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Mar 2023
Developing countries are characterized by a high share of informal workers and several types of labor market regulation. We study the effects of the enforcement of this type of regulation on firm…
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Mar 2023
Despite the relative popularity of fiscal rules, they are per se, no panacea for improving fiscal performance. Fiscal rule effectiveness is enhanced when policymakers consider i) the quality of rule…
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Mar 2023
A pesar de la relativa popularidad de las reglas fiscales, éstas no son, per se, una panacea para mejorar el desempeño fiscal. La eficacia de la regla fiscal mejora cuando los responsables de las…
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Mar 2023
Transparency initiatives are well-known tools introduced to foster trust and empower citizens. To explain why some governments introduce them but others do not, in a theoretical model we interpret…
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Mar 2023
Using the Brazilian administrative credit registry data with the universe of all consumer loans originated by banks in the country from 2013 to 2019, we document high borrowing interest rates, which…
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Mar 2023
En este informe se comparten los resultados del Chequeo digital 2022 en Venezuela, una herramienta diseñada para que las pequeñas y medianas empresas obtengan un diagnóstico sobre su nivel de madurez…
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Mar 2023
Health outcomes can vary significantly across cities within the same country, and within neighborhoods of the same city in Latin America and the Caribbean. This variation is partly explained by…
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Mar 2023
En América Latina y el Caribe, los resultados de salud pueden variar significativamente entre las ciudades de un mismo país y entre los barrios de una misma ciudad. Esta variación se explica en parte…
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Mar 2023
Countries can use carbon taxes to achieve their climate mitigation goals from the Paris Agreement with little economic disruption. Using carbon taxes, the United States could achieve its Paris…
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Mar 2023
Los países pueden utilizar los impuestos sobre el carbono para lograr sus objetivos de mitigación del cambio climático según el Acuerdo de París con escasas perturbaciones económicas. Al aplicar los…