This paper studies the effects of cash versus in-kind transfers on child labor. Using data from a program which randomly transferred either cash or a basket of food to poor households in Mexico, I fi nd that the cash transfer reduced children’s work participation by a signifi cantly larger...

Este artículo muestra cómo modelos de demanda pueden utilizarse para cuantificar los efectos de transferencias en especie y en efectivo sobre el bienestar de los beneficiarios. La metodología propuesta se basa en calcular los «precios virtuales» que garantizarían el mismo nivel de...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the government intervention on the expansion of the natural rubber production in Sao Paulo and Mato Grosso states. The method used was the policy analysis matrix, developed by MONKE and PEARSON (1989). The results showed that the...

This paper has the goal to identify the specific role that various regulatory institutions of the labor market have on the variation of the macroeconomic indicators which describe the employment situation of the young people on the labor market in the North-East Region of Romania. In this...

COVID-19 has had a negative impact on different sectors of social life in Senegal, not sparing the public sports policies. This naturally prompted players in the field to adapt to the new context of the pandemic. It was, therefore, necessary to reflect on the readjustments of public sports...