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Urban Transit Infrastructure: Spatial Mismatch and Labor Market Power
(2022-09)
Does transit infrastructure reduce labor market power? This paper estimates the effects of a large subway expansion on local labor market outcomes in Santiago, Chile. Using a linked employer-employee dataset with spatial ...
Intergenerational earnings mobility and macroeconomic shocks: Evidence based on administrative records
(CAF, 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 ...
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, ...
Igualdad de oportunidades educativas: un indicador sencillo para América Latina
(CAF, 2021-12-07)
Este documento presenta estimaciones para América Latina de un indicador simple de igualdad de oportunidades educativas que mide el grado en que las variables de entorno familiar (ingreso y educación de los padres) dan ...
Medición de los niveles de productividad de las ciudades en América Latina
(CAF, 2021-12-29)
Este documento presenta datos sobre productividad a nivel de ciudad para 279 ciudades de 12 países de América Latina. Para esto se utilizan los datos de salario horario de las encuestas de hogares oficiales de los países. ...
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 ...
Medición de los determinantes de la productividad en Ciudades de América Latina
(CAF, 2021-12-14)
El presente documento desarrolla un conjunto de indicadores para medir los determinantes de la productividad en las ciudades de América Latina. Su objetivo es caracterizar los determinantes que pueden ser intervenidos desde ...
Motherhood, Pregnancy or Marriage Effects
(CAF, 2021-12-28)
The existence of large child penalties on women’s labor market outcomes has been documented for multiple countries and time periods. In this paper, we assess to what extent marriage decisions and pregnancies (including ...
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 ...
Impactos microeconómicos de los programas de financiamiento público para pymes en América Latina. Qué sabemos
(CAF, 2022-03-18)
La relativa baja productividad de las pequeñas y medianas empresas (pymes) de América Latina está correlacionada con factores como salarios pagados, inserción internacional y número de trabajadores, resultando clave la ...