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Issue of 2023‒12‒18
four papers chosen by |
| By: | Gómez-Lobo, Andrés; Oviedo, Daniel |
| JEL: | J1 N0 |
| Date: | 2023–11–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:120691&r=lam |
| By: | María Laura Alzua (CEDLAS-IIE-FCE-UNLP, CONICET & Partnership for Economic Policy); Natalia Cantet (Department of Economics and Finance, Universidad EAFIT); Ana C. Dammert (Economics and International Affairs, Carleton University); Damilola Olajide (Initiative for Evidence-Based Development and Empowerment) |
| Abstract: | Many countries in the developing world have implemented old-age pensions. Evidence of the impact of such policies on the elderly in sub-Saharan Africa, however, is scarce. We provide evidence from a randomized evaluation of an unconditional old-age pension targeted at the elderly in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Our findings show that treated beneficiaries self-report better quality of life and a more stable mental health. We also provide evidence of spillover effects on the labor outcomes of other household members and of household savings patterns as well as support for interventions aimed at improving the welfare of elderly poor citizens and other household members. |
| JEL: | C21 C93 H31 H55 H75 I38 |
| Date: | 2023–12 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:dls:wpaper:0322&r=lam |
| By: | Fernández, Raquel; Pages, Carmen; Székely, Miguel; Acevedo, Ivonne |
| Abstract: | Education is a crucial asset for a country’s economic prospects and for its inhabitants. In addition to its direct impact on growth via the accumulation of human capital, it is a critical ingredient in producing an informed citizenry, enhancing their ability to obtain and exert human and political rights and their facility to adapt to changing environments (generated by, e.g., technological or climatic change) among other benefits. In this chapter, we study education inequality in LAC (both in quantity and quality), assess how it emerges and amplifies or dampens existing inequalities, and examine the interaction of education inequality with other forms of inequality, primarily income and labor market outcomes. Our analysis is based on primary data from multiple sources. |
| JEL: | I10 |
| Date: | 2023–11–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:120690&r=lam |