Economic shocks and crime: evidence from the crash of ponzi schemes

In November 2008, Colombian authorities dismantled a network of Ponzi schemes, making hundreds of thousands of investors lose tens of millions of dollars throughout the country. Using original data on the geographical incidence of the Ponzi schemes, this paper estimates the impact of their break down on crime. We find that the crash of Ponzi schemes differentially exacerbated crime in affected districts. Confirming the intuition of the standard economic model of crime, this effect is only present in places with relatively weak judicial and law enforcement institutions, and with little access to consumption smoothing mechanisms such as microcredit. In addition, we show that, with the exception of economically-motivated felonies such as robbery, violent crime is not affected by the negative shock.

Adult training policy with respect to basic skills : economic and social issues. 'La política de formación de adultos con respecto a las competencias básicas : cuestiones económicas y sociales'.

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Measuring the benefits of employer investments in training : towards a new economic theory of training. 'Medir los beneficios de las inversiones del empresario en formación : hacia una nueva teoría económica de la formación'.

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Measuring the local economic impact of universities : an approach that considers uncertainty. 'La medición del impacto económico local de las universidades : un enfoque que considera la incertidumbre'.

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Orientación profesional y situación socio-económica en Argentina. 'Career guidance and socio-economic situation in Argentina'.

Resumen tomado de la publicación. Con el apoyo económico del departamento MIDE de la UNED

The Economic anI Racial Implications of the Globalization of Knowledge by Catholic Missionaries in Portuguese India, 16th-18th Centuries

The European Missionaries benefitted from the native Asian sources and knowledge providers much more than it is honestly acknowledged.

The development of a computerized version of a revised W-1 word list for obtaining speech reception thresholds

This paper discusses the creation of a condensed list SRT application of the W-1 for the Macintosh computer.

Comparison of speech processor MAP minimum (T) and maximum (C) levels with psychophysical thresholds and maximum acceptable loudness levels in users of the Nucleus 22 cochlear implant system

This paper discusses the Nucleus 22 cochlear implant.

The effect of pre-implant puretone thresholds on post-implant speech perception ability in children

This paper studies the effect of residual hearing on post-implant speech perception in children with cochlear implants. The effect of pre-implant auditory experience and the effect of neuronal survival in the implanted ear were investigated.

Synergistic effects of noise, kanamycin, and hyperoxia on ABR thresholds in CBA/J mice

Young CBA/J mice were exposed to noise, kanamycin, and/or hyperoxia by 30 days post-gestational age in order to determine if a synergistic effect exists on ABR thresholds.

Extractivism, economic diversification and prospects for sustainable development in Ecuador

The objectives of this paper are first, evaluating economic, social and environmental effects on oil extraction in Ecuador during the last 41 years, and second, discussing prospects to achieving a sustainable and equitable development path in the future, in the context of declining oil reserves. The current government is pursuing an extractivist policy, based on expanding oil extraction in formerly unexploited fields -including those inside the Yasuni National Park- and starting largescale mining exploitation. Two future options will be evaluated, first, an expansion of extractive activities, and second an alternative based on conservation, with sustainable use of natural resources (e.g. ecotourism, agroforestry, bio-knowledge), without expansion of oil field expansion and mining.