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– Mismatch effects and catch-up dynamics under a Brazilian college affirmative action program
Affirmative action in higher education can lead to mismatch, where students admitted through preferential treatment struggle academically due to inadequate preparation before college. Although some students may face initial challenges, by providing access to quality education for talented...
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– Evidence from a top university in Brazil
Using two rich administrative data sets and a rule of admission at one top university in Brazil that splits students into two classes, we apply a regression discontinuity design to study the effect of class allocation on academic performance and labor market outcomes. The last student of the first...
Book Chapter
– Insights from Brazil
A concern with absolute poverty, defined as a money-metric measure of the ability to meet basic subsistence needs, has occupied a central place within the international development agenda for much of its existence. Efforts in recent years to promote a more multidimensional understanding of poverty...
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Tasks, Skills, and Institutions
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Empirical evidence suggests that the social effects of internal migration may be substantially different from those associated with the arrival of international migrants. In this study the author provides the first evidence of the effect of internal migration on crime with longitudinal data from...
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– The role of trade and labour policies on informality
Part of Journal Special Issue
What sustains informality
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– The case of Brazil
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The Developer’s Dilemma
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– What are the main drivers of income distribution changes in the new millennium?
From the book:
Inequality in the Developing World
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– Evidence from Brazil
Traditional economic models predict rural to urban migration during the structural transformation of an economy. In middle-income countries, it is less clear which direction of migration to expect. In this article, the author shows that in Brazil as many people move out as into metropolitan cities...
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Part of Journal Special Issue
Female Autonomy and Women’s Welfare
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– Patterns, trends, and their impacts on institutions
Part of Journal Special Issue
Horizontal Inequality: Persistence and Change
Book Chapter
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Growth, Employment, and Poverty in Latin America
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The goal of this paper is to evaluate the results of regional economic growth model estimations at multiple spatial scales using spatial panel data models. The spatial scales examined are minimum comparable areas, microregions, mesoregions and states between 1970 and 2000. Alternative spatial panel...
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– The Case of the Ministry of Social Development in Africa
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid, Social Policy and Development
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