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Date issued:
Jun 2013
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Using a hedonic residential rent model for Brazil's metropolitan areas calibrated with microdata from Brazil's annual household survey, this study estimates that increasing the sense of…
Date issued:
Jun 2013
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Generative AI enabled
This paper uses a natural policy experiment to estimate how changes in the costs of engaging in criminal activity may influence adolescents¿ decisions in crime participation and school attendance.…
Date issued:
Jun 2013
The IDB's support for Urban Transportation projects in Latin America has grown rapidly in recent years, with annual lending volume for the urban transport sector growing by 36% from 2005 to 2012…
Date issued:
Jun 2013
El apoyo del BID para proyectos de transporte urbano en América Latina ha experimentado un rápido crecimiento en los últimos años, con un aumento del 36% entre 2005 y 2012 en el volumen anual de…
Date issued:
Jun 2013
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Generative AI enabled
The effects of early life circumstances on cognitive skill formation are important for later human capital development, labor market outcomes and well-being. In this paper, we test the hypothesis…
Date issued:
Jun 2013
The crime and violence situation in Latin America and the Caribbean is dire and the costs can be astronomical for a region with many unsatisfied needs. This edition of IDEA draws from recent IDB…
Date issued:
Jun 2013
La situación del crimen y la violencia en América Latina y el Caribe es desastrosa y los costos pueden llegar a ser astronómicos en una región con numerosas necesidades no satisfechas. Esta edición…
Date issued:
Jun 2013
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Generative AI enabled
A segunda edição da série Instituições para o Povo mostra os bancos públicos de desenvolvimento da América Latina e do Caribe frente a um novo paradigma.Nos seis capítulos que compõem o estudo, o…
Date issued:
Jun 2013
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Generative AI enabled
This paper documents the relationship between regional financial development and firm growth in the Peruvian manufacturing sector. In order to control for mutual causality between credit…
Date issued:
Jun 2013
An extensive literature analyzes the determinants of research and development (R&D) and the impacts of R&D on firms' innovation performance and productivity. Because most available…