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Date issued: 10月 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Aranco, Natalia;Stampini, Marco;Ibarrarán, Pablo;Rivas Herrera, Carolina

We estimate and analyze unpaid care for children, persons with disabilities, and older people in Latin America and the Caribbean using information from ten time-use surveys and imputation and…

Date issued: 10月 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Aranco, Natalia;Stampini, Marco;Ibarrarán, Pablo;Rivas Herrera, Carolina

El presente estudio estima y analiza los cuidados no remunerados de niños, personas con discapacidad y personas mayores en América Latina y el Caribe a partir de la información de diez encuestas de…

Date issued: 10月 2026
Author(s): Alviarez, Vanessa;Cevallos Fujiy, Brian;Espinoza Escobar, Angel De Jesus;Święcki, Tomasz

Do the boundaries of the multinational firm shape how shocks propagate through global production networks? We link U.S. Bill of Lading microdata, geocoded natural disaster records, and cross-border…

Date issued: 10月 2026
Author(s): Cruces, Guillermo;Fernández Meijide, Diego;Galiani, Sebastián;Gálvez, Ramiro H.;Lombardi, María

Does generative artificial intelligence (AI) reinforce or reduce productivity differences across workers? Existing evidence largely studies AI within firms and occupations, where organizational…

Date issued: 10月 2026
Author(s): Moreno, Kenji;Beverinotti, Javier

Peruvian local governments manage close to 40% of national public investment, yet they execute on average only 60% of their budget. This study examines the causes of low execution at the project…

Date issued: 10月 2026
Author(s): Moreno, Kenji;Beverinotti, Javier

Los gobiernos locales peruanos gestionan cerca del 40 % de la inversión pública nacional, pero solo ejecutan, de media, el 60 % de su presupuesto. Este estudio analiza las causas de la baja ejecución…

Date issued: 10月 2026
Author(s): Hernández-Pizarro, Helena;Maynou, Laia;Prades-Colomé, Albert

Population ageing is raising the demand for long-term care (LTC), leading many countries to develop publicly funded LTC systems. However, little is known about whether the benefits these systems…

Date issued: 10月 2026
Author(s): Busso, Matías;González-Velosa, Carolina;Muñoz-Morales, Juan S.;Ruiz, Juanita;Valencia Romero, Juan Diego;van der Werf, Cynthia

This paper studies whether government-issued skill certification improves labor market integration when workers skills are hard to verify. We evaluate a randomized offer of access to an occupation-…

Date issued: 10月 2026
Author(s): Angel Quintana, Daniel Mateo;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor

This paper examines whether infrastructure projects that incorporate sustainability, inclusion, and resilience (SIR) components differ from traditional investments in economic appraisal outcomes.…

Date issued: 10月 2026
Author(s): Borges, Cíntia;Tejerina, Luis;Gouvea, Livia;Chavez Mendoza, Cecilia

Este estudio de caso examina el proceso de modernización del Cadastro Único, destacando cómo la combinación de innovación tecnológica, integración de bases administrativas y fortalecimiento…