Mar 2023
Author(s): Álvarez, Carlos Miguel;Díaz, Lina M.
En este informe se comparten los resultados del Chequeo digital 2022 en Venezuela, una herramienta diseñada para que las pequeñas y medianas empresas obtengan un diagnóstico sobre su nivel de madurez…
Mar 2023
Author(s): Zanoni, Wladimir;Díaz, Lina M.
The increasing number of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia, which now exceeds 2.9 million, has raised concerns about their potential discrimination and socioeconomic integration. We propose a novel…
Mar 2023
Author(s): Zanoni, Wladimir;Acevedo, Paloma;Zane, Giulia;Hernández, Hugo
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
Author(s): Martinez-Carrasco, José;Conceição, Otavio ;Dezolt, Ana Lúcia
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
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Chalup, Miguel
This study analyzes gender earnings gap in 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. It finds a significant difference in hourly earnings between men and women in most of the region. It also…
Mar 2023
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Chalup, Miguel
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
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Chalup, Miguel
No presente documento é analisada a diferença de rendimentos salariais por gnero em 18 países da América Latina e Caribe. Observa-se que existe uma diferença significativa no pagamento por hora entre…
Mar 2023
Author(s): Peroni, Fabiana da Mota;Gruchovski Veríssimo, Larissa C.;Goes Shibata, Leonardo;Aranco, Natalia
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
Author(s): Ahumada, Hildegart;Espina-Mairal, Santos;Navajas, Fernando;Rasteletti, Alejandro
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
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;González, Rubén;Ortega, Gloria
La transformación digital tiene el potencial de cambiar estructuralmente la forma en la que instituciones públicas, organizaciones de la sociedad civil y otros actores interactúan entre sí. El…
Mar 2023
Author(s): Bendersky, Matías;Brusa, Federico
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
Author(s): Támola, Alejandro;Fernández Díez, María Carmen;Botteon, Claudia;Pollini, Andrea
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…
Mar 2023
Author(s): Catacoli, Ruth Alejandra;Rojas, Julio
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
Author(s): Busso, Matías;Montaño, Sebastián;Muñoz-Morales, Juan S.
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
Author(s): Carballo, Jerónimo;Graziano, Alejandro;Schaur, Georg;Volpe Martincus, Christian
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
Author(s): Cerda, Maikol;Gertler, Paul;Higgins, Sean;Montoya, Ana María;Parrado, Eric;Undurraga, Raimundo
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
Author(s): Baca Campodónico, Jorge F.;Reyes-Tagle, Gerardo
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
Author(s): Gutiérrez Fernández, Emilio;Rubli, Adrian
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
Author(s): Alviarez, Vanessa;Fioretti, Michele;Kikkawa, Ken;Morlacco, Monica
We develop a quantitative theory of prices in firm-to-firm trade with bilateral negotiations and two-sided market power. Markups reflect oligopoly and oligopsony forces, with relative bargaining…
Feb 2023
Author(s): Ramirez Rufino, Smeldy;Rodriguez Porcel, Manuel;Perez Richiez, Orlando;Seré, Jorge;Buczkowski, Aleksander;Morales, Matilde;Bieniek, Kamil
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…