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Don’t blame the Messenger. A Field Experiment on Delivery Methods for Increasing Tax Compliance
(CAF, 2015-11)
The effect of different delivery mechanisms for increasing tax compliance has not been evaluated so far. This study conducts a field experiment in Colombia that varies the way the National Tax Agency contacts taxpayers on ...
Del dato administrativo de firmas al dato estadístico: desafíos a vencer en América Latina
(CAF, 2018-10-20)
El diseño, la implementación y la evaluación de las políticas públicas para el fomento de la productividad requieren cada vez más información estadística oportuna y de calidad. En los últimos veinte años, y especialmente ...
Quality Regulation and Competition: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Markets
(CAF, 2018-06)
We study the equilibrium effects of quality regulation on market outcomes by exploiting the staggered phase-in of bioequivalence requirements for generic drugs in Chile. While the objective of the regulation was to increase ...
Training or technical assistance? A field experiment to learn what works to increase managerial capital for female microentrepeneurs
(CAF, 2011)
This study evaluates the impacts of a business training program serving female microentrepreneurs in Lima that have previously benefited with the titling of their urban parcels. The intervention included personal development, ...
Un análisis de la criminalidad urbana en Colombia
(CAF, 2015-01)
Este trabajo hace una descripción detallada de las principales cifras de criminalidad de Bogotá, Medellín, Cali y Barranquilla – que abarcan el 30% de la población de Colombia – utilizando los datos de la Policía Nacional ...
La violencia de género en América Latina: diagnóstico, determinantes y opciones de política
(2018-01-24)
En los últimos años, se ha generado una demanda desde la sociedad civil y los gobiernos de América Latina para identificar los determinantes y las opciones de políticas que permitan reducir la violencia contra la mujer. ...
More to Live for: Health Investment Responses to Expected Retirement Wealth in Chile
(CAF, 2019-12-18)
A poorly understood but important way that economic conditions influence health is through the incentives that they create for health investments. In this paper, we study how individuals’ current health investments respond ...
Predicting Individual Wellbeing Through Test Scores: Evidence from a National Assessment in Mexico
(CAF, 2018-05)
We construct two longitudinal datasets that record students’ test scores in a national standardized exam in Mexico and track students from the end of primary (Grade 6) to the end of lower (Grade 9) and upper (Grade 12) ...
Efectos de un accidente ferroviario sobre la demanda del servicio: El caso de la tragedia de Once en Argentina
(CAF, 2019-12-19)
Este trabajo evalúa el impacto de un accidente ferroviario, conocido como la “Tragedia de Once”, sobre la demanda de viajes del servicio afectado en Argentina. Debido a que el accidente no puede considerarse como un choque ...
Human Capital and Financial Development: Firm-Level Interactions and Macroeconomic Implications
(CAF, 2019-12-04)
Capital-skill complementarity in production implies non-trivial interactions between availability of human capital and financial constraints. Firms that are constrained in their access to finance hire a lower proportion ...