This paper summarizes the findings from the first randomized evaluation of a job training program in Latin America. Between 2001 and 2005 the government of the Dominican Republic operated a subsidized training program for low-income youth in urban areas. The program featured several weeks of...

The purpose of this report is to assess whether the job training program Juventud y Empleo has had positive impacts, i.e. to determine if it has increased the employability of its participants. Additionally, the report also analyzes the implementation of the project vis-à-vis its original...

Too often, academics and policy makers interpret formality as a binary choice and formalization as an irreversible process. Yet, formalization has many facets and shades on the business and labor fronts, and firms may not be able or willing to formalize all at once. This paper explores the joint...

In this working paper the authors present evidence on the reliability of propensity score matching to estimate the bias associated with the effect of treatment on the treated, exploiting the availability of experimental data from a Mexican antipoverty program (PROGRESA: Programa de Educación,...

The "Youth Labor Training Program" (Programa de Capacitacion Laboral Juvenil - PROJoven) is an ongoing job-training program created in 1996 by the Ministry of Labor (Ministerio de Trabajo y Promocion del Empleo) in response to the precarious conditions of youth in the Peruvian labor market. The...

Da a conocer El impacto del programa PARSalud sobre la calidad de la atención de la salud materna en la población indígena. Menciona el impacto del programa en cuanto a calidad de la atención a las madres quechuas.

Da a conocer El impacto del programa PARSalud sobre la calidad de la atención de la salud materna en la población indígena. Menciona el impacto del programa en cuanto a calidad de la atención a las madres quechuas.

El presente documento explora las principales tendencias de la demanda y de la oferta de educación superior que subyacen a los indicadores antes mencionados. Se analiza la evolución y composición de los postulantes e ingresantes a universidades e institutos de educación superior. Se analiza...