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Date issued: mrt 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cesa-Bianchi, Ambrogio;Céspedes, Luis Felipe;Rebucci, Alessandro

This paper first compares house price cycles in advanced and emerging economies using a new quarterly house price dataset covering the period 1990- 2012. It is found that that house prices in…

Date issued: mrt 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Kaplan, David S.;Novella, Rafael;Rucci, Graciana;Vazquez, Claudia

This paper evaluates the impact of the Bono Trabajador Activo, a training voucher program in Chile, on workers' labor market outcomes. Using detailed administrative datasets of the National…

Date issued: mrt 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Finkelstein-Shapiro, Alan;González Gómez, Andrés

This paper builds a small open economy business cycle model with labor and financial market frictions that incorporates frictional, endogenous self-employment entry and a link between formal credit…

Date issued: mrt 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Estevadeordal, Antoni

For Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Asia has gone from an afterthought to a centerpiece of economic relations over the last decade. Seemingly out of nowhere, fast-growing Asian economies…

Date issued: mrt 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Estevadeordal, Antoni

Durante la última década, Asia ha pasado de ser una idea tardía a ser una pieza central de las relaciones económicas para América Latina y el Caribe (ALC). Aparentemente de la nada, economías…

Date issued: mrt 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Estevadeordal, Antoni

For Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Asia has gone from an afterthought to a centerpiece of economic relations over the last decade. Seemingly out of nowhere, fast-growing Asian economies…

Date issued: mrt 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fernández Martín, Andrés;Rud, Juan Pablo

This paper presents an integrated overview of the literature linking institutions, financial development and economic growth. From the large body of research on institutional development, the paper…

Date issued: mrt 2015
Author(s): Muñoz, Gonzalo;Ludeña, Carlos E.;Garcia, Alvaro;Martel, Pedro;Sammarco, Carlos

El documento ofrece un diagnóstico y análisis de los desafíos del sector rural en Paraguay, en el contexto de su relevancia para la formulación de la Estrategia de País del BID con Paraguay 2013-2017…

Date issued: mrt 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ramírez Bustamante, Natalia;Tribin Uribe, Ana Maria;Vargas, Carmiña

This study seeks to determine the impact on female labor outcomes of the amendment to the Colombian labor law that extended maternity leave from 12 to 14 weeks (Law 1468 of July 2011). To identify…

Date issued: mrt 2015
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Aldana, Maristella;Ronderos, Juan Gabriel;Weaver, Bernardo

This Annual Report reflects the work of the Office of Institutional Integrity (OII), the Case Officer (CO) and the Sanctions Committee (SNC), which are primarily responsible for overseeing the…