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Government transparency and political clientelism: Evidence from randomized anti-corruption audits in Brazil
(CAF, 2019-01-31)
Political clientelism is considered a fundamental reason why politicians are not accountable and responsive to their constituencies. In this working paper, we study whether transparency initiatives – more specifically, ...
Political constraints and state capacity: Evidence from a land allocation program in Mexico
(CAF, 2015-07-20)
In this paper we contribute to the understanding of the politics of state building. We emphasize that incumbent clientelistic parties might have incentives to sustain state fragility when politically challenged. We develop ...
Los efectos de un programa de transferencias de ingresos en la ciudad de Buenos Aires
(CAF, 2015-06-01)
Las transferencias condicionadas de ingreso, ampliamente extendidas en América Latina, afectan decisiones económicas de sus beneficiarios y tienen impactos sobre distintas dimensiones de su bienestar. En este trabajo, ...
Losing health insurance when young: Impacts on usage of medical services and health
(CAF, 2015-04)
In this study we exploit a regulation in Colombia that exogenously changes health insurance coverage of young adult dependents, specifically those turning 18 years old, to analyze the effects of losing health insurance ...
El empleo público en América Latina. Evidencia de las encuestas de hogares
(CAF, 2014-09-13)
El objetivo de este trabajo es aportar evidencia sobre el empleo público en América Latina durante las últimas dos décadas (período 1992-2012). Éste es un trabajo descriptivo que provee un panorama del empleo público en ...
Government Spending Efficiency in Latin America: A Frontier Approach
(CAF, 2014-09)
Government spending efficiency in providing education and health is evaluated across countries of the world, with a special emphasis on Latin American countries. Using stochastic frontier and data envelopment analysis, it ...
State Capabilities in Colombian Municipalities: Measurements and Determinants
(Universidad de los Andes; CEDE; CAF, 2014-08)
This paper constructs a comprehensive set of State Capacity indicators for Colombian municipalities, focusing in four basic governmental capabilities: fiscal, financial, physical and operational. First, a group of relevant ...
Endogenous Taxation in Ongoing Internal Conflict: The Case of Colombia
(CAF, 2014-02)
Recent empirical evidence at the cross-country and subnational levels suggests that internal conflicts harm state capacity and tax performance. On the face of it this is odd: internal conflict should create strong incentives ...
Diferencias en la calidad de la educación e ineficiencia: un análisis basado en el método de frontera estocástica.
(CAF, 2012)
En este trabajo se emplea información acerca del desempeño escolar a nivel de establecimiento educativo para Chile y Perú con el objeto de estudiar la eficiencia en la provisión de servicios educación en la dimensión de ...
State formation, tax structures and mineral abundance Chile and Peru, 1850-1930s
(CAF, 2010)
The paper assesses the impact of natural resource abundance on state formation by looking at how tax structures responded to booming periods in the early ages of the Chilean and Peruvian republic, 1850-1930s. The paper ...