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Preventing underage alcohol use through changes in norms and risk perception: A randomized evaluation of two school-based prevention programs in Colombia
(2023-12-28)
This study evaluates the short-term impact of two school-based inter ventions designed to prevent alcohol use among children in high-risk schools in Bogotá, Colombia. The programs aimed at increasing the perception of risk ...
Going subnational: wage differentials across levels of government in Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay
(CAF, 2021-12-22)
Workers at subnational governments play a prominent role in the delivery of public services in most countries. Yet, information about their remuneration is scarce. Using data for Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay, we document ...
Who attract the public sector compensation schemes?: evidence from Latin America
(CAF, 2021-12-22)
Compensation schemes tend to differ markedly between public and private sector jobs, which can affect the relative preferences of potential employees towards those jobs. We explore this through two informational experiments ...
Bureaucratic turnover across levels of government
(CAF, 2021-11-19)
The incidence of patronage can vary widely across levels of gov ernment within a country. We show this in the context of Brazil, which has been the focus of most recent research on patronage. In particular, we find that ...
Family Rules: Nepotism in the Mexican Judiciary
(CAF, 2021-10-19)
We show that bureaucrats can exploit discretion in hiring decisions to engage in forms of favoritism that hinder organizational performance. We do this in the context of the Mexican federal judiciary. The arrival of a judge ...
Self-Selection into Corruption: Evidence from the Lab
(CAF, 2020-04-22)
We study whether the existence of opportunities to extract rents in a job affects the type of individuals who are attracted to it. We design a laboratory experiment in which individuals choose between two contracts, each ...
My (Running) Mate, the Mayor: Political Ties and Access to Public Jobs in Ecuador
(CAF, 2020-01-17)
We show that local politicians’ probability of being employed by a municipality increases when they have a strong party connection to its mayor. Using a regression discontinuity design, we compare the employment outcomes ...
Domestic Violence and Divorce Law: When Divorce Threats Become Credible
(CAF, 2014-10-01)
This paper investigates whether lowering the cost of divorce can reduce domestic violence. The cost of divorce influences the bargaining position of spouses, and thus, their behavior within the marriage. This study takes ...
The effect of property division laws on divorce and labor supply: evidence from Spain
(CAF, 2013)
I study how the relative bargaining position of spouses affects the incidence of marital dissolution and the labor supply decision of intact couples. I identify exogenous variation in bargaining position within the household ...