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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. …

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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The ABC of housing strategies : are housing assistance programs effective in enhancing children's well being?

Rosero, José - 2012

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Economic impacts of a supporting scheme on domestic energy consumption in Bolivia : a quasi-experimental approach

Nogales, Ricardo; Alcaraz, Andrea; López Soto, David; … - 2023

The Bolivian government fostered an electricity cost supporting scheme to attenuate the effect of the nationwide full lockdown on domestic consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper evaluates its effect on the levels of energy consumption during lockdown, and the monetary savings it...

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Does universal preschool hit the target? : program access and preschool impacts

Cascio, Elizabeth U. - 2017

universal preschools offer a relatively high-quality learning experience for low-income children not reflected in typical … quality metrics. …

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Unpacking neighborhood effects : experimental evidence from a large-scale housing program in Brazil

Belchior, Carlos Alberto; Gonzaga, Gustavo; Ulyssea, Gabriel - 2023

programs in Brazil. Receiving a house has positive impacts on housing quality and reduces household expenditures but has … probability of being formally employed but no effect on the quality of jobs. Poorer individuals, however, experience better formal …. Network quality, amenities and crime play a very limited role, while labor market access explains 82-93% of the observed …

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