• Effect of Socio-Economic Stratification on House Value in Bogotá 

      Gallego, Juan; Montoya, Sergio; Sepúlveda, Carlos (CAF; Bogotá, 2016-12-24)
      This paper investigates the impact of urban fiscal policies on housing value. We use a focalization system in Bogotá where certain subsidies and taxes are targeted based on a classification of houses according to external ...
    • The Effect of the Kangaroo Mother Care Program (KMC) on Wages: A structural Model 

      Cortés, Darwin; Attanassio, Orazio; Gallego, Juan; Maldonado, Darío; Rodríguez, Paul; Charpak, Nathalie; Tessier, Rejean; Ruiz, Juan Gabriel; Hernández, Tiberio; Uriza, Felipe (CAF; Caracas, 2016-04-14)
      In this paper we analyze the relationship between skills and some outcomes later in life for a population of premature children. Pretreatment skills and characteristics are good predictors of childhood and adulthood skills ...
    • Envejecimiento y cuidados: principales características para cinco países de América Latina 

      Failache Mirza, Elisa; Katzkowicz Junio, Noemí; Méndez Rivero, Fabrizio; Parada Larre Borges, Cecilia; Querejeta Rabosto, Martina (CAF; Caracas, 2022-03-08)
      En este trabajo analizamos las características de los adultos mayores en situación de dependencia, las estrategias de cuidados y el perfil de las personas cuidadoras, para cinco países de América Latina: Chile, Colombia, ...
    • Estimating the nature of political corruption: evidence from a policy experiment in Brazil 

      Ramos, M. (CAF; Caracas, 2018-11-25)
      This paper proposes a test to estimate the nature of political corruption in developing countries: embezzlement by self enriching politicians versus corruption that originates as a quid-pro-quo from campaign contributions. ...
    • Evaluación de políticas públicas de apoyo a la innovación sobre la productividad de las empresas manufactureras y de servicios en Colombia 

      Albis, N.; Garcia, J.; Sánchez, E.; Bayona-Rodríguez, H. (CAF; Caracas, 2017-12-01)
      La presente investigación tiene como objetivo analizar el efecto de los instrumentos de apoyo público a la innovación sobre el desempeño productivo y la inversión en innovación de las empresas manufactureras y de servicios ...
    • Exploring the Potential of Machine Learning for Automatic Slum Identification from VHE Imagery 

      Duque, Juan Carlos; Patino, Jorge Eduardo; Betancourt, Alejandro (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 ...
    • El Fenómeno de los NiNis en América Latina 

      Tornarolli, Leopoldo (CAF; Buenos Aires, 2016-12-30)
      En los últimos años, y en todos los países de la región, se ha ido incrementando la preocupación por la situación de los jóvenes que ni se encuentran insertos en el sistema educativo ni se han integrado al mercado laboral ...
    • Financial Frictions, Occupational Choice and Economic Inequality 

      Allub, Lian; Erosa, Andrés (CAF; Caracas, 2012-12-10)
      We develop a quantitative theory of entrepreneurship, income inequality, and financial frictions disciplined with household data from Brazil. The theory extends Lucas (1978) by modeling heterogeneity in two skills: -working ...
    • Financial Frictions, Trade, and Misallocation 

      Kohn, David; Leibovici, Fernando; Szkup, Michal (CAF; Buenos Aires, 2017-10-07)
      We investigate the extent to which financial frictions shape the aggregate effects of a trade liberalization through their impact on aggregate total factor productivity (TFP) and capital misallocation. We study a small ...
    • From maize to haze: agricultural shocks and growth of the mexican drug sector 

      Dube, Oeindrila; García-Ponte, Omar; Thom, Kevin (CAF; Caracas, 2013)
      We examine how commodity price shocks experienced by rural producers affect the drug trade in Mexico. Our analysis exploits exogenous movements in the Mexican maize price stemming from weather conditions in U.S. maize-growing ...
    • Gender Gaps in Labor Informality: The Motherhood Effect 

      Berniell, Inés; Berniell, Lucila; de la Mata, Dolores; Edo, María; Marchionni, Mariana (CAF; Caracas, 2020-12-15)
      We estimate the short- and long-run labor market impacts of parenthood in a developing country, Chile, based on an eventstudy approach around the birth of the first child. We assess mechanisms behind these effects based ...
    • Going subnational: wage differentials across levels of government in Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay 

      Baez, Maria Josefina; Brassiolo, Pablo; Estrada, Ricardo; Fajardo, Gustavo (CAF; Caracas, 2021-12-22)
      Workers at subnational governments play a prominent role in the delivery of public services in most countries. Yet, information about their remuneration is scarce. Using data for Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay, we document ...
    • Government performance, taxation and citizen participation: evidence from Brazil 

      Timmons, Jeffrey; Garfías, Ek Francisco (CAF; Caracas, 2011)
      Fiscal contract theories of the state hypothesize that government performance affects tax collection and that institutions that foster representation and accountability link taxes and services. These propositions have yet ...
    • Heterogeneous effects of automation: How are young workers affected by a changing labor market? 

      Brambilla, Irene; César, Andrés; Falcone, Guillermo (CAF; Caracas, 2020-08-18)
      We study the effect of automation on labor market outcomes with a focus on young workers and the case of Chile. We develop an index of routine task content of each occupation and follow two approaches. First we study the ...
    • Housing Subsidies, Labor Supply and Household Welfare. Experimental Evidence from Argentina 

      Alzúa, María Laura; Amendolaggine, Julián; Cruces, Guillermo; Greppi, Catrihel (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, ...
    • How infrastructure shapes comparative advantage 

      Quintana, Luis Baldomero (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, ...
    • Igualdad de oportunidades educativas: un indicador sencillo para América Latina 

      Gasparini, Leonardo; Laguinge, Luis; Ciaschi, Matías; Guido Neidhöfer (CAF; Caracas, 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 ...
    • Impact evaluation of innovation policy in Brazil 

      Rocha, C. (Caracas, 2018-10-22)
      This paper aims to assess the innovation policy in Brazil after the edition of the innovation law, in 2004, and the fiscal subsidies to innovation law, in 2005. We use data from the Brazilian Innovation Survey and from the ...
    • Inequality, Crime, and the Long Run Legacy of Slavery 

      Buonnano, Paolo; Vargas, Juan (CAF; Bogotá, 2016-12-25)
      This paper investigates the relationship between economic inequality and crime in Colombian municipalities. Following recent scholarly research that suggests that the legacy of slavery is largely manifest in persistent ...
    • Informality and Productivity: The Role of Unemployment Insurance Schemes 

      Cirelli, Fernando; Espino, Emilio; Sanchez, Juan M. (CAF; Buenos Aires, 2017-02-22)
      We study the design of optimal unemployment protection schemes to evaluate its impact on labor markets, welfare and productivity. We consider a life-cycle economies with formal and informal labor markets, unobservable ...