Ortega, Daniel
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RED 2015. A More Effective State. Capacities for designing, implementing and evaluating public policies
(CAF; Bogotá, 2016-02)This new edition of the Report on Economics and Development, CAF seeks to contribute to the study and understanding of the State’s capacities to design, implement and learn from policies, and in this way, to generate a ... -
Don’t blame the Messenger. A Field Experiment on Delivery Methods for Increasing Tax Compliance
(CAF; Caracas, 2015-11)The effect of different delivery mechanisms for increasing tax compliance has not been evaluated so far. This study conducts a field experiment in Colombia that varies the way the National Tax Agency contacts taxpayers on ... -
RED 2015: Un Estado más efectivo. Capacidades para el diseño, la implementación y el aprendizaje de políticas públicas
(CAF; Bogotá, 2015-07-13)La edición 2015 del Reporte de Economía y Desarrollo (RED) de CAF se dedica al estudio de las capacidades que deben tener los Estados para mejorar la efectividad de las intervenciones públicas para promover el desarrollo. ... -
Towards a safer Latin America. A new perspective to prevent and control crime
(CAF; Bogotá, 2015-04)This year’s Report on Economics and Development (RED) proposes an approach for the analysis of insecurity in which crime results from decisions made by individuals in a particular situation. While it is true that beliefs, ... -
Un análisis de la criminalidad urbana en Colombia
(CAF, 2015-01)Este trabajo hace una descripción detallada de las principales cifras de criminalidad de Bogotá, Medellín, Cali y Barranquilla – que abarcan el 30% de la población de Colombia – utilizando los datos de la Policía Nacional ... -
RED 2014: Por una América Latina más segura. Una nueva perspectiva para prevenir y controlar el delito
(CAF; Caracas, 2014)Esta nueva edición del Reporte de Economía y Desarrollo (RED) propone un enfoque para el análisis de la inseguridad en donde el delito es consecuencia de decisiones que toman individuos en un contexto situacional particular. ... -
Crime Perceptions and Reality in Latin America
(CAF; Caracas, 2014)We show that perceptions of insecurity are strongly correlated with victimization at the individual level and suggest that the reason this relationship is usually not uncovered in simple cross country studies is that they ... -
RED 2013: Emprendimientos en América Latina. Desde la subsistencia hacia la transformación productiva
(CAF; Caracas, 2013)El emprendimiento facilita la creación de empresas que generen aumentos sostenidos del empleo y de la productividad, como un factor central en el desarrollo de América Latina. Existe un contraste importante entre América ... -
Deterrence and reciprocity effects on tax compliance: experimental evidence from Venezuela
(CAF; Caracas, 2013)A recent debate on tax compliance asks whether enforcement mechanisms can be complemented, or even substituted by appeals to the taxpayer’s tax morality: his or her intrinsic willingness to pay taxes, motivated by purely ... -
Job training, selection and self discovery
(CAF; Caracas, 2013)We randomly assign 1250 unemployed men and women to be invited once or twice to a specific-skills training program offered by a large multinational firm as part of its social responsibility efforts. Individuals with the ...
