Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) are programs under which poor families get a stipend provided they keep their children in school and take them for health checks. While there is significant evidence showing that they have positive impacts on school participation, little is known about their...

En el marco del programa METAL Metrópolis de América Latina en la globalización:reconfiguraciones territoriales, movilidad espacial, acción pública" que se desarrolla desde finales de 2007 con el apoyo financiero de la Agencia francesa de investigación (ANR) y de la Agencia francesa...

This study constructs a new data set on unemployment rates in Latin America and the Caribbean and then explores the determinants of unemployment. We compare different countries, finding that unemployment is influenced by the size of the rural population and that the effects of government...

Este trabajo presenta la evaluación financiera y económica del "Sistema Estratégico de Transporte Público de Pasajeros para la Ciudad de Pasto - SETP". Se desarrollo una metodología para la conceptualización y estimación de los beneficios y costos. Como resultado se destaca que el...

Civilian displacement is a common phenomenon in developing countries confrontedwith internal conflict. While displacement directly affects forced migrants, it also contributes to deteriorating labor conditions of vulnerable groups in receiving communities. For the displaced population, the...

Este trabajo estudia la arquitectura de la organización bancaria y monetaria construida en los años 1870s hasta 1880s en Colombia y en particular en el Estado de Cundinamarca y en su capital, Bogotá. Utilizando indicadores financieros de liquidez y solvencia, construidos a partir de los...

In this paper, we study how between-group wealth and size heterogeneity affectsuccess probabilities as well as aggregate rent-seeking efforts when two groups compete for the allocation of a pure public good. Unlike with previous models, we measure the utility cost of rent-seeking in terms of the...

Los programas de generación de ingresos hacen parte de la política de ayuda hacia la población desplazada. La estimación de un modelo estructural de decisión con una muestra representativa de hogares colombianos desplazados de 2004, permite identificar que los beneficiarios reciben salarios...

This article proposes an identity regarding economic outcomes when producers maximize profits, with free entry and exit of firms. The identity links consumer and producer theory and leads to several results that contribute to understand what should -and should not- be expected under the...

We explore gender differences in preferences for competition and risk among children aged 9-12 in Colombia and Sweden, two countries differing in gender equality according to macro indices. We include four types of tasks that vary in gender stereotyping when looking at competitiveness: running,...