Mar 2023
Nearly 120 million people reside in urban slums in Latin America and the Caribbean, where precarious housing and socioeconomic circumstances testify to deep inequality. This paper investigates…
Mar 2023
En el presente documento se analiza la brecha de género en ingresos laborales en 18 países de América Latina y el Caribe. Se observa que existe una brecha de ingresos significativa en el ingreso por…
Mar 2023
The paper examines the impact of providing market-based reference prices on public procurement efficiency in Brazil. Specifically, the study focuses on the State Secretariat of Health (SES) in Rio…
Mar 2023
Al igual que otros países de América Latina y el Caribe, Brasil experimenta un rápido proceso de envejecimiento poblacional. La transición demográfica, sumada a las mejores condiciones de vida de la…
Mar 2023
This paper estimates effective carbon rates (ECRs) on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from energy use for 18 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. We follow a methodology developed by the…
Mar 2023
Uruguay ha demostrado que la apuesta por la sostenibilidad es compatible e incluso conducente al crecimiento económico. En los últimos 30 años, el país ha reducido las emisiones de gases de efecto…
Mar 2023
Tradicionalmente, ha sido difícil medir el rendimiento social de las actividades de la banca pública, ya que los sistemas de información contable y financiera capturan indicadores relevantes para…
Estudios socio ambientales y proyectos de resiliencia climatica: caso de estudio: Recife, Pernambuco
Mar 2023
El municipio de Recife, nordeste de Brasil, Estado de Pernambuco, se ubica dentro de las ciudades con mayor de afectación producto del cambio climático (la primera en Latinoamérica). En el 2022, la…
Feb 2023
We study how signaling skills that are specific to college majors affect labor market outcomes of college graduates. We rely on census-like data and a regression discontinuity design to study the…
Feb 2023
We estimate import processing costs based on the time it takes to import. Our theory extends existing time-cost measures to account for uncertainty in import processing. We use detailed, highly…
Feb 2023
We conducted two randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate the impact of government-guaranteed loans offered by the Chilean and Colombian governments. The public funds of these programs greatly…
Feb 2023
Most studies of total factor productivity (TFP) and long-term production functions use capital stock time series obtained from ad hoc estimates of the rate of depreciation and the initial capital…
Feb 2023
We contribute to understanding the challenges for estimating the size of the LGBTQ population and discriminatory sentiment against it by surveying 10,003 individuals, whom we randomize into a direct…
Feb 2023
El uso de la tecnología de drones en proyectos de capital es un área de crecimiento impresionante. A medida que los drones se vuelven más disponibles, los reguladores están permitiendo gradualmente…
Feb 2023
The use of drone technology in capital projects is an emerging area that holds promise for growth. Drones are becoming more widely available, and regulatory bodies are gradually allowing their use on…
Feb 2023
In 2022, the Central American region and the Dominican Republic expected to continue its path towards economic recovery that it had begun in 2021. However, new external shocks interrupted these…
Feb 2023
En 2022 se esperaba continuar la senda de recuperación económica iniciada en 2021 para la región de Centroamérica y República Dominicana, pero nuevos choques externos deterioraron estas perspectivas…
Feb 2023
We measure the extent of discrimination against same-sex couples by schools in Colombia using a matched-pair correspondence study. We send requests to visit private schools from several couples of…
Feb 2023
We assess the quantitative relevance of expectations-driven sovereign debt crises, focusing on the Southern European crisis of the early 2010s and the Argentine default of 2001. The source of…
Feb 2023
The COVID-19 crisis generated a sudden need for businesses to start operating remotely, and for employees to work from home. In consequence, the use of telework increased rapidly in Latin America and…