06. Documentos de trabajo: Envíos recientes
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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 ... -
Asymmetric Effects of Trade and FDI: The Role of Country Size and Bridge Multinational Production
(2022-12-13)Total gains from openness come through three channels: (i) trade, (ii) domestic multinational production (DMP), and (iii) bridge multinational production (BMP). We develop a quantitative theory to measure the effects of ... -
Cuaderno del Desarrollo 05 - Recomendaciones éticas para la inteligencia artificial
(2022-12)En el marco del Diplomado de Gobernabilidad e Innovación Pública para Líderes y Lideresas de América Latina y el Caribe organizado y dictado por CAF, en conjunto con dieciséis universidades de la región, se imparten doce ... -
The Effect of Split-Ticket Voting Cost on Electoral Enfranchisement
(2022-12)The features of electoral systems can affect electoral outcomes even for fixed societal preferences. We analyze a quasi-experiment around a staggered change from a paper ballot to an electronic ballot system, which reduces ... -
Importaciones para exportar y cadenas de valor en Argentina y Uruguay
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-11-10)Las importaciones forman parte del mix de insumos que utilizan en su producción las empresas exportadoras. A partir de registros aduaneros este artículo analiza el rol que tuvieron los programas de importación temporal en ... -
The Long and Winding Roads: Roads, Inequality, and Growth in Colombia
(CAF; Caracas, 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; 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 ... -
Nota de Productividad Bolivia: Más productividad para impulsar el crecimiento
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-09-15)La economía de Bolivia se ha caracterizado por su alta dependencia de los recursos naturales. Los ciclos de expansión y recesión de la economía se explican fundamentalmente por las variaciones en los precios internacionales ... -
Nota de Productividad Perú: Productividad es la clave para retomar la senda de crecimiento
(CAF; Caracas, 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 ... -
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 ... -
Transit Infrastructure and Couples’ Commuting Choices in General Equilibrium
(CAF; Caracas, 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; Caracas, 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 ... -
Inteligencia artificial y telemedicina en el sector de la salud - Oportunidades y desafíos. Informe 4
(CAF; Caracas, 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; Caracas, 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 ... -
Conceptos fundamentales y uso responsable de la inteligencia artificial en el sector público. Informe 2
(CAF; Caracas, 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 ... -
How infrastructure shapes comparative advantage
(CAF; Caracas, 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, ... -
The effect of high dismissal protection on bureaucratic turnover and productivity
(CAF; Caracas, 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 ... -
Evaluating the Impact of Buenos Aires’s Metrobus on Within-City Spatial Sorting
(CAF; Caracas, 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; Caracas, 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; 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 ...
