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Estrada, Ricardo (2)Faguet, Jean-Paul (2)Sánchez, Fabio (2)Berniell, Inés (1)Betancourt, Alejandro (1)Brassiolo, Pablo (1)Buonnano, Paolo (1)Dorna, Guadalupe (1)Duque, Juan Carlos (1)Duque, Valentina (1)... View More

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Equidad e inclusión social (16)
Investigación socioeconómica (13)Educación (7)Desarrollo social (6)Economía (6)Pobreza (6)Políticas públicas (4)Salud (4)Sector público (3)Servicios públicos (3)... View More

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Poor Little Children: The Socioeconomic Gap in Parental Responses to School Disadvantage 

Berniell, Inés; Estrada, Ricardo (CAF, 2017-11-08)
In this paper, we study how parents react to a widely-used school policy that puts some children at a learning disadvantage. Specifically, we first document that, in line with findings in other countries, younger children ...
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Inequality, Crime, and the Long Run Legacy of Slavery 

Buonnano, Paolo; Vargas, Juan (CAF, 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 ...
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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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Exploring the Potential of Machine Learning for Automatic Slum Identification from VHE Imagery 

Duque, Juan Carlos; Patino, Jorge Eduardo; Betancourt, Alejandro (CAF, 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 ...
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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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Decisiones laborales en América Latina: el caso de los emprendedores 

Gluzmann, Pablo; Jaume, David; Gasparini, Leonardo (CAF, 2012)
Los países de América Latina han experimentado fuertes transformaciones en sus mercados laborales, las cuales han tenido consecuencias en términos sociales y productivos. Analizar al mercado laboral, y en particular a las ...
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El tamaño del estado y su impacto redistributivo en América Latina 

Ocampo, José Antonio; Malagón, Jonathan (CAF, 2011)
Este ensayo analiza la evolución del gasto público en América Latina a lo largo de las dos últimas décadas, y ofrece como referencia una perspectiva de más larga duración cuando la disponibilidad de estadísticas lo permite. ...
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Flexibility matters: do more rigid loan contracts reduce demand for microfinance? 

Pearlman, Sarah (CAF, 2010)
Despite the rapid expansion of microfinance services in the past several decades, the low use of formal credit exhibited by poor households, the high dropout rates experienced by many microfinance institutions, and the ...
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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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Subsidios al consumo de los servicios públicos: reflexiones a partir del caso colombiano 

Méndez, Marcela (CAF, 2008)
Este artículo presenta una evaluación del esquema de subsidios cruzados a las tarifas de servicios públicos vigentes en Colombia, basada en el análisis de encuestas de hogares, y estudia las propiedades de esquemas ...
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