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A snapshot on the quality of seven home visit parenting programs in Latin America and the Caribbean
Leer, Jane; López Bóo, Florencia; Perez Expósito, Ana; … - 2016
quality and fidelity of implementation in home visit programs in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) does not exist. In … light of this gap, this note presents a snapshot of home visit quality in seven countries in which home visits reach a … order to ensure implementation quality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571942
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Unconditional Cash Transfers for Families with Children in the U.S : A Scoping Review
Shah, Hema; Gennetian, Lisa A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Children represent the largest indirect beneficiaries of the U.S. social welfare system. Yet, many questions remain about the direct benefits of cash aid to children. The current understanding of the impacts of cash aid in the U.S. is drawn primarily from studies of in-kind benefits, tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226162
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The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty in Latin America : Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hondu...
Lustig, Nora - 2016
equalizing in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay and also in Chile, Costa Rica and Ecuador but, in the latter, their effect is small … countries tend to redistribute more. Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru redistribute below the trend …; Chile, Ecuador and Mexico are on trend; and, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica and Uruguay redistribute above the trend. Fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983141
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Planning for Integral Development. Public Policies, Economic Growth and Social Improvements in Santa Rosa (Ecuador)
Prada-Trigo, José - In: Journal of Spatial and Organizational Dynamics 2 (2014) 4, pp. 307-317
Ecuador is immersed, since the adoption of the 2008 Constitution, in a process of economic, social and political … the south of Ecuador through the analysis of the local networks and the initiatives of local actors for developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011082364
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Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Expanding Cash Welfare
Freedman, Matthew; Kim, Yoonjung - 2021
We study the labor supply and consumption responses to cash assistance delivered through the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Program in the United States. Exploiting a sharp increase in cash benefit generosity for low-income single-parent families in New Hampshire due to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013234519
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A closer look: proximity boosts homeless student performance in New York City
Cassidy, Michael T. - 2020
Proximity augments homeless students' educational outcomes. Homeless K-8 graders whose families are placed in shelters near their schools have 8 percent (2.4 days) better attendance, are a third (18 percentage points) less likely to change schools, and exhibit higher rates of proficiency and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257997
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Short moves and long stays: homeless family responses to exogenous shelter assignments in New York City
Cassidy, Michael T. - 2020
Using an original administrative dataset in the context of a scarcity induced-natural experi-ment in New York City, I find that families placed in shelters in their neighborhoods of origin remain there considerably longer than those assigned to distant shelters. Locally-placed families also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012258010
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Why guarantee employment? : evidence from a large Indian public-works program
Zimmermann, Laura - 2020
Most countries around the world implement some form of a safety net program for poor households. A widespread concern is that such programs crowd out private-sector jobs. But they could also improve workers' welfare by allowing them to take on more risk, for example through self-employment. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012195155
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Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean: Money, Markets and Costs
Orozco, Manuel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
A presentation of remittances, money transfer companies and costs of service in 14 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654956
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Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean: Money, Markets and Costs
Orozco, Manuel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
A presentation of remittances, money transfer companies and costs of service in 14 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009198852