Browsing 06. Documentos de trabajo by Title
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Resultados de la primera convocatoria sobre innovaciones prometedoras en formación docente
(CAF; Caracas, 2018-10-24)El presente documento tiene por propósito sistematizar la evidencia que surge de la Primera Convocatoria 2018 de Innovaciones Prometedoras en la Formación Docente en América Latina y el Caribe. Se espera contribuir al ... -
Retos de los sistemas de protección social y salud en el marco de la crisis del COVID-19 y a futuro
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-08-17)En América Latina persisten grandes brechas de acceso y calidad de la protección social a pesar de los avances logrados en las últimas décadas en muchos países de la región. En el contexto de pandemia, esas brechas quedaron ... -
Roads illuminate development: Using nightlight luminosity to assess the impact of transport infrastructure
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-06-14)The research aims to evaluate the impact of paved major roads on economic growth at the municipal level in Bolivia, Paraguay and Ecuador. Due to the absence of municipal information, pub-licly available satellite data are ... -
El rol de govtech en el logro de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible
(Caracas, 2022)Este documento explora el rol que juega govtech en la consecución de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) en Latinoamérica (LATAM) y su contribución hacia el fortalecimiento de la adopción de la economía de los ... -
Rules vs. Discretion in Public Service: Teacher Hiring in Mexico
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2017-08-18)In this paper, I use a unique empirical setting that allows me to compare the performance of teachers hired in a discretionary process led by the teachers’ union in Mexico with the performance of those hired on the basis ... -
Rural Property Tax Revenue in the Face of Economic Concentration and Political Competition: Evidence from Colombia
(CAF; Caracas, 2016-09-21)We study the relationship between two sources of political power and property tax revenues in contemporary rural Colombia. First, de jure political power is the extent to which local political elites can capture the public ... -
Savings Groups Reduce Vulberability but have Mixed Effect on Financial Inclusion
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-01-08)This paper evaluates the impact of the introduction of savings groups on poverty, vulnerability, and financial inclusion outcomes in rural Peru. Using a cluster randomized control trial and relying on both survey and ... -
See it to believe it. Experimental evidence on status consumption among the youth.
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-09-27)We ran a field experiment in which a 20-year-old chooses be-tween a socially visible and a non-socially visible good after a friend randomly received one of these goods or an unknown good. We find no differences in choices ... -
Self-Selection into Corruption: Evidence from the Lab
(CAF; Caracas, 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 ... -
Servicios locales, infraestructura y transporte: dimensión, escala, redes e instituciones de gobernanza
(CAF; Caracas, 2009)Este trabajo pretende contribuir a la comprensión de las pautas de producción y de gobernanza de los servicios públicos locales. La cuestión central es que algunos de estos servicios están caracterizados por economías de ... -
Size, Position and Length in Value Chains in Latin America
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-03-25)In this article, I develop a framework that divides global value chains into regional and extra-regional and studies the participation of Latin American countries in international fragmentation of production along 25 years ... -
Skills and selection into teaching: Evidence from Latin America
(CAF; Caracas, 2020-08-12)This paper documents a novel stylized fact: many teachers in Latin America have very low levels of cognitive skills. This skills deficit is the result of both low levels of competencies among the population and a gap between ... -
Slum Growth in Brazilian Cities
(CAF; Caracas, 2016-10-10)I study slum growth in contemporary urbanization processes by estimating a spatial equilibrium model with houses with and without basic water and sanitation services in Brazilian cities between 1991 and 2010. Slum growth ... -
Socioeconomic Gradients in Test Scores across Latin American and the Caribbean
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-05-05)In this paper we document gaps in math and reading achievement between children whose mothers have completed at least upper secondary education and those who have not, using test scores from third and sixth graders across ... -
Spatial inequalities in educational opportunities: The role of public policies
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-12-17)This paper documents spatial patterns in intergenerational mobility at the top of the educational distribution and assess the role of public policies in increasing educational opportunities. Our analysis relies on novel ... -
Spillovers of health education at school on parents´ physical activity
(CAF; Caracas, 2012)To prevent modern health conditions like obesity, cancer, cardiovascular illness, and diabetes, which have reached epidemic-like proportions in recent decades, many health experts argue that students should receive Health ... -
Starting on the right track? The effects of rst job experience on short and long term labor market outcomes
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2017-12-04)For young job seekers barriers to labor market entry are high, especially in developing countries were information frictions are large. Can first job experience impact such barriers and have perdurable effects? This paper ... -
State Capabilities in Colombian Municipalities: Measurements and Determinants
(Universidad de los Andes; CEDE; CAF, 2014-08)This paper constructs a comprehensive set of State Capacity indicators for Colombian municipalities, focusing in four basic governmental capabilities: fiscal, financial, physical and operational. First, a group of relevant ... -
State formation, tax structures and mineral abundance Chile and Peru, 1850-1930s
(CAF; Caracas, 2010)The paper assesses the impact of natural resource abundance on state formation by looking at how tax structures responded to booming periods in the early ages of the Chilean and Peruvian republic, 1850-1930s. The paper ... -
Subsidios al consumo de los servicios públicos: reflexiones a partir del caso colombiano
(CAF; Caracas, 2008)Este artículo presenta una evaluación del esquema de subsidios cruzados a las tarifas de servicios públicos vigentes en Colombia, basada en el análisis de encuestas de hogares, y estudia las propiedades de esquemas ...
