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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 ...
Intra-bloc tariffs and preferential margins in trade agreements
(CAF, 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, 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, ...
Roads illuminate development: Using nightlight luminosity to assess the impact of transport infrastructure
(CAF, 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, 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 ...
Intergenerational earnings mobility and macroeconomic shocks: Evidence based on administrative records
(CAF, 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 ...
Envejecimiento y cuidados: principales características para cinco países de América Latina
(CAF, 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, ...
Motherhood and the Allocation of Talent
(CAF, 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, 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 ...
Going subnational: wage differentials across levels of government in Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay
(CAF, 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 ...