Listar 6.1 Documentos de trabajo en investigación socioeconómica por título
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Igualdad de oportunidades educativas: un indicador sencillo para América Latina
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-12-07)Este documento presenta estimaciones para América Latina de un indicador simple de igualdad de oportunidades educativas que mide el grado en que las variables de entorno familiar (ingreso y educación de los padres) dan ... -
Illegal Migration and Weather Shocks: Evidence from Rural Mexico
(2022-12-28)We study the effect of weather shocks on legal and illegal migration from rural Mexico to the US. First, we find that shocks in the wet season on precipitation and temperature increase migration. The increment is entirely ... -
Impact evaluation of innovation policy in Brazil
(Caracas, 2018-10-22)This paper aims to assess the innovation policy in Brazil after the edition of the innovation law, in 2004, and the fiscal subsidies to innovation law, in 2005. We use data from the Brazilian Innovation Survey and from the ... -
Impacto de las políticas de fomento al emprendedorismo: el caso de "Buenos Aires emprende"
(CAF; Caracas, 2012)Este trabajo evalúa el impacto de una política orientada a promover la creación y desarrollo de emprendimientos innovadores en la ciudad de Buenos Aires. El programa recibe unos 100 proyectos por año, de los cuales selecciona ... -
El impacto del petróleo y la minería en el desarrollo regional y local en Colombia
(CAF; Caracas, 2009)Este trabajo estudia el impacto de la explotación de hidrocarburos y minerales sobre el desarrollo regional y local reciente en Colombia. Examina si los departamentos y municipios productores de hidrocarburos y carbón, y ... -
Improving the education and health of the poor: decentralization and policy reform in Colombia
(CAF; Caracas, 2009)A central claim in favor of decentralization is that it will improve access to public services, but few studies examine this question empirically. This paper, the policyoriented companion to Faguet and Sánchez (2009), ... -
Income Segregation and Urban Spatial Structure: Evidence from Brazil
(CAF; Caracas, 2016-08-05)We estimate the effect of urban spatial structure on income segregation in Brazilian cities between 2000 and 2010. Our results show that, first, local density conditions increase income segregation: the effect is higher ... -
Inequality and Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean: New Data for and Old Question
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-09-07)The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between inequality and crime, with a focus on the Latin America and Caribbean region.We find a significant, positive, and robust association between these variables. ... -
Inequality, Crime, and the Long Run Legacy of Slavery
(CAF; Bogotá, 2016-12-25)This paper investigates the relationship between economic inequality and crime in Colombian municipalities. Following recent scholarly research that suggests that the legacy of slavery is largely manifest in persistent ... -
Inequidades en Salud en América Latina y el Caribe: Salud Infantil, Adolescente, Reproductiva, Síndrome Metabólico y Salud Mental
(CAF- banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, 2023-12-19)Este estudio examina la desigualdad en salud en América Latina y el Caribe (LAC). En primer lugar, se describe cómo las transformaciones demográficas han modificado la carga de enfermedad en los últimos 30 años. Inicialmente ... -
Informality and Productivity: The Role of Unemployment Insurance Schemes
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2017-02-22)We study the design of optimal unemployment protection schemes to evaluate its impact on labor markets, welfare and productivity. We consider a life-cycle economies with formal and informal labor markets, unobservable ... -
Information sharing and access to finance of SMEs: cross country evidence from survey data
(CAF; Caracas, 2010)Using a survey of firms in 61 countries around the world (WBES) and econometric techniques that allow us to deal with observed and unobserved country specific components as well as with partial endogeneity, we explore the ... -
Infraestructura y aspectos distributivos en la tarificación de los servicios públicos: ámbito y posibilidades de la tarifa social en la Argentina
(CAF; Caracas, 2008)El caso argentino presenta particularidades que sugieren y motivan una estrategia de análisis y evaluación de la tarifa social en los sectores de infraestructura. Por un lado, la ausencia de mecanismos de tarifa social (en ... -
Input-output linkages and sector-specific distortions in the Latin American development problem
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2017-11-03)In this paper, I analyze the Latin American development problem using a model with input-output linkages, sectorial productivity gaps, and sector-specific distortions. I provide a characterization of the sectorial linkages ... -
Inside the revolving door: campaign finance, lobbying meetings and public contracts. An investigation for Argentina
(CAF; Caracas, 2019-01-21)This paper explores the relationship between political influence activities by interest groups and benefits obtained in the form of public contracts. We propose an electoral competition model where interest groups make ... -
Institutions, sectorial dynamics and foreign direct investment in Latin America: a new emerging reality
(CAF; Caracas, 2013)Despite uncertainties in the global economy, Latin American countries have attracted a significant amount of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in recent years. Investing in Latin America is now a central pillar of many ... -
Integrating Early-life Shocks and Human Capital Investments on Children´s Education
(CAF; Colombia, 2016-10-04)This study investigates how early-life conditions interact with subsequent human capital investments to influence future educational outcomes. To provide causal evidence, we exploit two sources of exogenous variation: i) ... -
Inter-generational Persistence in the Ownership of Real Assets: Evidence from Latin America
(CAF, 2023-05-19)We explore inter-generational mobility in assets ownership for Latin America. Our findings confirm the strong correlation between parents and offspring ownership, even after controlling for education and labor outcomes. ... -
Inter-jurisdictional coordination in the management of natural resources: evidence from water basin committees in Brazil
(CAF; Caracas, 2009)Decentralized management of public goods creates the potential for spillovers across jurisdictions. These spillovers may be particularly large in the case of river management where the river has little value to upstream ... -
Intergenerational earnings mobility and macroeconomic shocks: Evidence based on administrative records
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-04-26)This paper provides novel evidence on trends in intergenerational earnings mobility in a developing country and explores some transmission mechanisms associated with the characteristics of the labor market. Using a novel ...