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Cash Transfers in Latin America: Effects on Poverty and Redistribution 拉丁美洲的现金转移:对贫困和再分配的影响

Economía Informa Pub Date : 2018-11-15 DOI: 10.1353/ECO.2018.0006

Verónica Amarante, Martín Brun

引用次数: 26

Cash, Conditions, and Child Development: Experimental Evidence from a Cash Transfer Program in Honduras 现金、条件与儿童发展:来自洪都拉斯现金转移计划的实验证据

Economía Informa Pub Date : 2018-11-01 DOI: 10.1353/ECO.2019.0005

F. Boo, J. Creamer

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引用次数: 8

How Sensitive Is Regional Poverty Measurement in Latin America to the Value of the Poverty Line? 拉丁美洲的区域贫困衡量对贫困线价值有多敏感?

Economía Informa Pub Date : 2018-08-01 DOI: 10.1353/ECO.2018.0007

R. Castañeda, Santiago Garriga, Leonardo Gasparini, L. Lucchetti, Daniel Valderrama

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引用次数: 3

The Impact of Export Restrictions on Production: A Synthetic Control Approach 出口限制对生产的影响:一种综合控制方法

Economía Informa Pub Date : 2018-03-01 DOI: 10.31389/eco.62

Ezequiel Garcia-Lembergman, Martín A. Rossi, Rodolfo Stucchi

引用次数: 4

The Short-Term Impact of Crime on School Enrollment and School Choice: Evidence from El Salvador 犯罪对入学和择校的短期影响:来自萨尔瓦多的证据

Economía Informa Pub Date : 2018-03-01 DOI: 10.31389/eco.61

Juan Nelson Martínez Dahbura

引用次数: 2

Are Tax Credits Effective in Developing Countries?: The Recent Uruguayan Experience 税收抵免在发展中国家有效吗?:乌拉圭最近的经验

Economía Informa Pub Date : 2018-03-01 DOI: 10.31389/eco.58

Cecilia Llambí, A. Rius, Fedora Carbajal, P. Carrasco, Paola Cazulo

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引用次数: 2

The Micro-D Classification: A New Approach to Identifying Differentiated Exports 微观- d分类:鉴别差别化出口的新方法

Economía Informa Pub Date : 2018-03-01 DOI: 10.31389/eco.59

Federico Bernini, Julia González, J. C. Hallak, Alejandro Vicondoa

引用次数: 6

Esbozo de método para el estudio del siglo xx e inicios del xxi 20世纪和21世纪初研究方法大纲

Economía Informa Pub Date : 2017-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecin.2017.11.003

Alejandro Dabat