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The longer-term effects of human capital enrichment programs on poverty and inequality: Oportunidades in Mexico

McKee, Douglas; Todd, Petra E. - In: Estudios de Economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 67-100

improving health of disadvantaged children. This paper studies the program's potential longer-term consequences for the poverty … predict that Oportunidades will increase future mean earnings but have only modest effects on poverty rates and earnings …

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How much might human capital policies affect earnings inequalities and poverty?

Behrman, Jere R. - In: Estudios de Economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 9-41

Economic inequality and poverty have persisted in Latin America despite important changes in political and policy … regimes. This paper explores the relationship between various human capital programs aimed to reduced poverty and how … improvements of those in poverty in the left tail of the earning income distribution are likely to reduce inequality. First it …

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Does Financial Development Enhance Foreign Trade in Selected Transitional Economies?

Tsaurai, Kunofiwa; Hlupo, Patience - In: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe 23 (2020) 4, pp. 69-86

The study investigates the influence of financial development on foreign trade in transi- tional economies using panel data (1994-2014). Although empirical studies on the im- pact of financial development on foreign trade are available, none of them that the au- thors are aware of attempted to...

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