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examine whether the PROGRESA program of Mexico affects adult participation in the labor market and overall adult leisure time …, and they link these effects to the impact of the program on poverty. Using the experimental design of PROGRESA … leisure time. Their findings on adult work incentives are reinforced further by the result that PROGRESA leads to a …
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Over the last two decades, Mexico has experienced macroeconomic stability, an open trade regime, and substantial … downward path. The paper concludes arguing that the persistence of misallocation impedes Mexico from taking full advantage of …
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Although market concentration is one of the main impediments to productivity growth globally, data constraints have limited its analysis to developed countries or cross-country studies based on definitions of market concentration across nations and industries. This paper takes advantage of a...
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A rigorous understanding of the developmental effect of fiscal transfers to subnational governments remains an important policy research issue globally. This paper exploits a novel dataset of 20 years of municipal poverty maps and local public finances to study the effects on local welfare of a...
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effect of the NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was to help induce Wal-Mart to enter Mexico. Once there, Walmex … and processes from their headquarters to Mexico. Finally, although Mexican detergent exports captured an increasing share …
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The authors follow the Hellerstein, Neumark, and Troske (1999) framework to estimate marginal productivity differentials and compare them with estimated relative wages. The analysis provides evidence on productivity and nonproductivity-based determinations of wages. Special emphasis is given to...
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The seven largest emerging market economies -- China, India, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Indonesia, and Turkey …
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(Bulgaria, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, Tanzania, and Vietnam) and proposes a new methodology for collecting cross …
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context of a conditional cash transfer program in rural Mexico. These effects are identified using exogenous variations in the …
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first grade for a Mexico City private school that targets and subsidizes attendance for low-income children. Over three …
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