06. Documentos de trabajo: Envíos recientes
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Exploring the Potential of Machine Learning for Automatic Slum Identification from VHE Imagery
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2016-11-23)Slum identification in urban settlements is a crucial step in the process of formulation of propoor policies. However, the use of conventional methods for slums detection such as field surveys may result time consuming and ... -
Encuestas de movilidad, oportunidades, dilemas técnicos, institucionales y de política pública. El caso de la encuesta de movilidad del área metropolitana de Montevideo
(CAF; Montevideo, 2016-11-11)Las encuestas de movilidad juegan un rol central para la planificación de los sistemas de movilidad urbana. Tienen por tanto una incidencia significativa en una de las políticas urbanas con mayor trascendencia en la vida ... -
Valuation of Public Amenities and Differences in Quality of Life among Latin American Cities
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2016-11)We use a life satisfaction approach for the valuation of public goods and amenities in Latin American cities. We apply a homogenous database of seventeen cities gathered by the Development Bank of Latin America CAF. Using ... -
What is the Role of Urban Growth on Inequality, and Segregation? The Case of Urban Argentina´s Urban Agglomerations
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2016-11)We analyze the relationship between urban sprawl and changing patterns of inequality and segregation in metropolitan areas of Argentina. The existing literature has endeavored to study the determinants of the expansion of ... -
Moving Citizens and Deterring Criminals: Innovation in Public Transport Facilities
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2016-11)This paper explores the relationship between urban public transportation innovation and crime. In 2004, the city of Medellin in Colombia developed an innovative public transportation system based on cable cars (Metrocable) ... -
El desafío del desarrollo de habilidades en América Latina. Un diagnóstico de los problemas y soluciones de política pública
(Diálogo Interamericano, Mathematica Policy Research, CAF; Washington, 2016-10-31)La historia de América Latina se ha caracterizado por sus fluctuantes tasas de crecimiento económico, el desarrollo insuficiente del capital humano y altos niveles de desigualdad de ingresos. El final del ciclo de una ... -
Slum Growth in Brazilian Cities
(CAF; Caracas, 2016-10-10)I study slum growth in contemporary urbanization processes by estimating a spatial equilibrium model with houses with and without basic water and sanitation services in Brazilian cities between 1991 and 2010. Slum growth ... -
City Size, Distance and Formal Employment Creation
(CAF; Caracas, 2016-10-09)Cities thrive through the diversity of their occupants because the availability of complementary skills enables firms in the formal sector to grow, delivering increasingly sophisticated products and services. The appearance ... -
Integrating Early-life Shocks and Human Capital Investments on Children´s Education
(CAF; Colombia, 2016-10-04)This study investigates how early-life conditions interact with subsequent human capital investments to influence future educational outcomes. To provide causal evidence, we exploit two sources of exogenous variation: i) ... -
Housing Subsidies, Labor Supply and Household Welfare. Experimental Evidence from Argentina
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2016-10)We study the impact of a social housing policy program implemented in Argentina, exploiting the random assignment rule to identify the policy's causal effect on labor market and other socio-economic outcomes. In particular, ... -
Rural Property Tax Revenue in the Face of Economic Concentration and Political Competition: Evidence from Colombia
(CAF; Caracas, 2016-09-21)We study the relationship between two sources of political power and property tax revenues in contemporary rural Colombia. First, de jure political power is the extent to which local political elites can capture the public ... -
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 ... -
Habilidades no cognitivas en América Latina. Una medición desde pruebas estandarizadas.
(CAF, 2016-08-31)Medir habilidades es complejo, pues son inobservables. Este problema es particularmente importante en la medición de habilidades no cognitivas, donde usualmente se emplean métodos basados en el auto-reporte. Como alternativa ... -
Income Segregation and Urban Spatial Structure: Evidence from Brazil
(CAF; Caracas, 2016-08-05)We estimate the effect of urban spatial structure on income segregation in Brazilian cities between 2000 and 2010. Our results show that, first, local density conditions increase income segregation: the effect is higher ... -
Moving “away" from Opportunities?: Homeownership and Employment
(CAF; Santiago de Chile, 2016-07-10)Homeownership is promoted by the majority of OECD member countries. Nevertheless, the impact that owning a house can have on employment levels is not fully understood. In this paper, we estimate the causal effect of ... -
Un Sistema Público de Bicicletas para Lima: Distritos de Mirafl ores, San Borja y San Isidro (Resumen Ejecutivo)
(CAF; Fundación Ciudad Humana; Lima, 2016-06)Este documento es la síntesis del estudio “Estructuración de un Sistema Público de Bicicletas para Lima (Distritos de Miraflores, San Borja y San Isidro)”, financiado por CAF, el cual define la inserción de un sistema de ... -
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 ... -
Eficiencia energética en Chile: Identificación de oportunidades
(CAF; Caracas, 2016-05-16)América Latina ha comenzado lentamente la integración de políticas asociadas con el uso eficiente de la energía y la integración de los programas de eficiencia energética (EE) desde el lado de la demanda (residencial, ... -
Eficiencia energética en Colombia: identificación de oportunidades
(CAF; Caracas, 2016-05)En esta publicación se realizó un estudio para describir el estado de desarrollo de la EE en América Latina y se ofreció un balance del diagnóstico actual. Asimismo, se identificaron los sectores objetivos desde el punto ... -
Eficiencia energética en Panamá: identificación de oportunidades
(CAF; Caracas, 2016-05)En los últimos tiempos el uso eficiente y racional de la energía ha pasado a ser un elemento importante dentro de la planificación energética de los países, así como de los diversos sectores y tipos de usuarios que tienen ...
