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Oliver Azuara I am a recent PhD with
research interests in labor economics, health economics and applied
econometrics. My dissertation explores how social protection programs affect
migration, informality and marriage. I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at I will be available
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Research Job market paper - "Does Poverty Alleviation Increase Migration?
Evidence from Mexico" What are the long-term effects of
conditional cash transfers (CCTs) on labor and migration decisions? There is
scientific evidence that demonstrates the positive effects of CCTs on
nutrition, health and schooling levels of the poor in the short run. However,
there is little evidence on their long-term effects on labor and migration
decisions. The experimental data is limited for this purpose. In this paper,
I examine the short and long-term effects of Progresa-Oportunidades on migration using a regression
discontinuity design. The paper identifies the effects of the program among
villages with poverty levels close to the cutoff point of the original
eligibility criteria. The estimates show that the program caused a drop in the
population size and changed the gender composition of Mexican rural villages
between 1997 and 2005. The reduction of males is significantly higher than
that of females, a clear sign of the program’s effect on migration decisions.
In those villages where all households were covered by the program migration
resulted in a 10 percentage point drop in population during this period. Published papers Working papers - Azuara, Oliver. (2011). "Effects of Universal Health
Coverage on Marriage and Labor Force Participation" - Azuara, Oliver. (2011). "Free Trade and Obesity:
Consequences of Lowering the Cost of Calories" - Aguilera, Nelly and
Oliver Azuara (2011). "Pricing Obesity during Childhood. Experimental
Evidence" - Azuara, Oliver (2011). “Does Minimum Wage Attract Immigrants?
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