Does Contracting-Out Primary Care Services Work?: The Case of Rural Guatemala
Oct 2011
Author(s): Cristia, Julian P.; Evans, William N.; Beomsoo, Kim
This paper estimates the impact of a large-scale contracting-out program in Guatemala, using two waves of living standard measurement surveys which collected data before and after the expansion of…
Conexiones del desarrollo: Impacto de las nuevas tecnologías de la información
May 2011
Author(s): Shapiro, Jeremy P.; Berlinski, Samuel; Pinzon, Mauricio; Severin, Eugenio; Azevedo, Viviane; Cathles, Alison; Cristia, Julian P.; Crespi, Gustavo; Grazzi, Matteo; Savonitto, Beniamino; Galindo, Arturo; Busso, Matías; Chong, Alberto E.; De Mendoza, Gabriela; Bouillon, César P.; Glassman, Amanda; León, Gianmarco
Formuladores de políticas públicas y académicos concuerdan en que las computadoras, Internet y la telefonía celular, entre otras tecnologías de la información, pueden contribuir al desarrollo…
Does Energy Consumption Respond to Price Shocks?: Evidence from a Regression-Discontinuity Design
Dec 2010
Author(s): Bastos, Paulo; Castro, Lucio; Cristia, Julian P.; Scartascini, Carlos
This paper exploits unique features of a recently introduced tariff schedule for natural gas in Buenos Aires to estimate the short-run impact of price shocks on residential energy utilization. The…