Browsing 06. Documentos de trabajo by Title
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Distorsions, resource al location and productivity in Latin America
(CAF; Caracas, 2012)We develop a span-of-control model where managerial skills are endogenous and the outcome of investments over the life cycle of managers. We calibrate such model to U.S. data, and use it to evaluate the interplay between ... -
Distribución espacial del empleo formal en la ciudad autónoma de buenos aires: un diagnóstico a partir de registros administrativos
(CAF; Caracas, 2018-12-01)A partir de información geográfica detallada del universo de establecimientos productivos y del empleo registrado en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires este trabajo documenta la localización del empleo en la ciudad en el ... -
Distributed Photovoltaic Power Generation: Possibilities, Benefits, and Challenges for a Widespread Application in the Mexican Residential Sector
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2017-04)Mexico plans to implement a national program to support the adoption of distributed photovoltaic generation (DPVG) among qualified households. The main objectives of such a program would be to reduce the burden of the ... -
Does it Matter Where You Grow up? Childhood Exposure Effects in Latin America and the Caribbean
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-12-15)I study whether the observed differences in intergenerational educational mobility across regions in Latin America and the Caribbean are due to the sorting of families or the effect of grow ing up in these different places. ... -
Domestic Violence and Divorce Law: When Divorce Threats Become Credible
(CAF; Caracas, 2014-10-01)This paper investigates whether lowering the cost of divorce can reduce domestic violence. The cost of divorce influences the bargaining position of spouses, and thus, their behavior within the marriage. This study takes ... -
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 ... -
Drug battles and school achievement: evidence from Rio de Janeiro's favelas
(CAF; Caracas, 2013)This paper examines the effects of armed conflicts between drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro's favelas on student achievement. To identify the causal effect of violence on education, we explore variation in violence that occurs ... -
Early Impacts of College Aid
(CAF, 2015-07-28)We analyze the impact of an expansion in government-guaranteed credit for higher education in Chile on a sample of elementary and high school students. Using students who had an alternative source of funding as a control ... -
Economic Shocks and Crime: Evidence from the Crash of Ponzi Schemes
(CAF; Caracas, 2016-03-14)In November 2008, Colombian authorities dismantled a network of Ponzi schemes, making hundreds of thousands of investors lose tens of millions of dollars throughout the country. Using original data on the geographical ... -
La economía digital y las industrias digitales basadas en el conocimiento
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-07-27)Este documento aborda la capacidad de América Latina y el Caribe de enfrentar los impactos negativos de la pandemia a la luz de su proceso de transformación digital. Se estudian los cambios en los patrones de consumo ... -
Educación técnico vocacional post-secundaria: Lecciones, desafíos y recomendaciones para América Latina
(Diálogo Interamericano, CAF; Washington, 2016-09-15)Las notas técnicas proporcionan resúmenes analíticos de temas fundamentales en el campo de la política educativa. Esta nota examina la educación técnica vocacional al nivel post-secundario, revisando experiencias de los ... -
Educación técnico vocacional secundaria: Beneficios y desafíos para los sistemas educativos
(Diálogo Interamericano, CAF; Washington, 2016-01-30)La educación técnico vocacional (ETV) forma a los jóvenes para adquirir competencias y conocimientos para desempeñarse en el mercado laboral, aunque el grado de especificidad de la ETV secundaria depende de cada sistema ... -
Educación, inclusión y desarrollo: Agenda educativa de CAF
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-06-03)Este folleto recoge aspectos relevantes sobre los retos de educación en América Latina, mostrar las experiencias exitosas en la región y la estrategia de CAF para el sector. -
Education, Signaling and Mismatch
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2016-06)We assess the importance education as a signal of workers skills and the e¤ects of poor signaling quality on labor market outcomes. We do so by merging a frictional labor market model with a signaling setup where there is ... -
Education, signaling and the allocation of entrepreneurial skills
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2017-10-02)We assess the allocative importance of education when workers can choose to self-employ. To do so, we build a model combining educational choices with the labor market and selfemployment. Education can increase workers' ... -
Efectos de un accidente ferroviario sobre la demanda del servicio: El caso de la tragedia de Once en Argentina
(CAF; Caracas, 2019-12-19)Este trabajo evalúa el impacto de un accidente ferroviario, conocido como la “Tragedia de Once”, sobre la demanda de viajes del servicio afectado en Argentina. Debido a que el accidente no puede considerarse como un choque ... -
Efectos dinámicos de los precios de las materias primas en las posiciones fiscales de América Latina
(CAF; Caracas, 2010)El último episodio de auge y caída en los precios de las materias primas ha generado preocupación acerca del impacto de precios volátiles en las posiciones fiscales de los países de América Latina. Este trabajo, usando una ... -
The Effect of Schooling on Skills and Knowledge in Latin America. Evidence from PISA
(CAF, 2015-09-30)In this paper we estimate the causal effect of an extra year of schooling on mathematics skills and knowledge for the eight Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay) ... -
Effect of Socio-Economic Stratification on House Value in Bogotá
(CAF; Bogotá, 2016-12-24)This paper investigates the impact of urban fiscal policies on housing value. We use a focalization system in Bogotá where certain subsidies and taxes are targeted based on a classification of houses according to external ... -
The Effect of the Kangaroo Mother Care Program (KMC) on Wages: A structural Model
(CAF; Caracas, 2016-04-14)In this paper we analyze the relationship between skills and some outcomes later in life for a population of premature children. Pretreatment skills and characteristics are good predictors of childhood and adulthood skills ...
