Abstract:This paper evaluates the causal impact of Rio de Janeiro’s Pacifying Police Units (UPPs), probably the largest–scale police reform initiative taking place in the developing world. The main...
Beatriz Magaloni, Alberto Díaz-Cayeros, Brenda Jarillo Rabling
Policy Briefs
Jóvenes con Porvenir is a public-funded program run by the government of Zapopan. This pioneering policy initiative was designed and implemented in response to the major social and economic...
Brenda Jarillo Rabling, Beatriz Magaloni, Alberto Díaz-Cayeros
The impact evaluation aims to estimate the effect of the program in different aspects of the beneficiaries' professional and personal lives. More specificially, we evaluate the impact of the program...
Gabriela Calderón, Gustavo Robles, Alberto Díaz-Cayeros, Beatriz Magaloni
Working Papers
In 2006 the Mexican government launched an aggressive campaign to weaken drug-trafficking organizations (DTOs). The security policies differed significantly from those of previous administrations in...
Beatriz Magaloni, Alberto Díaz-Cayeros, Aila M. Matanock , Vidal Romero
Working Papers
This paper provides an account of the strategies of extortion and co-optation used by drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) toward civil society in Mexico. Drawing on the civil war and mafia crime...
