This book breaks away from the exclusively macroeconomic focus of development studies to bring the spotlight to the place where decisions are made: households. Complementing this microeconomic view with an aggregate approach, this volume uncovers clues to declining fertility, skyrocketing female...

This paper presents new evidence for major world regions and for the most populous countries in each region on associations between the average ages of populations and three groups of economic outcomes: (1) macroeconomic aggregates (domestic saving as a share of GDP, GDP per capita, capital per...

El objetivo de este documento es averiguar lo que sabemos, tanto a nivel conceptual como de la experiencia (tanto de ALC como de otros lugares), sobre los tradeoffs de usar diferentes planes de focalización para la protección social que se dirigen hacia los pobres actuales y a aquellos en...

El objetivo de este documento es averiguar lo que sabemos, tanto a nivel conceptual como de la experiencia (tanto de ALC como de otros lugares), sobre los tradeoffs de usar diferentes planes de focalización para la protección social que se dirigen hacia los pobres actuales y a aquellos en...

This book breaks away from the exclusively macroeconomic focus of development studies to bring the spotlight to the place where decisions are made: households. Complementing this microeconomic view with an aggregate approach, this volume uncovers clues to declining fertility, skyrocketing female...