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Date issued: feb 2025
Author(s): De Michele, Roberto;Alvarez Bollea, María Cecilia;Pieth, Mark;Betz, Kathryn

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has identified the need to develop a set of transparency and integrity principles (TIPs) understood as a series of recommended guidelines or best practices…

Date issued: feb 2025
Author(s): Schlinger, Melissa;VanAusdal, Karen;Schonert-Reichl, Kimberly Anne;Yang, Hyeri Mel;Suarez Enciso, Sonia

Now more than ever, the overall health and well-being of students and educators alike become a global priority for health-care professionals, educators, and families. Socialemotional learning (SEL)…

Date issued: feb 2025
Author(s): Schlinger, Melissa;VanAusdal, Karen;Schonert-Reichl, Kimberly Anne;Yang, Hyeri Mel;Suarez Enciso, Sonia

Hoy más que nunca, la salud y el bienestar general de estudiantes y educadores se ha convertido en una prioridad global para profesionales de la salud, educadores y familias. Las competencias de…

Date issued: feb 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alviarez, Vanessa;Pedroni, Peter;Powell, Andrew;Quevedo Rocha, Ingri Katherine

This study investigates the disconnect between falling agricultural commodity prices and persistent food inflation by applying a Heterogeneous Vector Autoregression (VAR) model to a panel of 203…

Date issued: feb 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Casacuberta, Carlos;Gandelman, Néstor

This paper examines the relationship between wages and market power at the firm level. We derive firm-specific measures of labor market power and present a natural decomposition of wage changes into…

Date issued: feb 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lluberas, Rodrigo

The functioning of the banking sector is key for economic growth. In this paper, we first gather banks' balance sheet monthly regulatory information in a consistent manner for seven Latin…

Date issued: feb 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Chauvin, Juan Pablo;Rubião, Rafael;Talamas Marcos, Miguel Ángel

Accurate demographic data are essential for effective policy design, yet private costs may deter individuals from truthfully reporting sensitive information. We examine this market failure and its…

Date issued: feb 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Díaz, Lina M.;Martínez Villarreal, Déborah;Márquez, Karina;Scartascini, Carlos

Cervical cancer, primarily caused by persistent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection, remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths among women in developing countries. Although HPV…

Date issued: feb 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Martínez, Claudia;Smith, Raimundo ;Perticará, Marcela

This study employs an event study methodology to analyze the overall impact of childbirth, as well as the birth of a child with a disability, on the labor market outcomes of mothers and fathers. We…

Date issued: feb 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Córdoba Solano, Daniela;Gomez-Trejos, Felipe;Vindas Quesada, Alberto

Research about trade liberalization's impact on markups has focused on manufacturing due to data availability considerations. How do these effects vary across sectors? Which industries become…