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L'objectiu principal d'aquest treball de fi de carrera era consolidar els coneixements adquirits durant tots els estudis i, a la vegada, assolir un cert domini dins l'entorn de desenvolupament de programari de Microsoft ?anomenat .NET?, que abans de començar desconeixia completament.

Mentoría para fomentar el éxito socioeducativo de jóvenes peruanos residentes en Barcelona

El programa de mentoría propuesto, toma como punto de partida la actual situación académica y social de jóvenes peruanos residentes en Barcelona y cercanías. Diversos estudios señalan la existencia de un alto índice de abandono escolar en Catalunya, así como un bajo rendimiento escolar que afecta principalmente a estudiantes extranjeros. El objetivo general es fomentar y optimizar la adecuada escolarización de jóvenes peruanos de entre 12 y 20 años. A través de procesos de mentoría y voluntariado se pretenden mejorar sus competencias escolares y sociales favoreciendo la creación de modelos de referencia positivos para los jóvenes en riesgo, así como espacios de aprendizaje, intercambio y acercamiento que fomenten la integración y la cohesión social entre las comunidades extranjera y autóctona. Para la realización del programa se prevé optimizar los recursos ya existentes, como los puntos de información juvenil y los centros de Asesoramiento Académica para jóvenes (CAAJ) y por otro lado se cuenta con la colaboración del Consulado General del Perú en Barcelona y de la escuela Virolai de Barcelona

The impact of interest-rate subsidies on long-term household debt: Evidence from a large program

The responsiveness of long-term household debt to the interest rate is acrucial parameter for assessing the effectiveness of public policies aimedat promoting specific types of saving. This paper estimates the effect ofa reform of Credito Bonificado, a large program in Portugal that subsidizedmortgage interest rates, on long-term household debt. The reform establisheda ceiling in the price of the house that could be financed through theprogram, and provides plausibly exogenous variation in incentives. Usinga unique dataset of matched household survey data and administrative recordsof debt, we document a large decrease in the probability of signing a newloan after the removal of the subsidy.

Improving college access and success for low-income students: Evidence from a large need-based grant program

Using comprehensive administrative data on France's single largest financialaid program, this paper provides new evidence on the impact of large-scaleneed-based grant programs on the college enrollment decisions, persistenceand graduation rates of low-income students. We exploit sharp discontinuitiesin the grant eligibility formula to identify the impact of aid on student outcomesat different levels of study. We find that eligibility for an annual cashallowance of 1,500 euros increases college enrollment rates by up to 5 percentagepoints. Moreover, we show that need-based grants have positive effectson student persistence and degree completion.

Saving lives: Evidence from a conditional food supplementation program

Many governments in developing countries implement programs that aim to address nutrionalfailures in early childhood, yet evidence on the effectiveness of these interventions is scant. Thispaper evaluates the impact of a conditional food supplementation program on child mortality inEcuador. The Programa de Alimentaci?n y Nutrici?n Nacional (PANN) 2000 was implementedby regular staff at local public health posts and consisted of offering a free micronutrient-fortifiedfood, Mi Papilla, for children aged 6 to 24 months in exchange for routine health check-ups forthe children. Our regression discontinuity design exploits the fact that at its inception, the PANN2000 was running for about 8 months only in the poorest communities (parroquias) of certainprovinces. Our main result is that the presence of the program reduced child mortality in cohortswith 8 months of differential exposure from a level of about 2.5 percent by 1 to 1.5 percentagepoints.