New PEP Book: "Dynamics of Poverty, Labor Market and Public Policies in Latin America"
Thursday, May 17, 2012Available for download, free of charge
The PEP 2010-2011 Annual Report is now available online
Wednesday, April 04, 2012PEP 2010-2011 Annual Report now online! ...
Educational reform in Argentina: PEP researchers find no impact on labor outcomes for low-income youth
Tuesday, January 03, 2012The evidence suggests that the increase in the number of years of compulsory education was not enough to induce better employment perspectives for young people living in poverty In 2008, a team of PEP researchers in Argentina...
2005-2007 conditional cash transfers in Uruguay had no impact on education and labor outcomes
Thursday, November 10, 2011PEP researchers make policy recommendations to improve future interventions From 2005 to 2007, in order to counter the increasing trend of poverty incidence and severity in the country,...
Assessing the impact of conditional cash transfer programs on household behaviors in Paraguay
Thursday, November 10, 2011Find out how conditional cash transfers influence household behaviors in terms of education, health, consumption and savings... Since mid-1990s, conditional cash transfer (CCT)...
PEP researchers evaluate the impact of educational cash transfer programs on teen pregnancy in Colombia
Monday, October 24, 2011CCT programs have the potential to contribute to the improvement of multiple dimensions of socioeconomic well-being, but should be carefully designed in order to positively affect desired outcomes. In 2010,...
PEP Schools now in Latin America: Uruguay 2012
Thursday, October 20, 2011New PEP School on "Modelling the Impact of Macroeconomic Policies and Shocks" in Montevideo, Uruguay. February 13 to May 4, 2012. In collaboration with el Centro de Investigaciones Economicas (CINVE).