Browsing 06. Documentos de trabajo by Title
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Kickbacks and limits on campaign donations
(CAF; Caracas, 2019-03-21)How do campaign contribution limits alter the influence of donors over elected officials? We propose a model to explore this question and test its implications using data from Colombian municipalities. Using a regression ... -
La agricultura familiar en Centroamérica: retos y políticas ante el cambio climático
(2023-04-16)Este documento de trabajo estudia la relación entre Cambio Climático (CC) y la actividad agro-pecuaria de los países de Centroamérica, poniendo especial énfasis en los sistemas agrarios propios de las explotaciones familiares. ... -
La importancia del servicio civil en el desarrollo de capacidades estatales en América Latina
(CAF, 2015-07)El objetivo de este artículo es analizar el vínculo entre el Servicio Civil y la capacidad del sector público de implementar políticas. Para ello, examina la relación del Servicio Civil con (1) la institucionalidad formal ... -
LAC Participation in the Digitally Enabled Business Process–Related Services Ecosystem
(2024-04-24)This report defines and describes the global digital business process– related services ecosystem, presents Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) countries’ participation, and provides considerations for increasing ... -
Lasting Scars: The Unequal Impacts of Unemployment in Latin America
(2022-12-13)We study the impact of the unemployment rate at the time of labor market entrance on the labor outcomes of individuals of different social origin in 18 Latin American countries. Higher unemployment increases the probability ... -
Latin America in the new geometry of global supply chains
(CAF; Caracas, 2024-06-20)This paper assesses Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) preparedness to take advantage of potential shifts in the structure of global value chains (GVC). We start by unpacking and examining the main drivers of change ... -
Latin America's Climate Mitigation Challenges: Sources of Emission, Regional Goals and Policy Priorities
(CAF- banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe; Distrito Capital, 2023-12-26)We analyze data on greenhouse gas emissions to describe where Latin America stands with respect to the world in terms of the level and composition of those emissions. We then explore several issues related to mitigation ... -
Learning About Opportunity: Spillovers of Elite School Admissions in Peru
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-03-29)This paper studies how the admission of a student to an elite school changes the schooling outcomes of younger cohorts in the student’s origin school in Peru. Using a sharp regression discontinuity design, the analysis ... -
Liderazgo público y participación privada y de ciudadanos: la transformación digital de la ciudad de Córdoba en Argentina
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-03-08)En diciembre de 2019 la ciudad de Córdoba se embarcó en un ambicioso programa de transformación digital con el objetivo de eficientizar y mejorar el desempeño del sector público. Con la finalidad de centralizar los esfuerzos ... -
Life expectancy at retirement and income levels in Chile
(CAF; Caracas, 2020-06-15)We document that life expectancies at the age of retirement differ significantly by income levels and gender in Chile. Using a sample of over 500 thousand workers that retired under the annuity system, we find that, ... -
Local economic development. Some cities develop more than others: specialization, human capital and institutions
(CAF; Caracas, 2009)Why does a certain metropolitan area grow more than another? The answer to this question has evaded much of the considerable body of scholarship on the topic. One problem may be that some of the frameworks that drive ... -
Local governments' capacity and performance: evidence from peruvian municipalities
(CAF; Caracas, 2008)This paper explores the extent of technical capacity constraints in Peruvian local governments. To do that, we study how effective municipalities are in using a significant income windfall due to central government transfers ... -
Local shocks in labor markets: competition and information flow among peers
(CAF; Caracas, 2020-12-16)We present causal evidence of the effect of local labor supply shocks on labor outcomes of young job seekers in a developing country. We study a large-scale internship program in Argentina that randomly alters job seekers’ ... -
Los efectos de un programa de transferencias de ingresos en la ciudad de Buenos Aires
(CAF, 2015-06-01)Las transferencias condicionadas de ingreso, ampliamente extendidas en América Latina, afectan decisiones económicas de sus beneficiarios y tienen impactos sobre distintas dimensiones de su bienestar. En este trabajo, ... -
Losing health insurance when young: Impacts on usage of medical services and health
(CAF, 2015-04)In this study we exploit a regulation in Colombia that exogenously changes health insurance coverage of young adult dependents, specifically those turning 18 years old, to analyze the effects of losing health insurance ... -
Management practices, firm ownership, and productivity in Latin America
(CAF; Caracas, 2012)We analyze management and performance data for over 8,000 manufacturing firms across the Americas, Asia and Europe. We find that Latin American firms have poor management practices by international standards, with limited ... -
Maternidad y trabajo flexible en América Latina
(Caracas, 2021-11-11)Esta infografía tiene como objetivo mostrar las brechas de género y maternidad en la región, así como también los efectos de la maternidad en el empleo en algunos países de América Latina. -
Measuring Imperfect Competition in Product and Labor Markets. An Empirical Analysis using Firm-level Production Data
(CAF; California, 2018-01)In this paper, we develop a simple theoretical model that allows us to disentangle empirically the extent of imperfect competition in product and labor markets using plant-level production data. The model assumes ... -
Measuring the Cost of Congestion in Highly Congested City: Bogotá
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2017-04)We provide a novel approach to estimate the deadweight loss of congestion. We implement it for road travel in the city of Bogotá using information from a travel survey and counterfactual travel data generated from Google ... -
Measuring the size and growth of cities using nighttime light
(CAF; Caracas, 2018-09-20)This paper uses high-resolution images of nighttime luminosity to estimate a globally comparable measure of the size of metropolitan areas around the world for the years 2000 and 2010. We apply recently-proposed methodologies ...
