Listar 6.1 Documentos de trabajo en investigación socioeconómica por fecha de publicación
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Wealth in Latin America
(CAF; Caracas, 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 ... -
Socioeconomic Gradients in Test Scores across Latin American and the Caribbean
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-05-05)In this paper we document gaps in math and reading achievement between children whose mothers have completed at least upper secondary education and those who have not, using test scores from third and sixth graders across ... -
Intergenerational earnings mobility and macroeconomic shocks: Evidence based on administrative records
(CAF; Caracas, 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 ... -
Size, Position and Length in Value Chains in Latin America
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-03-25)In this article, I develop a framework that divides global value chains into regional and extra-regional and studies the participation of Latin American countries in international fragmentation of production along 25 years ... -
What a difference a full day makes: Evidence from new schools in Fortaleza
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-03-18)Although longer school days are in increasing supply, a lack of consensus about their effectiveness persists. Motivated by this gap, this paper studies the effect of enrolling in a new set of full-time secondary schools ... -
Envejecimiento y cuidados: principales características para cinco países de América Latina
(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, ... -
Expectations about Returns to Education. The Role of Parental and Youths’ Characteristics
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-01-17)Investing in human capital requires, among others, access and capacity to process information. This paper focuses on understanding the role of expected returns to education in determining schooling decisions. Using data ...