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- Publications
- Influence
Making the Grade: Family Structure and Children’s Educational Participation in Colombia, Egypt, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Peru & Uruguay
- A. Cid, W. Wilcox, Laura Lippman, Camille R. Whitney
- Geography
- 1 January 2010
Research in the U.S. and much of the developed world suggests that children in intact, twoparent households typically do better on educational outcomes than do children in singleparent and… Expand
Intestinal Myiasis Caused by Eristalis tenax
- A. Aguilera, A. Cid, B. Regueiro, J. M. Prieto, M. Noya
- Medicine, Biology
- Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- 1 September 1999
Myiasis is the infestation of live humans and other vertebrate animals with dipterous larvae which, at least for a certain period, feed on the host’s dead or living tissue, liquid body substances, or… Expand
Interventions Using Regular Activities to Engage High-Risk School-Age Youth: a Review of After-School Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean
- A. Cid
- Psychology, Political Science
- Prevention Science
- 1 October 2017
In this paper, I review an issue that is an urgent challenge in the development field—the effectiveness of after-school programs for preventing school-age youth violence in vulnerable settings in… Expand
Giving a second chance: an after-school programme in a shanty town interacted with parent type: lessons from a randomized trial
- A. Cid
- Psychology
- 4 July 2014
This paper evaluates the role that an after-school may play in the educational outcomes of children living in poor suburbs. Previous evaluations have focused on average effects, with mixed findings.… Expand
Joint-Liability vs. Individual Incentives in the Classroom. Lessons From a Field Experiment With Undergraduate Students
- A. Cid, J. M. Cabrera
- Political Science
- 1 June 2012
We evaluate the impact of joint-liability incentives in the classroom using a randomized field experiment. The instructor design groups of three students in the classroom and provides a premium to… Expand
Impact Evaluation of a Privately Managed Tuition-Free Middle School in a Poor Neighborhood in Montevideo
Using a randomized trial, we evaluate the impact of a free privately-managed middle school in a poor neighborhood. The research compares over time adolescents randomly selected to enter Liceo-Jubilar… Expand
Testing Happiness Hypothesis Among the Elderly
- A. Cid, M. Rossi, Daniel Ferrés
- Sociology, Psychology
- 30 July 2008
We use a rich data set that allows us to test different happiness hypotheses employing four methodological approaches. We find that older people in Uruguay have a tendency to report themselves happy… Expand
Preschool attendance and school-age profiles: A revision
- Fernando Borraz, A. Cid
- Medicine, Psychology
- 1 May 2013
Data collected from the Uruguayan household survey (ENHA) of year 2006 is used to provide more evidence and revision on the longer-term impact of pre-primary education on subsequent school attendance… Expand
Family Structure and Children’s Education Outcome: Evidence from Uruguay
- A. Cid, Charles E. Stokes
- Medicine, Sociology
- 8 June 2011
As the developed world has experienced a shift away from the traditional two-biological parent family, scholars have sought to understand how children are faring in non-traditional homes. Debate has… Expand
‘For older folks like me, these things are over us…’: The challenge of embedding tablet computers in everyday life within a geriatric hospital in Uruguay
- A. Castleton, A. Cid, D. Silva
- Sociology
- 26 February 2020
ABSTRACT Much research has focused on the introduction of information and communication technology (ICTs) into the lives of older people, but it has generally understood them as external factors who… Expand