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During the 2000s, recurrent food price shocks due to volatility in international markets and extreme weather events affected consumption and nutritional patterns of Mexican urban households. This research quantifies the impacts of food price shocks on the purchase of nutrients and on the weight...
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Los debates académicos y de políticas acerca de la actividad microempresarial se centran frecuentemente en las restricciones crediticias, asumiendo que los negocios se manejan de manera óptima dadas esas y otras restricciones. Los microempresarios, sin embargo, raramente tienen capacitación...
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During the 2000s, recurrent food price shocks due to volatility in international markets and extreme weather events affected consumption and nutritional patterns of Mexican urban households. This research quantifies the impacts of food price shocks on the purchase of nutrients and on the weight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011311182
Spanish Abstract: Con la implementación la Ley 1448 de 2011 se estableció que la restitución de tierras a los hogares que fueron víctimas del conflicto armado es responsabilidad de la Unidad Administrativa Especial de Gestión y Restitución de Tierras (URT). Entre varias estrategias...
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Spanish Abstract: En el marco de la reparación integral contemplada en la Ley de Víctimas, la Unidad de Restitución de Tierras crea el Programa Proyectos Productivos (PPP); su objetivo es garantizar la sostenibilidad del retorno de las víctimas del conflicto en Colombia, a partir de brindar...
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La calidad de la educación es uno de los principales determinantes del crecimiento económico y el desarrollo. El principal objetivo del presente documento es evaluar si la doble jornada escolar tiene efectos negativos sobre la calidad de la educación en Colombia. Para esto se estima el efecto...
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El trabajo estudia los factores determinantes de la calidad de la educación pública de la ciudad de Medellín, teniendo en cuenta los resultados de las pruebas del ICFES de 2005 y 2007, enfocándose en las características del plantel docente y en el sistema de incentivos a los educadores....
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This research estimates the impact of Plan Ceibal in students’ achievement at public primary school in Uruguay. Plan Ceibal is the first national model of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) which is being carried out in Uruguay since 2007 in some provinces, but reached national scale during 2009. The...
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PISA 2006 results showed huge differences in educational attainment across Spanish regions. The aim of this paper is to analyze the factors explaining these differences. Our results indicate that differences in family characteristics of students from different regions are crucial in explaining...
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Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) are programs under which poor families get a stipend provided they keep their children in school and take them for health checks. While there is significant evidence showing that they have positive impacts on school participation, little is known about their...
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