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Intra-bloc tariffs and preferential margins in trade agreements
(CAF, 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 ...
How infrastructure shapes comparative advantage
(CAF, 2022-06-30)
This paper provides evidence that domestic trade costs are a source of comparative advantage. First, I build an international trade and internal geography model with transportation features and input-output linkages. Then, ...
Conceptos fundamentales y uso responsable de la inteligencia artificial en el sector público. Informe 2
(CAF, 2022-06-30)
Este segundo informe forma parte de la serie de estudios sobre el uso e impacto de la inteligencia artificial (IA) en el sector público en América Latina y se enfoca en los conceptos fundamentales y su uso responsable. Las ...
Inteligencia artificial y telemedicina en el sector de la salud - Oportunidades y desafíos. Informe 4
(CAF, 2022-06-30)
Este cuarto estudio se enfoca en las oportunidades y desafíos que presenta el uso de la inteligencia artificial y la telemedicina en el sector de la salud. Incluye además una visión sobre la forma en que la universidad de ...
Inteligencia artificial para la recuperación pospandemia. Informe 3
(CAF, 2022-06-30)
Este estudio continúa con la serie sobre el uso e impacto de la IA en el sector público en América Latina, y analiza la evolución y enseñanzas del uso de inteligencia artificial (IA) previo, durante y después del pico de ...
The effect of high dismissal protection on bureaucratic turnover and productivity
(CAF, 2022-06-22)
This paper studies the impact of high dismissal protection on
bureaucratic turnover and productivity in the context of public
school teachers in Chile. We take advantage of a law that required
education administrators ...
Tripping at the Finish Line Experimental Evidence on the Road of Misperceptions on Secondary School Completion
(CAF, 2022-06-14)
In Argentina, more than 90 percent of teenagers are enrolled in upper secondary school, but only 50 percent graduate on time. I conducted a field experiment in Salta, Argentina, to test if lack of information about how ...
Evaluating the Impact of Buenos Aires’s Metrobus on Within-City Spatial Sorting
(CAF, 2022-06-14)
How do improvements in the urban transport infrastructure affect the spatial sorting of residents with different levels of in-come and education within a city? What are the welfare effects of improving urban transit once ...
Roads illuminate development: Using nightlight luminosity to assess the impact of transport infrastructure
(CAF, 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 ...
Wealth in Latin America
(CAF, 2022-05-16)
This paper presents harmonized indicators for household wealth, its components, and its determinants (including intergenerational mobility) in four Latin American countries (Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay), using Spain ...