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Healthy to work : the impact of free public healthcare on health status and labor supply in Jamaica
Beuermann, Diether W.; Garzon, Camilo Pecha - 2016
This study examines whether Jamaica's free public healthcare policy affected health status and labor supply of adult …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011575743
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Do remittances help smooth consumption during health shocks? : evidence from Jamaica
Beuermann, Diether W.; Ruprah, Inder S.; Sierra, Ricardo E. - 2014
We identify whether remittances facilitate consumption smoothing during health shocks in Jamaica. In addition, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011286680
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012238010
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The effects of natural disasters on the labour market : do hurricanes increase informality?
Pecha Garzón, Camilo José - 2017
district level with 36 quarterly rounds of labour force surveys in Jamaica. The empirical strategy exploits variation arising …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011784044
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The effects of weather shocks on early childhood development
Beuermann, Diether W.; Pecha, Camilo; Schmid, Juan Pedro - 2017
yearly rounds of household level surveys from Jamaica. The empirical strategy exploits variation arising from the storms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011784231
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Gender earnings gaps in the Caribbean : evidence from Barbados and Jamaica
Bellony, Annelle; Hoyos, Alejandro; Ñopo, Hugo - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009306003
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Productive development policies in Jamaica
Panadeiros, Mónica; Benfield, Warren Andrew - 2010
Jamaica seems to be a puzzling case for economic growth: despite the structural reforms implemented in the last three … to create a better environment for productivity growth. This paper examines the PDPs in Jamaica and concludes that behind …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010247130
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012586208
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014494269
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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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