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The Impact of the PROGRESA/Oportunidades Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Health and Related Outcomes for the Aging in Mexico

Behrman, Jere R.; Parker, Susan W. - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2011

Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs link public transfers to human capital investment in hopes of alleviating current poverty and reducing its intergenerational transmission. Whereas nearly all studies of their impacts have focused on youth, these CCT programs may also have an impact on...

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Encuesta de protección social 2006 : presentación general y principales resultados

Bravo, David; Vásquez, Javiera; Behrman, Jere R.; … - 2008

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The Chilean Pension Reform Turns 25 : Lessons From the Social Protection Survey

de Mesa, Alberto Arenas - 2006

In 1980, Chile dramatically reformed its retirement system, replacing what was an old insolvent PAYGO program with a new structure that relies heavily on funded defined contribution individual accounts. In addition, eligibility and benefit requirements were standardized, and a safety net for...

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Social protection and foundational cognitive skills during adolescence : evidence from a large public works programme

Freund, Richard; Favara, Marta; Porter, Catherine; … - 2022

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Social protection and foundational cognitive skills during adolescence : evidence from a large public works programme

Freund, Richard; Favara, Marta; Porter, Catherine; … - 2022

Many low- and middle-income countries have introduced Public Works Programmes (PWPs) to fight poverty. PWPs provide temporary cash-for-work opportunities to boost poor households' incomes and to provide better infrastructure to local communities. While PWPs do not target children directly, the...

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The consequences of early childhood growth failure over the life course:

Hoddinott, John; Maluccio, John; Behrman, Jere R.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

skill in adulthood, have better outcomes in the marriage market, earn higher wages and are more likely to be employed in …

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Schooling is Associated Not Only with Long-Run Wages, But Also with Wage Risks and Disability Risks: The Pakistani Experience

Hyder, Asma; Behrman, Jere R. - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2011

Many studies document significantly positive associations between schooling attainment and wages in developing …-life path of wages, but a number of other occupational characteristics, including wage risks and disability risks, for which … there may be compensating wage differentials. This study examines the relations between schooling on one hand and mean wages …

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Schooling is Associated not only with Longrun Wages, but also with Wage Risks and Disability Risks: The Pakistani Experience

Hyder, Asma; Behrman, Jere R. - In: The Pakistan Development Review 50 (2011) 4, pp. 555-573

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Economic Policy and Wage Differentials in Latin America

Behrman, Jere R.; Birdsall, Nancy; Székely, Miguel - 2003

This paper applies a new approach to the estimation of the impact of policy, both the levels and the changes, on wage differentials using a new high-quality data set on wage differentials by schooling level for 18 Latin American countries for the period 1977-1998. The results indicate that...

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Human capital and earnings distribution in a developing country : the case of prerevolutionary Nicaragua

Behrman, Jere R. - In: Economic development and cultural change 34 (1985) 1, pp. 1-29

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