Listar 06. Documentos de trabajo por título
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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 ... -
Intergenerational mobility in education in Latin America
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-12-15)This document provides a comprehensive analysis of intergenerational mobility in Latin America, focusing on the association between parental education and the education of their children. It updates the estimates provided ... -
Intergenerational transmission of teen childbearing in Latin America
(CAF; Caracas, 18/07/2023)Using DHS data for six Latin American countries, we estimate the relation between a mother’s teenage childbearing status and that of her daughter. Restricting the estimating sample to mother-daughter matches in the data ... -
International negotiations and agreements on climate change
(CAF; Caracas, 2023-05)This paper analyzes the political economy of international climate change negotiations, with emphasis on the perspectives of countries in this region. It offers an overview of the historical and recent negotiations and ... -
Internet and Labor Income: Places and Activities in Colombia
(CAF; Bogotá, 2016-12-21)Despite the literature in the richest countries about the positive correlation between Internet and income, there is still an open question about the utility of this technology the developing world. This paper uses Propensity ... -
Interoperabilidad de datos entre reguladores y regulados como principal apuesta de la transformación digital en regulación
(CAF-Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe; Caracas, 2023-07)Basado en una reciente experiencia con ocho reguladores económicos gubernamentales de la región, este Policy Brief propone comenzar con pequeños pasos destinados a lograr la integración de datos entre reguladores y ... -
Intra-bloc tariffs and preferential margins in trade agreements
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-07-11)We study how countries choose intra-bloc tariffs and preferential margins in Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs). Our model indicates that countries should set systematically lower prefer-ential margins when the bloc takes ... -
Invertir para la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en América Latina y el Caribe
(CAF - banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe -; Caracas, 2024-03)En respuesta a los desafíos crecientes de inseguridad alimentaria y malnutrición en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), CAF —banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe— delineó una estrategia integral. Esta ... -
Índice Govtech de ciudades Iberoamericanas 2023
(CAF- banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe; Distrito Capital, 2023-09)Durante décadas, tanto los gobiernos nacionales como locales se han centrado en transformar la oferta de sus servicios ciudadanos de formatos tradicionales, presenciales y análogos hacia nuevos procedimientos digitales. ... -
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 ... -
Jobs’ amenability is not enough: The role of household inputs for safe work under social distancing in Latin American cities
(CAF; Caracas, 2020-06-01)The recent literature has emphasized the role of occupations in quantifying the amount of telework possible under social distancing measures during the COVID-19 outbreak. However, telework requires not only a teleworkable ... -
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'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 ...