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Droughts and Domestic Violence: Measuring the Gender-Climate Nexus
Droughts and Domestic Violence: Measuring the Gender-Climate Nexus

Date issued: jan 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Aguilar-Gómez, Sandra;Salazar-Díaz, Andrea

Every year, 245 million women are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV). Climate change is hypothesized to exacerbate this figure through its disruptive impact on household livelihoods, among…
Competition Law and Regulations: Productivity Impacts in Latin American Manufacturing Firms
Competition Law and Regulations: Productivity Impacts in Latin American Manufacturing Firms

Date issued: jan 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Wong, Sara;Petreski, Marjan

This paper investigates the effects of competition laws and regulations on manufacturing firms productivity in Latin American countries (LACs), addressing a gap in existing research. Leveraging firm-…
Measures of hospital efficiency and quality
Measures of hospital efficiency and quality

Date issued: jan 2025
Author(s): Barraza-Lloréns, Mariana;Arceo-Schravesande, Adrian;Campos-Hernández, Ángel;Bauhoff, Sebastian;Bernal, Pedro

Hospitals are a critical component of health systems. This technical note proposes a policy-oriented framework for measuring hospital performance and provides a short list of indicators related to…
Medidas de eficiencia y calidad hospitalaria
Medidas de eficiencia y calidad hospitalaria

Date issued: jan 2025
Author(s): Barraza-Lloréns, Mariana;Arceo-Schravesande, Adrian;Campos-Hernández, Ángel;Bauhoff, Sebastian;Bernal, Pedro

Los hospitales son un componente crítico de los sistemas de salud. Esta nota técnica propone un marco orientado a las políticas para medir el desempeño de los hospitales y presenta una lista corta de…
Job Quality, Search, and Optimal Unemployment Contracts
Job Quality, Search, and Optimal Unemployment Contracts

Date issued: jan 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Da Costa, Carlos;Maestri, Lucas;Santos, Cezar

When searching for employment, workers consider non-wage job characteristics, such as effort requirements or amenities. We study an environment where unemployed workers search for jobs of different…
Evaluación de una adaptación del Programa HM en Uruguay
Evaluación de una adaptación del Programa HM en Uruguay

Date issued: jan 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): De Los Santos, Gabriela ;Erhardt, Cecilia ;Marroig, María ;Flores, Iván;Rasso-Masías, Paulina ;Székely, Miguel;Abizanda, Beatriz

Este documento presenta los resultados de evaluar el impacto de un programa de promoción de actitudes de género equitativas (Programa HM), aplicado a 326 estudiantes de secundaria de las áreas de…
The Impact of Multi-acquiring in the Payment System: Evidence from Uruguayan Financial Inclusion Program
The Impact of Multi-acquiring in the Payment System: Evidence from Uruguayan Financial Inclusion Program

Date issued: jan 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gandelman, Néstor;Roldán, Flavia;Viera, Sofía

This paper examines the transition from exclusive card network-acquirer relationships to a multi-acquiring model. Using the case of Uruguay's adoption of multi-acquiring in 2022, as part of a…
Los bootcamps en acción: abriendo la caja negra
Los bootcamps en acción: abriendo la caja negra

Date issued: jan 2025
Author(s): Henriquez, Pauline;Navarro, Juan Carlos;Vicentini, Isabel Cristina

Los bootcamps de programación son programas intensivos y de corta duración diseñados para desarrollar competencias digitales avanzadas. Esta publicación presenta los resultados de un análisis…
Assessing the Role of Tax-benefit Systems in Reducing the Gender Income Gap in Latin America
Assessing the Role of Tax-benefit Systems in Reducing the Gender Income Gap in Latin America

Date issued: jan 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Deza, María Cecilia;Dondo, Mariana;Jara, H. Xavier;Rodríguez Guerrero, David Arturo;Torres, Javier

This paper aims to assess the extent to which cash transfers, direct taxes, and social contributions help to reduce gender income inequalities in seven Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia,…
Regulation, Competition, and Market Power in Telecommunications across Latin America
Regulation, Competition, and Market Power in Telecommunications across Latin America

Date issued: jan 2025
Author(s): Clavijo, Renzo

This study examines the regulatory landscape and competitive dynamics in the telecommunications industry of five key Latin American countries: Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Brazil, and Chile. Focusing on…