Browsing by Author "Blanco, Magdalena"
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Beware: a woman is looking after your car
Blanco, Magdalena; Cabrera, José María; Cid, Alejandro (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2016)There has been little research on the association between behaviors, gen-der and usufruct rights in informal settings. Using a unique database from an underprivileged population, who informally look after cars parked in ... -
Mandatory helmet use and the severity of motorcycle accidents: no brainer?
Blanco, Magdalena; Cabrera, José María; Carozzi, Felipe; Cid, Alejandro (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2019)We study the impact of mandatory motorcycle helmet use laws on the severity and volume of road accidents in Uruguay by exploiting a change in the enforcement of the traffic law. Using event-study, differences-in-difference ... -
Strategies to increase the take-up of social benefits. Evidence from a field experiment in a deeply vulnerable population
Cid, Alejandro; Cabrera, José María; Bernatzky, Marianne; Ramírez-Michelena, María; Blanco, Magdalena (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2019)This is the first paper to identify, using a field experiment, the effects of intense one-on-one assistance by a professional social worker on the take-up of social benefits within a population of deeply disadvantaged ...