Journal
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Health care use among elderly mexicans in the United States and Mexico
The authors sought to contribute to public policy on U.S. immigrants by comparing patterns of health care use among the Mexican-origin population aged 70 and older in the United States and Mexico.
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An assessment of propensity score matching as a nonexperimental impact estimator: evidence from Mexico’s PROGRESA Program
Evidence on the reliability of propensity score matching, which estimates treatment effects under the assumption of selection on observables, using a experiment designed to evaluate the PROGRESA program in Mexico.
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Why are teachers absent?: probing service delivery in Peruvian primary schools
A high rate of absence of teachers from their posts is a serious obstacle to delivery of education in many developing countries, but hard evidence on the problem has been scarce. This study, carried out as part of a new multi-country survey project, is the first systematic investigation in Peru into the extent and causes […]
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Retos del Plan Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Humano
El Plan Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación para la Competitividad y el Desarrollo Humano fue aprobado vía decreto supremo que lo convierte en un documento vinculante para el sector público y referencial para el privado.
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El enfoque de género en el estudio “Planificación familiar y salud materno-infantil en el Perú: ¿una cuestión de número o de momento?”
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Severance payment programs in Latin America
Latin America stands out among different regions in the world for her high employment termination costs. To this contribute both a high level of severance payments and the existence of overlapping benefits. The effectiveness of these protective measures, however, is limited by the size of the informal sector, which, in turn, may be related to […]
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Planificación familiar y salud materno-infantil en el Perú: menos puede ser mejor
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