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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 ...
The Long and Winding Roads: Roads, Inequality, and Growth in Colombia
(CAF, 2022-11-01)
We measure the impact on economic performance and land ownership inequality in municipalities of a large scale program of road network expansions and improvements that occurred in Colombia between 1993 to 2012. The treatment ...
See it to believe it. Experimental evidence on status consumption among the youth.
(CAF, 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 ...
Nota de Productividad Perú: Productividad es la clave para retomar la senda de crecimiento
(CAF, 2022-09-12)
Perú es un país de ingreso medio alto que se expandió aceleradamente en las últimas dos décadas. No obstante, en el último quinquenio, se evidenció una desaceleración del crecimiento, tras el fin del super ciclo de materias ...
Transit Infrastructure and Couples’ Commuting Choices in General Equilibrium
(CAF, 2022-07-22)
What is the impact of improving the transit infrastructure on the gender earnings gap? How does family structure matter to un‐derstand the impact of new transit infrastructure? Recent mod‐els on spatial economics hinge on ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...