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Program Conditionality and Food Security: The Impact of PROGRESA and PROCAMPO Transfers in Rural Mexico
Ruiz-Arranz, M.; Davis, B.; Handa, S.; Stampini, M.; … - In: Economia 7 (2006) 2, pp. 249-278
This paper examines the PROGRESA and PROCAMPO cash transfer programs in Mexico and evaluates their impact on household … food security and nutrition. These two programs differ in their targeting and design: PROGRESA is aimed at women and … program conditionality is linked to current consumption and human capital investment; PROCAMPO benefits male farmers and …
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Living longer: The effect of the Mexican conditional cash transfer program on elderly mortality
Barham, Tania; Rowberry, Jacob - In: Journal of Development Economics 105 (2013) C, pp. 226-236
health check-ups. This paper exploits the phasing-in of the Mexican conditional cash transfer program, Progresa, between 1997 …
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Impact of religious participation, social interactions and globalisation on meat consumption : evidence from India
Filippini, Massimo; Srinivasan, Suchita - 2018
nutritional gains from eating meat, without having a significantly adverse environmental impact, i.e. sustainable meat consumption … meant that meat consumption has also risen. India is an example of a country where a large share of the population has been … interactions and globalisation are two factors that explain this shift in consumption behaviour, especially amongst Hindu …
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Impact of religious participation, social interactions and globalization on meat consumption : evidence from India
Filippini, Massimo; Srinivasan, Suchita - In: Energy economics 84 (2019), pp. 1-13
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Demand Estimation with Social Interactions and the Implications for Targeted Marketing
Hartmann, Wesley R. - In: Marketing Science 29 (2010) 4, pp. 585-601
This paper develops a model for the estimation and analysis of demand in the context of social interactions. Decisions made by a group of customers are modeled to be an equilibrium outcome of an empirical discrete game, such that all group members must be satisfied with chosen outcomes. The...
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Do Friendship Networks Improve Female Education?
Hahn, Youjin; Islam, Asadul; Patacchini, Eleonora; … - 2017
We randomly assign more than 6,000 students from 150 primary schools in Bangladesh to work on math assignments in one of three settings: individually, in groups with random schoolmates, or in groups with friends. The groups consist of four people and are balanced by average cognitive ability and...
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Types of Contact: A Field Experiment on Collaborative and Adversarial Caste Integration
Lowe, Matthew - 2020
I estimate the effects of collaborative and adversarial intergroup contact. I randomly assigned Indian men from different castes to participate in cricket leagues or to serve as a control group. League players faced variation in collaborative contact, through random assignment to...
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Education and freedom of choice: Evidence from arranged marriages in Vietnam
Emran, M. Shahe; Maret-Rakotondrazaka, Fenohasina; … - 2012
Using household data from Vietnam, we provide evidence on the effects of education on freedom of spouse choice. We use war disruptions and spatial indicators of schooling supply as instruments. The point estimates indicate that a year of additional schooling reduces the probability of an...
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Types of contact : a field experiment on collaborative and adversarial caste integration
Lowe, Matt - 2020
I estimate the effects of collaborative and adversarial intergroup contact. I randomly assigned Indian men from different castes to participate in cricket leagues or to serve as a control group. League players faced variation in collaborative contact, through random assignment to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012162642
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Do friendship networks improve female education?
Hahn, Youjin; Islam, Asad; Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - 2017
We randomly assign more than 6,000 students from 150 primary schools in Bangladesh to work on math assignments in one of three settings: individually, in groups with random schoolmates, or in groups with friends. The groups consist of four people and are balanced by average cognitive ability and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636679