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Faguet, Jean-Paul (2)Lustig, Nora (2)Sánchez, Fabio (2)Alves, Guillermo (1)Alzúa, María Laura (1)Bellés-Obrero, Cristina (1)Brassiolo, Pablo (1)Bro, Naim (1)Daude, Christian (1)Dorna, Guadalupe (1)... View More

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Desarrollo social (12)
Investigación socioeconómica (10)Equidad e inclusión social (6)Economía (4)Educación (4)Pobreza (3)Políticas públicas (3)Salud (3)Trabajo y protección social (3)Ciudades (2)... View More

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Determinants of Slum Formation: The Role of Local Politics and Policies 

Alves, Guillermo (CAF, 2018-01)
One-third of the developing world’s population lives in urban slums and the absolute number of slum residents grew from 650 million in 1990 to 863 million in 2012. Although negative impacts of slum living conditions on ...
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On the middle 70%. The impact of fiscal policy on the emerging middle class in Latin America using Commitment to Equity 

Daude, Christian; Lustig, Nora; Melguizo, Angel; Perea, Jose Ramon (CAF, 2017-08-05)
This paper analyzes the effects of indirect and direct taxes, as well as monetary and in-kind transfers on the income distribution in nine Latin American countries applying the CEQ methodology and using household and ...
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The impact of taxes and social spending on inequality and poverty in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico and Peru: a synthesis of results 

Lustig, Nora; Gray Molina, George; Higgins, Sean; Jaramillo, Miguel; Jiménez, Wilson; Paz, Verónica; Pereira, Claudiney; Pessino, Carola; Scott, John; Yáñez, Ernesto (CAF, 2012)
We apply a standard tax and benefit incidence analysis to estimate the impact on inequality and poverty of direct taxes, indirect taxes and subsidies, and social spending (cash and food transfers and in-kind transfers in ...
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Workfare and crime: evidence for Argentina 

Alzúa, María Laura (CAF, 2011)
This paper investigates the effect of introducing a massive workfare program on property crimes. In order to circumvent the endogeneity problem common to joint factors determining crime and demand for workfare we make use ...
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Job training, selection and self discovery 

Ortega, Daniel; Mata, Adriana (CAF, 2013)
We randomly assign 1250 unemployed men and women to be invited once or twice to a specific-skills training program offered by a large multinational firm as part of its social responsibility efforts. Individuals with the ...
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Decentralization and Access to Social Services in Colombia 

Faguet, Jean-Paul; Sánchez, Fabio (CAF, 2009)
A central claim in favor of decentralization is that it will improve access to public services, but few studies examine this question empirically. This paper explores the effects of decentralization to access to health and ...
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Improving the education and health of the poor: decentralization and policy reform in Colombia 

Faguet, Jean-Paul (CAF, 2009)
A central claim in favor of decentralization is that it will improve access to public services, but few studies examine this question empirically. This paper, the policyoriented companion to Faguet and Sánchez (2009), ...
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Will you marry me, later? Age-of-marriage laws and child marriage in Mexico 

Bellés-Obrero, Cristina; Lombardi, María (CAF, 2020-11-03)
We provide empirical evidence on the impact of raising the minimum age of marriage to 18 years old on child marriage, early motherhood, and school enrollment in Mexico. Using a difference-in-differences model that takes ...
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Integrating Early-life Shocks and Human Capital Investments on Children´s Education 

Duque, Valentina; Rosales-Rueda, María; Sánchez, Fabio (CAF, 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) ...
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What is the Role of Urban Growth on Inequality, and Segregation? The Case of Urban Argentina´s Urban Agglomerations 

Goytia, Cynthia; Dorna, Guadalupe (CAF, 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 ...
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