Norbert R Schady
Biographic Data
| ID | 1189141 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Norbert R Schady |
| GIVEN NAMES | Norbert R |
| FAMILY NAME | Schady |
| SIGNATURE | SCHADY N R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 79 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Conditional Cash Transfers: Reducing Present and Future Poverty
The report shows that there is good evidence that conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have improved the lives of poor people. Transfers generally have been well targeted to poor households, have raised consumption levels, and have reduced poverty, by a substantial amount in some countries. Offsetting adjustments that could have blunted the impact of transfers, such as reductions in the labor market participation of beneficiaries, have been relative…
Who Participates? The Supply of Volunteer Labor and the Distribution of Government Programs in Rural Peru
Numerous analysts have linked volunteering and participation to positive economic and political outcomes. Data from rural Peru show that volunteers have a high opportunity cost of time. They are more educated and more likely to hold a job. Other household characteristics, such as gender, marital status, length of residence, and ethnicity are also important predictors of the probability of volunteering. Controlling for household characteristics, t…
Picking the Poor: Indicators for Geographic Targeting in Peru
He then conducts a series of simulations that estimate mechanism used to direct social programs to the poor in leakage rates; concentration curves; the impact of Latin America
The Political Economy of Expenditures by the Peruvian Social Fund (Foncodes), 1991-95
The Peruvian Social Fund (FONCODES) was created by President Alberto Fujimori in 1991 with the stated objectives of generating employment, alleviating poverty, and improving access to social services. This article uses province-level data on monthly expenditures, socioeconomic indicators, and electoral outcomes to analyze political influences on the timing and geographic distribution of FONCODES expenditures between 1991 and 1995. I reach three m…
The Political Economy of Expenditures by the Peruvian Social Fund (Foncodes), 1991-95
The Peruvian Social Fund (FONCODES) was created by President Alberto Fujimori in 1991 with the stated objectives of generating employment, alleviating poverty, and improving access to social services. This article uses province-level data on monthly expenditures, socioeconomic indicators, and electoral outcomes to analyze political influences on the timing and geographic distribution of FONCODES expenditures between 1991 and 1995. I reach three m…
Picking the Poor: Indicators for Geographic Targeting in Peru
He then conducts a series of simulations that estimate mechanism used to direct social programs to the poor in leakage rates; concentration curves; the impact of Latin America
The Political Economy of Expenditures by the Peruvian Social Fund (Foncodes), 1991-95
The Peruvian Social Fund (FONCODES) was created by President Alberto Fujimori in 1991 with the stated objectives of generating employment, alleviating poverty, and improving access to social services. This article uses province-level data on monthly expenditures, socioeconomic indicators, and electoral outcomes to analyze political influences on the timing and geographic distribution of FONCODES expenditures between 1991 and 1995. I reach three m…
Who Participates? The Supply of Volunteer Labor and the Distribution of Government Programs in Rural Peru
Numerous analysts have linked volunteering and participation to positive economic and political outcomes. Data from rural Peru show that volunteers have a high opportunity cost of time. They are more educated and more likely to hold a job. Other household characteristics, such as gender, marital status, length of residence, and ethnicity are also important predictors of the probability of volunteering. Controlling for household characteristics, t…
Conditional Cash Transfers: Reducing Present and Future Poverty
The report shows that there is good evidence that conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have improved the lives of poor people. Transfers generally have been well targeted to poor households, have raised consumption levels, and have reduced poverty, by a substantial amount in some countries. Offsetting adjustments that could have blunted the impact of transfers, such as reductions in the labor market participation of beneficiaries, have been relative…
Economics (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (2 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (2 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (2 works) · Case studies (1 works) · Case studies (1 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works)