Jul 2023
Author(s): Ochoa Chaves, Luisa;Jiménez Alvarado, Oscar Mario;Martínez de Lemos, Fernando
El proyecto de Expediente Digital Único en Salud (EDUS) es una iniciativa que Costa Rica impulsó en 2010 para organizar en un sólo archivo digitalizado la información médica y de la seguridad social…
Jul 2023
Author(s): Salas, Rodrigo
Los sistemas penitenciarios y los programas de rehabilitación y reinserción, tanto en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) en general como en Chile en particular, han sido abordados con un enfoque…
Jul 2023
Author(s): McRae, Shaun D.
This paper provides the first empirical estimates of the relationship between temperatures and household electricity consumption in Colombia, using electricity billing and weather data from 2010 to…
Jul 2023
Author(s): Soto Villagrán, Paula
Este estudio analiza la movilidad cotidiana de mujeres de tres municipios predominantemente rurales del estado de Hidalgo: Atlapexco, Yahualica y Xochiatipán. El principal hallazgo observado es la…
Jul 2023
Author(s): Vazquez, Claudia; Lince, Matías
A fines de 2021, Argentina implementó un programa de mejoramiento de vivienda por autoconstrucción destinado a mujeres residentes en barrios populares de todo el país. Al superar las inscriptas el…
Jul 2023
Author(s): Arrizaga, Rubí;Clarke, Damian;Cubillos, Pedro P.;Ruiz-Tagle V., Cristóbal
Wildfires are increasing in frequency and intensity. We study the impact of exposure to wildfires on air pollutants and on human health in Chile, finding substantial impacts on both classes of…
Jul 2023
Author(s): Chainey, Spencer;Estévez-Soto, Patricio;Pezzuchi, Gastón;Serrano, Rodrigo
En 2017, un programa de PPC fue implementado en cuatro ciudades de la República Argentina: La Plata, Morón, Santa Fe y Tres de Febrero. Cada intervención fue diseñada siguiendo la misma metodología e…
Jul 2023
Author(s): Oliveira, Lucas Gabriel Martins de
The objective of this paper is to develop a basic framework for the implementation of a GDP nowcasting strategy using Brazilian data. Our goal is to identify a scalable strategy that allows us to…
Jul 2023
Author(s): Itriago, Déborah
A pesar de los avances en igualdad de género en la región andina, las mujeres aún muestran baja autonomía económica. El presente estudio propone promover iniciativas integrales que aborden las…
Jun 2023
Author(s): Rossi, José Luiz;Doyle, Morgan
Em um mundo pós-pandêmico, políticas que facilitem a transformação digital e o uso equilibrado do abundante capital natural do Brasil serão vitais para alcançar um crescimento inclusivo e sustentável…
Jun 2023
Author(s): Rossi, José Luiz;Doyle, Morgan
Brazil was already facing a sluggish economic recovery prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Between 2014 and 2016, the country experienced a deep recession marked by substantial drop in economic activity…
Jun 2023
Author(s): Arkema, Katie;Bailey, Allison;Chávez Cerón, Valeria;Guerrero Compeán, Roberto;Menéndez Fernandez, Pelayo;Reguero, Borja;Ruckelshaus, Mary;Silver, Jessica
We present two case studies in which coastal vulnerability modeling was used to quantify the role those coastal ecosystems play in reducing risk to coastal communities now and with future sea-level…
Jun 2023
Author(s): Spencer, Nekeisha
The damaging effects of extreme weather on residential real estate are concerning for many countries around the world. Results from combining hurricane and rainfall events with 16 years of data on…
Jun 2023
Author(s): Duryea, Suzanne;Ribas, Rafael P.;Sampaio, Breno;Sampaio, Gustavo R.;Trevisan, Giuseppe
This paper investigates the long-term impact on earnings of attending a tuition-free, top-quality university in Brazil. We identify the causal effect through a sharp discontinuity in an admission…
Jun 2023
Author(s): Sousa, José Eduardo Gonçalves de;Gutiérrez Briceño, Jose Alejandro
This paper develops an alternative approach for estimating the potential output and the output gap, intending to serve as a good balance between a simple low data requiring method and a powerful but…
Jun 2023
Author(s): Vera-Cossio, Diego A.;Hoffmann, Bridget;Pecha, Camilo;Gallego, Jorge;Stampini, Marco;Vargas, David;Medina, María Paula;Álvarez, Esteban
We exploit an expansion in social protection to middle-income households to provide evidence on how middle-income households cope with economic shocks and how to build their resilience. We use a…
Jun 2023
Author(s): Pailhé, Cristina
En 2020 las empresas de mujeres representaban el 33% de las micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas (mipymes) argentinas. Las mipymes de mujeres usualmente se encuentran financieramente desatendidas y se…
Jun 2023
Author(s): Arcia, Diego;Pinto Carrillo, Augusto César;Espinosa Restrepo, León
Esta publicación describe los sistemas de ordenación del territorio en 26 países de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), profundizando en 13 de ellos. El análisis abordó los marcos normativos, las…
Jun 2023
Author(s): Krakowski, Krzysztof;Ronconi, Lucas
Does compliance with low-cost civic duties increase demand for social accountability? We address this question by conducting a field experiment at train stations in Buenos Aires. We create exogenous…
Jun 2023
Author(s): Cusato, Antonio;Castillo, José Luis;IDB Invest
We exploit the staggered expansion of the internet broadband network to firms and bank branches locations in Peru during the last decade to study non-financial firm performance and bank credit…