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Conditional cash transfers, adult work incentives, and poverty

Skoufias, Emmanuel - 2006

"Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs aim to alleviate poverty through monetary and in-kind benefits, as well as reduce future levels of poverty by encouraging investments in education, health, and nutrition. The success of CCT programs at reducing poverty depends on whether, and the extent...

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Labor supply, school attendance, and remittances from international migration : the case of El Salvador

Acosta, Pablo - 2006

"The objective of this paper is to present microeconomic evidence on the economic effects of international remittances on households' spending decisions. Remittances can increase the household budget and reduce liquidity constraint problems, allowing more consumption and investment. In...

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The impact of Chilean fruit sector development on female employment and household income

Jarvis, Lovell S. - 2004

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Product market integration and household labor supply in a poor economy : evidence from Vietnam

Edmonds, Eric V. - 2004

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Gender, time use, and models of the household

Apps, Patricia - 2004

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School and work in the Eastern Caribbean : does the education system adequately prepare youth for the global economy?

Blom, Andreas - 2008

This report comprises the first phase of analytical activities and focuses on the relevance of the education and training systems in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). Its findings confirm the importance of strengthening the link between OECS education and training systems and...

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Federative Republic of Brazil - Social Insurance and Labor Supply : Assessing Incentives and Redistribution

World Bank - 2013

This technical report analyzes the potential effects of the pensions and income protection systems on labor supply decisions and through this channel the coverage and cost of the programs. The report addresses five policy questions: (i) how is the pension system influencing decisions regarding...

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Determinants of economic growth : a Bayesian panel data approach

Moral-Benito, Enrique - 2009

panel data models with country-specific fixed effects. The empirical results show that the most robust growth determinants …

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The return to firm investment in human capital

Carneiro, Pedro - 2006

training. They use a panel of large firms with unusually detailed information on the duration of training, the direct costs of …

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Poverty traps and nonlinear income dynamics with measurement error and individual heterogeneity

Antman, Francisca M. - 2005

. This paper shows how dynamic pseudo-panel methods can overcome these difficulties, allowing estimation of non-linear income … Mexico and are compared to panel data estimates from a short rotating panel. The results do find evidence of nonlinearities … in household income dynamics and demonstrate large bias in the panel data estimates. Nevertheless, even after allowing …

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