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The Economic Preferences of Cooperative Managers
(CAF; Caracas, 2019-05-02)A growing body of research has been investigating the role of management practices and managerial behaviour in conventional private firms and public sector organizations. However, little is known about managers’ behavioural ... -
The economics of tax evasion
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)This paper begins by reviewing the problem of tax evasion measurement. Based on available data, I conclude that this problem is far from being negligible, both for developed and developing countries. I also present in more ... -
The effect of property division laws on divorce and labor supply: evidence from Spain
(CAF; Caracas, 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 ... -
The Effect of the Increasing Demand for Elite Schools on Stratification
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2017-05-31)I use detailed applications data to document a case in which, contrary to prevailing concerns, increasing school stratification by ability co-existed with stable stratification by family income: Mexico City public high ... -
The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Employment in Brazil
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2017-10-16)During the economic boom of the early 2000s, most Latin American countries increased their minimum wages. In Brazil, the real minimum wage increased by upwards of 60 percent from 2003 through 2012. In this paper, we take ... -
The GovTech Index 2020 Unlocking the Potential of GovTech Ecosystems in Latin America, Spain and Portugal
(CAF, Oxford Insights; Caracas, 2020-06-02)The emergence of GovTech startups is probably one of the most promising trends in the public innovation landscape in recent years. GovTech ecosystems are made of a new brand of tech-based, data-driven startups with a public ... -
The impact of financial repression on interest rate spreads in Venezuela
(CAF; Caracas, 2009)This paper empirically examines the effect of financial repression on interest rates spreads in Venezuela. In order to have a measure of financial repression, we built an index that captures the opportunity cost of regulatory ... -
The impact of lowering the payroll tax on informality in Colombia
(Caracas, 2016)The Colombian government recently reformed the tax law by reducing payroll contributions from 29.5% to 16% and substituting them with a profit tax. The law was passed in December 2012, and two years later the informality ... -
The impact of taxes and social spending on inequality and poverty in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico and Peru: a synthesis of results
(CAF; Caracas, 2012)We apply a standard tax and benefit incidence analysis to estimate the impact on inequality and poverty of direct taxes, indirect taxes and subsidies, and social spending (cash and food transfers and in-kind transfers in ... -
The impact of the minimum wage on the destruction and creation of products
(CAF; Santiago de Chile, 2017-12-06)We study the impact of changes in the legal minimum wage on the creation and destruction of products at the firm level. This can be a relevant way for increasing firm productivity and for explaining why the raises in the ... -
The Life-cycle Growth of Plants in Colombia: Fundamentals vs. Distortions
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2017-10-05)We take advantage of rich microdata on Colombian manufacturing establishments to decompose growth over an establishment’s life cycle into that attributable to fundamental sources of idiosyncratic growth ̶ physical productivity, ... -
The pharmacological channel revisited: alcohol sales restrictions and crime in Bogotá
(CAF; Caracas, 2013)Our goal in this paper is twofold: First, evaluate the impact on crime of the restriction of latenight alcohol sales in Bogotá; and second, quantify the causal effect of problematic alcohol consumption on different crime ... -
The pillars of fiscal decentralization
(CAF; Caracas, 2008)Fiscal decentralization can de be defined as the process of transferring budgetary authority from central government to elected subnational governments in order to grant them power to make decisions regarding taxes and ... -
The political economy of budgeting in Latin America procedures, oversight, and participation
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)This report provides a selective overview of issues pertaining to the budgetary process and a mapping out of budgetary institutions in Latin America and assesses to what extent budgets play the role societies expect from ... -
The Value of Free Health Insurance Schemes in Developing Countries
(CAF; Caracas, 2019-12-13)Brazil began the implementation of SUS (Universal Health Insurance) in 1988. To the extent that SUS broke the link between employment contract and health insurance, it may have changed the incentives for individuals to ... -
TIC: barreras administrativas y competitividad
(CAF, 2013-06-01)La realidad de cada país y el buen funcionamiento de las instituciones públicas son factores determinantes para promover el crecimiento de una empresa, a través de programas que disminuyan la burocracia y la corrupción. -
Los tipos de textos en español: formas, técnica y producción
(CAF; UNESCO; IESALC; Caracas, 2007)Constituye una iniciativa del Instituto Internacional para la Educación Superior en América Latina y el Caribe (IESALC-Unesco) y de CAF, desarrollada con el propósito de apoyar los conocimientos docentes sobre aspectos ... -
Todos necesitamos más educación: ¿qué se puede hacer para disminuir el ausentismo de los maestros?
(CAF; Caracas, 2009-03)Se ha demostrado que el monitoreo de las actividades y los incentivos económicos producen un impacto significativo en la tasa de ausentismo o asistencia de los docentes a sus labores educativas, aunque el monitoreo a nivel ... -
La toma de decisiones basada en la escuela tiene efectos positivos en los resultados educativos, aunque en menor grado en los países de bajos ingresos
(The Campbell Collaboration; Caracas, 2018-09-13)La descentralización de la toma de decisiones para las escuelas tiene efectos positivos pequeños (en su mayoría) a moderados en la reducción de la repetición y deserción, así como en la mejora de los puntajes de pruebas. ... -
Los toques de queda juveniles no son eficaces para reducir la delincuencia y la victimización
(Campbell Collaboration; Oslo, 2017)Esta revisión sistemática de Campbell evalúa las distintas formas de incidencia que tienen los toques de queda juveniles en la delincuencia y la victimización. La revisión resume los resultados de 12 estudios.
