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Vera Chiodi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Human Capital Investment and long-term poverty reduction in rural Mexico
    Journal of International Development, 2011
    Co-Authors: Paul Conal Winters, Vera Chiodi
    Abstract:

    By focussing on Human Capital Investment, the Mexican Oportunidades program will influence the economic choices of the rural poor. To understand how beneficiaries may alter their behaviour as a result of this intervention, this paper uses administrative data to analyse the economic activities of the rural poor. Results indicate that Investments in education are likely to shift recipients from agricultural wage employment towards non-farm wage employment. The magnitude of this impact will be influenced by household assets and by the location of the household. The results suggest the need for policies that complement the government's focus on Human Capital Investment.

  • Human Capital Investment and long term poverty reduction in rural mexico
    Post-Print, 2008
    Co-Authors: Paul Winters, Vera Chiodi
    Abstract:

    By focusing on Human Capital Investment, the Mexican Oportunidades program will influence the economic choices of the rural poor. To understand how beneficiaries may alter their behavior as a result of this intervention, this paper uses administrative data to analyze the economic activities of the Mexican rural poor. Results indicate that Investments in education are likely to shift recipients from agricultural wage employment toward non-farm wage employment. The magnitude of this impact will be influenced by household assets and by the location of the household. The results suggest the need for policies that complement the government's focus on Human Capital Investment.

Paul Conal Winters - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Human Capital Investment and long-term poverty reduction in rural Mexico
    Journal of International Development, 2011
    Co-Authors: Paul Conal Winters, Vera Chiodi
    Abstract:

    By focussing on Human Capital Investment, the Mexican Oportunidades program will influence the economic choices of the rural poor. To understand how beneficiaries may alter their behaviour as a result of this intervention, this paper uses administrative data to analyse the economic activities of the rural poor. Results indicate that Investments in education are likely to shift recipients from agricultural wage employment towards non-farm wage employment. The magnitude of this impact will be influenced by household assets and by the location of the household. The results suggest the need for policies that complement the government's focus on Human Capital Investment.

Joseph Price - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • affirmative action and Human Capital Investment theory and evidence from a randomized field experiment
    2016
    Co-Authors: Christopher Cotton, Brent Richard Hickman, Joseph Price
    Abstract:

    Pre-College Human Capital Investment occurs within a competitive environment and depends on market incentives created by Affirmative Action (AA) in college admissions. These policies affect mechanisms for rank-order allocation of college seats, and alter the relative competition between blacks and whites. We present a theory of AA in university admissions, showing how the effects of AA on Human Capital Investment differ by student ability and demographic group. We then conduct a field experiment designed to mimic important aspects of competitive Investment prior to the college market. We pay students based on relative performance on a mathematics exam in order to test the incentive effects of AA, and track study efforts on an online mathematics website. Consistent with theory, AA increases average Human Capital Investment and exam performance for the majority of disadvantaged students targeted by the policy, by mitigating so-called "discouragement effects." The experimental evidence suggests that AA can promote greater equality of market outcomes and narrow achievement gaps at the same time.

  • affirmative action and Human Capital Investment evidence from a randomized field experiment
    National Bureau of Economic Research, 2014
    Co-Authors: Christopher Cotton, Brent Richard Hickman, Joseph Price
    Abstract:

    Pre-College Human Capital Investment occurs within a competitive environment and depends on market incentives created by Affirmative Action (AA) in college admissions. These policies affect mechanisms for rank-order allocation of college seats, and alter the relative competition between blacks and whites. We present a theory of AA in university admissions, showing how the effects of AA on Human Capital Investment differ by student ability and demographic group. We then conduct a field experiment designed to mimic important aspects of competitive Investment prior to the college market. We pay students based on relative performance on a mathematics exam in order to test the incentive effects of AA, and track study efforts on an online mathematics website. Consistent with theory, AA increases average Human Capital Investment and exam performance for the majority of disadvantaged students targeted by the policy, by mitigating so-called "discouragement effects." The experimental evidence suggests that AA can promote greater equality of market outcomes and narrow achievement gaps at the same time.

Wang Zhao-feng - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Christopher Cotton - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • affirmative action and Human Capital Investment theory and evidence from a randomized field experiment
    2016
    Co-Authors: Christopher Cotton, Brent Richard Hickman, Joseph Price
    Abstract:

    Pre-College Human Capital Investment occurs within a competitive environment and depends on market incentives created by Affirmative Action (AA) in college admissions. These policies affect mechanisms for rank-order allocation of college seats, and alter the relative competition between blacks and whites. We present a theory of AA in university admissions, showing how the effects of AA on Human Capital Investment differ by student ability and demographic group. We then conduct a field experiment designed to mimic important aspects of competitive Investment prior to the college market. We pay students based on relative performance on a mathematics exam in order to test the incentive effects of AA, and track study efforts on an online mathematics website. Consistent with theory, AA increases average Human Capital Investment and exam performance for the majority of disadvantaged students targeted by the policy, by mitigating so-called "discouragement effects." The experimental evidence suggests that AA can promote greater equality of market outcomes and narrow achievement gaps at the same time.

  • affirmative action and Human Capital Investment evidence from a randomized field experiment
    National Bureau of Economic Research, 2014
    Co-Authors: Christopher Cotton, Brent Richard Hickman, Joseph Price
    Abstract:

    Pre-College Human Capital Investment occurs within a competitive environment and depends on market incentives created by Affirmative Action (AA) in college admissions. These policies affect mechanisms for rank-order allocation of college seats, and alter the relative competition between blacks and whites. We present a theory of AA in university admissions, showing how the effects of AA on Human Capital Investment differ by student ability and demographic group. We then conduct a field experiment designed to mimic important aspects of competitive Investment prior to the college market. We pay students based on relative performance on a mathematics exam in order to test the incentive effects of AA, and track study efforts on an online mathematics website. Consistent with theory, AA increases average Human Capital Investment and exam performance for the majority of disadvantaged students targeted by the policy, by mitigating so-called "discouragement effects." The experimental evidence suggests that AA can promote greater equality of market outcomes and narrow achievement gaps at the same time.