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School subsidies for the poor
Schultz, T. Paul - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
communities with education grants, if their children attend school regularly. Enrollment rates are compared between groups of poor … children who reside in communities randomly selected to participate in the initial phase of the PROGRESA program and those who … implemented, and double-differenced estimators are reported over time within this panel of children. Probit models are then …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997316
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Evaluating transfer programs within a general equilibrium framework
Coady, David P.; Harris, Rebecca Lee - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
The authors set out a general equilibrium model for the evaluation of a domestically financed transfer program, which helps to combine the results from a computable general equilibrium model with disaggregated household data.Using a Mexican cash transfer program as an illustration, they use the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997114
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A cost-effectiveness analysis of demand- and supply-side education interventions
Coady, David P.; Parker, Susan W. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2002
This paper is concerned with the issue of the most cost-effective way of improving access to education for poor households in developing countries. We consider two alternatives: (1) extensive expansion of the school system (i.e., bringing education to the poor) and (2) subsidizing investment in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997155
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Evaluating transfer programs within a general equilibrium framework
Coady, David P.; Harris, Rebecca Lee - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
The authors set out a general equilibrium model for the evaluation of a domestically financed transfer program, which helps to combine the results from a computable general equilibrium model with disaggregated household data.Using a Mexican cash transfer program as an illustration, they use the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997251
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A cost-effectiveness analysis of demand- and supply-side education interventions
Coady, David P.; Parker, Susan W. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2002
This paper is concerned with the issue of the most cost-effective way of improving access to education for poor households in developing countries. We consider two alternatives: (1) extensive expansion of the school system (i.e., bringing education to the poor) and (2) subsidizing investment in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997329
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The transition to post-industrial BMI values among US children
Komlos, John; Breitfelder, Ariane; Sunder, Marco - 2008
Background: The trend in the BMI values of US children has not been estimated very convincingly because of the absence …. Methods: We use five regression models to estimate the BMI trends of non-Hispanic US-born black and white children and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003951534
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Equipping homeless shelter providers with child-centered play therapy skills
Carter, Adam W. - In: Journal of poverty : innovations on social, political & … 19 (2015) 4, pp. 399-408
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397587
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Vertical transmission of overweight : evidence from English adoptees
Costa-Font, Joan; Jofre-Bonet, Mireia; Le Grand, Julian - 2015
We examine the vertical transmission of overweight drawing upon a sample of English children, both adopted and non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010518791
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Spatial differentiation of child well-being in Europe
Strózik, Dorota; Strózik, Tomasz - In: Folia oeconomica Stetinensia : FOS 14 (2014) 1, pp. 78-90
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010518916
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Parenthood and risk preferences
Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - 2015
This study analyzes how risk attitudes change when individuals become parents using longitudinal data for a large and representative sample of individuals. The results show that men and women experience a considerable increase in risk aversion which already starts as early as two years before...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010519118