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Housing Policy Matters for the Poor: Housing Conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1995-2006
Housing Policy Matters for the Poor: Housing Conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1995-2006

Date issued: 12월 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Rojas, Eduardo;Medellín, Nadin

This paper discusses the evolution of housing conditions in urban areas of Latin America and the Caribbean from 1995 to 2006 based on data from household surveys done in 18 countries that comprise 95…
Latin American Middle Classes: The Distance between Perception and Reality
Latin American Middle Classes: The Distance between Perception and Reality

Date issued: 12월 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lora, Eduardo;Fajardo, Johanna

The main contribution of this paper with respect to previous work is the use of data on subjective perceptions to identify the Latin American middle classes. This paper provides a set of comparisons…
Unemployment in Bolivia: Risks and Labor Market Policies
Unemployment in Bolivia: Risks and Labor Market Policies

Date issued: 12월 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Hernani-Limarino, Werner L.;Villegas, María;Yáñez, Ernesto

This paper attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of Bolivia's labor market institutions, particularly the Plan Nacional de Empleo de Emergencia (PLANE). It is found that unemployment as…
Protecting Workers against Unemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean: Evidence from Argentina
Protecting Workers against Unemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean: Evidence from Argentina

Date issued: 12월 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): González Rozada, Martín;Ronconi, Lucas;Ruffo, Hernán

This paper takes advantage of several reforms that provide time and cross sectional variation to identify the effects of unemployment insurance and severance payments on the duration of unemployment…
Policy-Induced Social Interactions and Schooling Decisions
Policy-Induced Social Interactions and Schooling Decisions

Date issued: 12월 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bobba, Matteo;Gignoux, Jérémie

This paper considers a conditional cash transfer program targeting poor households in small rural villages and studies the effects of the geographic proximity between villages on individual…
Health Perceptions in Latin America
Health Perceptions in Latin America

Date issued: 12월 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lora, Eduardo

This is the first study that uniformly analyzes health perceptions in all of Latin America and tests in a systematic way their relation to economic conditions at the country, income group and…
Prudent Banks and Creative Mimics: Can We Tell the Difference?
Prudent Banks and Creative Mimics: Can We Tell the Difference?

Date issued: 12월 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Powell, Andrew;Miller, Marcus;Maier, Antonia

The recent financial crisis has forced a rethink of banking regulation and supervision and the role of financial innovation. This paper develops a model where prudent banks may signal their type…
The Presidency and the Executive Branch in Latin America: What We Know and What We Need to Know
The Presidency and the Executive Branch in Latin America: What We Know and What We Need to Know

Date issued: 12월 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bonvecchi, Alejandro;Scartascini, Carlos

The presidential politics literature depicts presidents either as all-powerful actors or figureheads and seeks to explain outcomes accordingly. The president and the executive branch are nonetheless…
When Should Developing Countries Announce Their Climate Policy?
When Should Developing Countries Announce Their Climate Policy?

Date issued: 12월 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fernández, Jorge;Miller, Sebastián J.

This paper provides a rationale for developing countries to announce future credible commitments to reduce GHG emissions even if these are not to materialize in the short run, and for domestic…
A Short-Term Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation of Better-Quality Daycare Centers
A Short-Term Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation of Better-Quality Daycare Centers

Date issued: 12월 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Barros, Ricardo;Carvalho, Mirela de;Franco, Samuel;Mendonça, Rosane;Rosalém, Andrezza

Studies of the effects of pre-school programs on child development in developing countries have found scant impact. This study was conducted to reconcile the importance of daycare for child…