Mexico

Grandmothers and the Mexican labour market

Childcare responsibilities fall disproportionately on women, causing them to leave the labour market after grandmothers pass away

Labour Markets

Miguel Ángel Talamas Marcos

Published

08.02.23

Can temporary wage incentives increase formal employment? Experimental evidence from Mexico

In Mexico, where formal jobs have low starting salaries which increase rapidly over time, temporary wage subsidies to young high school graduates lead to sustained formal employment gains

Labour Markets

Martin Abel Eliana Carranza

Published

10.01.23

Texting to save lives: Evidence from cardiovascular treatment reform in Mexico

Increasing across-hospital transfer coordination through app-based group chats led to large improvements in the survival rate of heart attack patients

Health

Ari Bronsoler

Published

04.10.22

How to scale up child development programmes

Engaged communities of parents are a potential nonscarce resource to promote the success of education programmes at scale

Education

Francesco Agostinelli Ciro Avitabile Matteo Bobba

Published

30.09.22

The unequal effects of pollution on daily labour supply

In response to high pollution, workers reduce their labour supply, but by differing amounts

Energy & Environment

Bridget Hoffmann Juan Pablo Rud

Published

21.09.22

The relationship between labour market conditions and policy effects: Evidence from Mexico’s PROGRESA

A conditional cash transfer programme was less effective in regions with more exposure to export-manufacturing jobs

Social Protection

Teresa Molina Joaquim Vidiella-Martin

Published

15.09.22

The impact of Mexico’s Progresa programme twenty years on

The ground-breaking conditional cash transfer programme shows long-term benefits to education, income, geographic mobility and family formation

Education

M. Caridad Araujo Karen Macours

Published

04.05.22

Urban water disinfection and mortality decline: Evidence from Mexico

Ageing pipe systems and the absence of complementary sanitation investments compromise the health benefits of water disinfection

Health

Sonia Bhalotra Alberto Diaz-Cayeros Grant Miller Alfonso Miranda Atheendar Venkataramani

Published

11.03.22

The cross-border effects of environmental regulation: Evidence from battery recycling in the US and Mexico

Tightened US regulations around lead increased exports of lead-acid batteries to Mexico for recycling, worsening health outcomes for locals, especially the poor

Energy & Environment

Shinsuke Tanaka Kensuke Teshima Eric Verhoogen

Published

21.02.22