Discrimination Against Workers From Slums: What Is its Extent, What Explains It, and How Do We Tackle It?
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…
Brecha de ingresos laborales por género en América Latina y el Caribe: un análisis de sus diferentes componentes y determinantes
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…
More Information, Lower Price? Access Market-based Reference Prices and Gains in Public Procurement Efficiency
Mar 2023
Author(s): Martinez-Carrasco, José;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…
Envejecimiento y atención a la dependencia en Brasil
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…
Effective Carbon Rates on Energy Use in Latin America and the Caribbean: Estimates and Directions of Reform
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…
Uruguay: el extraordinario recorrido de un líder ambiental
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…
Rendimiento social de la banca pública: indicadores basados en cantidades
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…
Estudios socio ambientales y proyectos de resiliencia climatica: caso de estudio: Recife, Pernambuco
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…
Signaling Specific Skills and the Labor Market of College Graduates
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…
Import Processing and Trade Costs
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…
The Causal Impact of Covid-19 Government-backed Loans on MSMEs Liquidity and Earnings
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…
Econometric Estimation of the Capital Stock and the Production Function: The Case of the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, and Suriname
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…
Challenges for Measuring the LGBT+ Population and Homophobia in Mexico
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…
Drones en la construcción: el valor que las tecnologías de drones aportan al sector de la construcción en América Latina
Feb 2023
Author(s): Ramirez Rufino, Smeldy;Rodriguez Porcel, Manuel;Perez Richiez, Orlando;Seré, Jorge;Buczkowski, Aleksander;Morales, Matilde;Bieniek, Kamil
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…
Drones in Construction: Unpacking the Value that Drone Technologies Bring to the Construction Sector Across Latin America
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…
Creating Opportunities and Building Resilience: Priorities for a Sustainable Recovery: The IDB Group in the Central American Isthmus and the Dominican Republic: Activities Report 2022.
Feb 2023
Author(s): Inter American Development Bank;IDB Invest;IDB Lab
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…
Generación de oportunidades y mayor resiliencia: prioridades para una recuperación sostenible: el Grupo BID en el Istmo Centroamericano y la República Dominicana: informe de actividades 2022
Feb 2023
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;BID Invest;BID Lab
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…
Is there discrimination against children of same-sex households? Evidence from an experimental study in Colombia
Feb 2023
Author(s): Cantet, Natalia;Feld, Brian;Hernández, Mónica
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…
Self-Fulfilling Debt Crises with Long Stagnations
Feb 2023
Author(s): Navarro, Gaston;Nicolini, Juan Pablo;Teles, Pedro
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…
The Transition to Telework in Latin America and the Caribbean: Key Findings using LinkedIn data
Feb 2023
Author(s): Prada, María Fernanda;Rucci, Graciana;Saavedra, Fabiola
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…