we focus on the implications of family forms on children's school …This chapter provides an account of the major family transformations that occurred in recent decades across Latin …
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The effect of reducing welfare access on employment, health, and children's long-run outcomes
Hicks, Jeffrey; Simard-Duplain, Gaëlle; Green, David A.; … - 2023
Welfare caseloads in North America halved following reforms in the 1990s and 2000s. We study how this shift affected families by linking Canadian welfare records to tax returns, medical spending, educational attainment, and crime data. We find substantial and heterogeneous employment responses...
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Living standards of working-age disability benefits recipients in the UK
Cribb, Jonathan; Karjalainen, Heidi; Waters, Tom - 2022
We examine the living standards and health of working-age disabled people and disability benefits recipients over time in the UK. The UK’s disability benefits system (which is non-means-tested and in which receipt is unrelated to work status) has gone through a significant transformation since...
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A minimum income guarantee amidst joblessness & vulnerability : a design for income transfers post-Covid 19 and beyond
Mehrotra, Santosh K.; Rajagopalan, Anjana; Kumar, … - 2020
Amidst the bleak picture of increasing joblessness and indebtedness presented by the National Sample Survey's employment surveys and debt surveys, a minimum standard of living for the nation's poor seems to be under threat. In response to this, recent schemes inspired by the Universal Basic...
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