Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

External reference: https://openalex.org/T11556

  1. The IMF, labour market reform and women’s labour force participation
    Analysis of 109 countries from 1990 to 2014 shows IMF labour market reforms reduce female labour force participation primarily by lowering wages, contradicting the Fund's claims.
  2. Happy Child Programme raised vaccination and lowered avoidable deaths
    Study of Brazil's Happy Child Programme shows vaccination rates increased 4.9pp and preventable deaths fell 9.3pp among infants during early implementation.
  3. Work/life services were used most for personal and financial support
    Retrospective analysis of 5,604 work/life assistance cases among distance and hybrid learning students, examining service utilization patterns and demographic correlates across 29 U.S. institutions.