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The Long and Winding Roads: Roads, Inequality, and Growth in Colombia
(CAF, 2022-11-01)
We measure the impact on economic performance and land ownership inequality in municipalities of a large scale program of road network expansions and improvements that occurred in Colombia between 1993 to 2012. The treatment ...
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 ...
La movilidad educativa intergeneracional en el siglo XX en América Latina y el Caribe
(CAF, 2021-12-29)
En este trabajo aportamos nuevas mediciones de movilidad educativa intergeneracional para América Latina y el Caribe a partir de datos censales armonizados para 22 países. Producimos estimaciones de medidas de movildiad ...
Surnames and Social Rank: Long-term Traits of Social Mobility in Colombia and Chile
(CAF, 2021-12-16)
In the last two years, Colombia and Chile have witnessed strong social protests, characterized by slogans against inequality and the lack of social mobility. In this study we propose a comparative study on social mobility ...
Educational Mobility Across Three Generations in Latin American Countries
(CAF, 2023-07-27)
This paper presents new evidence on educational mobility across
three generations in six Latin American countries (LAC). Combining survey information with national census data we build a
data set with 50,000 triads of ...
Will you marry me, later? Age-of-marriage laws and child marriage in Mexico
(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 ...
Microdatos para el estudio de la productividad en América Latina
(CAF, 2018-07)
La creciente disponibilidad de microdatos empresariales ha permitido a los investigadores indagar sobre el papel que la heterogeneidad entre las empresas o establecimientos productivos juega para explicar la productividad ...
Inequality and Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean: New Data for and Old Question
(CAF, 2021-09-07)
The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between inequality and crime, with a focus on the Latin America and Caribbean region.We find a significant, positive, and robust association between these variables. ...
Local externalities in labor markets: congestion and information flow among peers
(CAF, 2020-12-16)
We explore local externalities in labor markets, exploiting the random assignment of a large-scale internship program in Argentina. Examining the probability of registered employment in the 12 months after the program, we ...
Distribución espacial del empleo formal en la ciudad autónoma de buenos aires: un diagnóstico a partir de registros administrativos
(CAF, 2018-12-01)
A partir de información geográfica detallada del universo de establecimientos productivos y del empleo registrado en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires este trabajo documenta la localización del empleo en la ciudad en el ...