Browsing by Subject "Poverty"

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    • Hope and commitment. Lessons from a randomize control trial in a shanty town 

      Bernatzky, Marianne; Cid, Alejandro (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2014)
      This paper documents the impact of an after-school program called Apoyo Escolar, sited in the most ulnerable neighborhood of a developing country. The outcomes of interest are academic achievement, behavior in the classroom ...

    • Impact evaluation of a privately managed tuition-free middle school in a poor neighborhood in Montevideo 

      Balsa, Ana Inés; Cid, Alejandro (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2012)
      Using a randomized trial, we evaluate the impact of afreeprivately-managed middle schoolin a poor neighborhood. The research comparesovertimeadolescents randomly selectedto enterLiceo-Jubilarand thosethat were notdrawn in ...