Listar 6.1 Documentos de trabajo en investigación socioeconómica por fecha de publicación
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La movilidad educativa intergeneracional en el siglo XX en América Latina y el Caribe
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-12-29)En este trabajo aportamos nuevas mediciones de movilidad educativa intergeneracional para América Latina y el Caribe a partir de datos censales armonizados para 22 países. Producimos estimaciones de medidas de movildiad ... -
Motherhood and the Allocation of Talent
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-12-29)In this paper we show that motherhood triggers changes in the allocation of talent in the labor market beyond the well-known effects on gender gaps in employment and earnings. We use an event study approach with retrospective ... -
Motherhood, Pregnancy or Marriage Effects
(CAF; Caracas, 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 ... -
Who attract the public sector compensation schemes?: evidence from Latin America
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-12-22)Compensation schemes tend to differ markedly between public and private sector jobs, which can affect the relative preferences of potential employees towards those jobs. We explore this through two informational experiments ... -
Going subnational: wage differentials across levels of government in Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay
(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 ... -
Spatial inequalities in educational opportunities: The role of public policies
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-12-17)This paper documents spatial patterns in intergenerational mobility at the top of the educational distribution and assess the role of public policies in increasing educational opportunities. Our analysis relies on novel ... -
Surnames and Social Rank: Long-term Traits of Social Mobility in Colombia and Chile
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-12-16)In the last two years, Colombia and Chile have witnessed strong social protests, characterized by slogans against inequality and the lack of social mobility. In this study we propose a comparative study on social mobility ... -
Movilidad ocupacional en América Latina
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-12-16)La persistencia de desigualdades entre generaciones representa un tópico de sumo interés para las sociedades. Mientras que la mayoría de este tipo de estudios se concentra en desigualdades educativas, en este trabajo ... -
Intergenerational mobility in education in Latin America
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-12-15)This document provides a comprehensive analysis of intergenerational mobility in Latin America, focusing on the association between parental education and the education of their children. It updates the estimates provided ... -
Does it Matter Where You Grow up? Childhood Exposure Effects in Latin America and the Caribbean
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-12-15)I study whether the observed differences in intergenerational educational mobility across regions in Latin America and the Caribbean are due to the sorting of families or the effect of grow ing up in these different places. ... -
Igualdad de oportunidades educativas: un indicador sencillo para América Latina
(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 ... -
Bureaucratic turnover across levels of government
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-11-19)The incidence of patronage can vary widely across levels of gov ernment within a country. We show this in the context of Brazil, which has been the focus of most recent research on patronage. In particular, we find that ... -
Family Rules: Nepotism in the Mexican Judiciary
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-10-19)We show that bureaucrats can exploit discretion in hiring decisions to engage in forms of favoritism that hinder organizational performance. We do this in the context of the Mexican federal judiciary. The arrival of a judge ... -
Determinantes de los niveles de integración regional en las dos últimas décadas
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-09-09)La hipótesis principal del trabajo es que el mal desempeño de América Latina en términos de comercio intrarregional se explica por los altos niveles de costos comerciales. Se construyó una base de datos para el período ... -
Inequality and Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean: New Data for and Old Question
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-09-07)The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between inequality and crime, with a focus on the Latin America and Caribbean region.We find a significant, positive, and robust association between these variables. ... -
Estrategia de contención del COVID-19 en el Barrio Padre Carlos Mugica (Ciudad de Buenos Aires)
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-06-16)En el marco de la pandemia de la COVID-19 el presente estudio busca brindar evidencia sobre la efectividad de una estrategia integral en la contención del virus implementada por el Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires ... -
Waits and Delays in Road Freight Transport
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-05-06)This paper studies waits and delays in the trucking industry of a developing country: Colombia. We follow 186,000 longhaul trips over 926 routes between 2015 and 2019, using GPS devices located in trucks. We find that ... -
Misallocated Talent: Teen Pregnancy, Education and Job Sorting in Colombia
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-04-20)Policy makers and international organizations often argue that teenage pregnancy affects girls’ life trajectories by, for example, limiting their employment opportunities. These concerns are amplified in regions with high ... -
Bimodal Transport Infrastructure and Regional Development: Evidence from Argentina, 1960 - 1991
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-04-13)We estimate the impact of railroad and road infrastructure on local economic development through the study of massive transport infrastructure changes in Argentina. Following a World Bank study, 10,000 kilometers of railroads ... -
Learning About Opportunity: Spillovers of Elite School Admissions in Peru
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-03-29)This paper studies how the admission of a student to an elite school changes the schooling outcomes of younger cohorts in the student’s origin school in Peru. Using a sharp regression discontinuity design, the analysis ...
