There is now widespread recognition that in most countries, private-sector investment has not been able to absorb surplus labor. This is all the more the case for poor unskilled people. Public works programs and employment guarantee schemes in South Africa, India, and other countries provide...

This paper explores the existence of downward real wage rigidity (DRWR) in 19 OECD countries, over the period 1973-1999, using data for hourly nominal earnings at the industry level. Based on a nonparametric statistical method, which allows for country- and year-specific variation in both the...

En Bogotá las reformas de 1991 obstruyeron un mercado de compra y venta de votos. El clientelismo perdió efectividad, los ciudadanos desarrollaron un voto de opinión y la ciudad demostró un desempeño sobresaliente en la provisión de bienes y servicios públicos. Esta historia se ilustra...