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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571942
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Capacidades estatais no programa bolsa família : o desafio de consolidação do sistema único de assistência social
Coutinho, Diogo R. - 2013
arrangements and cronyism, since the 1930s Brazil has been building its Welfare State. In the wake of struggles and political …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009783785
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226162
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Child care quality and child development
Araujo, María Caridad; Dormal, Marta; Schady, Norbert … - 2017
effects identification strategy to assess how differences in the quality of child care affect the communication, fine motor … in classrooms with more experienced caregivers, and classrooms with caregivers who demonstrate higher-quality … interactions with children. There is substantial heterogeneity in the effects of caregiver quality on child development. Parents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011626015
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Moving towards fairer regional minimum income schemes in Spain
Hernández, Adrian; Picos, Fidel; Riscado, Sara - 2020
Minimum income schemes are set to provide citizens with a minimum living standard. In Spain, these schemes consist of a heterogeneous and complex collection of regional benefits designed and implemented by the Autonomous Communities. This generates important regional discrepancies among the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241667
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The effectiveness of social protection for long-term care in old age : is social protection reducing the risk of poverty associated with care needs?
Oliveira Hashiguchi, Tiago Cravo; Llena-Nozal, Ana - 2020
As people grow old and their health deteriorates, they are likely to require help with everyday activities that were once second nature; they need what is commonly termed long-term care (LTC). With demand for LTC in old age expected to grow, OECD countries face significant challenges in balancing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012227463
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Are transparency and accountability enough? : open corruption and why it exists
Jeong, Dahyeon; Shenoy, Ajay; Zimmermann, Laura - 2018 - First version: November 8, 2018
The global movement against corruption has long assumed its demise lay in transparency and accountability. We test this assumption by measuring whether highly accountable Indian village council presidents favor their own households while making observable allocations of public works jobs. We...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257997
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012258010
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Moving towards fairer regional minimum income schemes in Spain
Hernández, Adrian; Picos, Fidel; Riscado, Sara - 2020
Minimum income schemes are set to provide citizens with a minimum living standard. In Spain, these schemes consist of a heterogeneous and complex collection of regional benefits designed and implemented by the Autonomous Communities. This generates important regional discrepancies among the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012284803