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Jul 2025
The main objective of this study is to analyze the relevance of economic and institutional factors in shaping the dynamics of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). To this end, several econometric…

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Jul 2025
Lograr resultados en la implementación de políticas públicas requiere algo más que buenas ideas: exige coordinación. Sin embargo, en América Latina y el Caribe, muchas instituciones aún operan en…

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Jul 2025
We leverage newly linked data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis to study transactions within U.S. multinational enterprises (MNEs). We show that using…

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Jul 2025
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The ability of countries in Latin America to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by mid-century, the target set by the Paris Agreement, will depend critically on citizen support. To gauge…

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Jul 2025
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We study how monetary policy affects inflation uncertainty. Using a survey of Mexican firms and exploiting quasi-random variation in the response date, we estimate the effect of a monetary policy…

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Jul 2025
In recent decades, the evaluation of social programs has focused on measuring their impact, prioritizing effects on outcome indicators and, more recently, on intermediate indicators. This document…

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Jul 2025
En las últimas décadas, la evaluación de programas sociales se ha centrado en medir su impacto, priorizando los efectos en indicadores de resultados y, más recientemente, en indicadores intermedios.…

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Jul 2025
La Encuesta de Demanda de Habilidades Laborales, se levantó en Ecuador en el año 2024 y es representativa para las ciudades de Quito y Guayaquil, los polos económicos más importantes del país. Los…

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Jul 2025
Las vacantes laborales online proporcionan información detallada, granular y en tiempo real sobre la demanda laboral. Con ellas, es posible complementar las fuentes tradicionales de datos y, por…

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Jul 2025
This report compiles comparable tax revenue statistics over the period 1990-2023 for 27 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. It provides harmonised data on the level and structure of tax…