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Early Childhood Intervention for the Poor : Long Term Outcomes
Andrew, Alison; Attanasio, Orazio P.; Augsburg, Britta; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Early childhood interventions aim to promote skill acquisition and poverty reduction. While their short-term success is well established, research on longer-term effectiveness is scarce, particularly in LDCs. We present results of a randomized scalable intervention in India, that affected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014486256
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The Impacts of Microcredit: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Augsburg, Britta; Haas, Ralph De; Harmgart, Heike; … - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 7 (2015) 1, pp. 183-203
marginally rejected by an MFI in Bosnia. A random subset of these were offered a loan. We provide evidence of higher self-employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107234
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Subsidizing vocational training for disadvantaged youth in developing countries: evidence from a randomized trial
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Kugler, Adriana D.; Meghir, Costas - 2009
originally collected data on individuals randomly offered and not offered training. The program raises earnings and employment …, especially for women. Women offered training earn 18% more and have a 0.05 higher probability of employment than those not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269013
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Child education and work choices in the presence of a conditional cash transfer programme in rural Columbia
Attanasio, Orazio; Fitzsimons, Emla; Gomez, Ana; Lopez, … - 2006
The paper studies the effects of Familias en Acción, a conditional cash transfer program implemented in rural areas in Colombia since 2002, on school enrolment and child labour. Using a difference-in-difference framework, our results show that the program increased school participation of 14 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293030
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Child education and work choices in the presence of a conditional cash transfer programme in rural Colombia
Attanasio, Orazio; Fitzsimons, Emla; Gomez, Ana; … - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) - 2006
<p>The paper studies the effects of Familias en Acción, a conditional cash transfer programme implemented in rural areas in Colombia in 2002, on school enrolment and child labour. Using a quasi-experimental approach, our methodology makes use of an interesting feature of the data, which allows us...</p>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005547893
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Child Education and Work Choices in the Presence of a Conditional Cash Transfer Programme in Rural Colombia
Attanasio, Orazio; Fitzsimons, Emla; Gomez, Ana; Lopez, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
The paper studies the effects of Familias en Acción, a conditional cash transfer programme implemented in rural areas in Colombia in 2002, on school enrolment and child labour. Using a quasi-experimental approach, our methodology makes use of an interesting feature of the data, which allows us...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123901
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Subsidizing Vocational Training for Disadvantaged Youth in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Attanasio, Orazio; Kugler, Adriana; Meghir, Costas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
originally collected data on individuals randomly offered and not offered training. The program raises earnings and employment …, especially for women. Women offered training earn 18% more and have a 0.05 higher probability of employment than those not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030879
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Training Disadvantaged Youth in Latin America: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Attanasio, Orazio; Meghir, Costas; Kugler, Adriana - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
of a randomized training program for disadvantaged youth introduced in Colombia in 2005 on the employment and earnings of … individuals randomly offered and not offered training. We find that the program raises earnings and employment for both men and … offered training earn about 8% more than men not offered training. Much of the earnings increases for both men and women are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005718395
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Subsidizing vocational training for disadvantaged youth in developing countries : evidence from a randomized trial
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Kugler, Adriana D.; Meghir, Costas - 2009
originally collected data on individuals randomly offered and not offered training. The program raises earnings and employment …, especially for women. Women offered training earn 18% more and have a 0.05 higher probability of employment than those not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003858877
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Subsidizing Vocational Training for Disadvantaged Youth in Developing Countries : Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Attanasio, Orazio - 2009
originally collected data on individuals randomly offered and not offered training. The program raises earnings and employment …, especially for women. Women offered training earn 18% more and have a 0.05 higher probability of employment than those not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158515