social protection systems of Brazil, Argentina and South Africa. The main focuses are the political and institutional … dimensions that organize cash transfer programs in Brazil, Argentina and South Africa? How distinct state capacities and …

programs in Brazil. Receiving a house has positive impacts on housing quality and reduces household expenditures but has … probability of being formally employed but no effect on the quality of jobs. Poorer individuals, however, experience better formal …. Network quality, amenities and crime play a very limited role, while labor market access explains 82-93% of the observed …

programs in Brazil. Receiving a house has positive impacts on housing quality and reduces household expenditures but has … probability of being formally employed but no effect on the quality of jobs. Poorer individuals, however, experience better formal …. Network quality, amenities and crime play a very limited role, while labor market access explains 82-93% of the observed …

While child welfare services of high quality are very important for many children, measuring quality is not a simple … task. This paper presents a method for estimating differences in the quality of local child welfare services. We identify … eliminate effects that cannot be attributed to child welfare services. Our findings may then be interpreted as mainly quality …

While child welfare services of high quality are very important for many children, measuring quality is not a simple … task. This paper presents a method for estimating differences in the quality of local child welfare services. We identify … eliminate effects that cannot be attributed to child welfare services. Our findings may then be interpreted as mainly quality …

publicly provided early child care quantity and quality. The analysis is based on administrative data covering all child care … centers and family day carers in Germany and school entrance examination data. I find that regulations of staff quality have …