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among the most vulnerable households, usually low income families with children. However, this goal is can be thwarted by … children do not vote. Based on the main Argentine household survey and on personal interviews with 120 brokers, this paper … are in excess demand discriminating against families with children not old enough to vote. …
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We estimate the impact on education outcomes of the Universal Child Allowance (AUH), a massive conditional cash … transfer program targeted at young children of unemployed and informal workers launched in Argentina in late 2009. Evidence … school year, but concentrated on boys in upper-secondary school. In this paper we study the effects on other education …
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We study whether crony governance can extend beyond economic policy to the targeting of state violence against citizens. We do so with a micro-analysis of state repression by the Argentine military junta that took power in March 24, 1976. Specifically, we examine the logic driving the choice of...
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Party brokers have information about voters’ political preferences and their likelihood of turning out to vote, and are able to target clientelistic inducements and monitor voter participation in exchange for voters’ electoral support. Yet, brokers may also use the clientelistic inducements...
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