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Household Responses to Adverse Income Shocks in Latin America

Gaviria, Alejandro - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001

This paper uses a new data set to study household responses to adverse income shocks in seven Latin American countries. The results show (i) that households respond to income shocks mainly by increasing their labor force participation, selling assets, and cutting back on human capital...

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Securing Stability and Growth in a Shock Prone Region: The Policy Challenge for Latin America

Hausmann, Ricardo; Gavin, Michael - Inter-American Development Bank - 1996

What are the reasons for the costs of Latin America's volatility? Because there is no consensus on these fundamental questions, there is no consensus on the appropriate policy response to macroeconomic volatility in Latin America, and other shock-prone countries. This paper provides new evidence...

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Social Sector Reform in Latin America and the Role of Unions

Maceira, Daniel; Murillo, Maria Victoria - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001

This paper analyzes the reaction of teachers' and doctors' unions to a series of social sector reforms in the region, including administrative decentralization, provider payment mechanisms, and the introduction of performance evaluation and private provision. It combines the literature of...

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Ethnicity and Human Capital Accumulation in Urban Mexico

Ñopo, Hugo; Winder, Natalia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008

This study analyzes social mobility and human capital accumulation among ethnic minorities in Mexican urban areas, exploring changes in educational attainment and labor market status and using panel data from the Mexican Family Life Survey (MFxLS). The results indicate important ethnic...

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The Evolution of Urban Concentration around the World: A Panel Approach

Gaviria, Alejandro; Stein, Ernesto H. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

In this paper, we use a panel approach to study population growth in major cities around the world. We find that major cities grow faster in relatively backward economies and in more volatile, faster-growing economies. We also find that the effects of trade policy on the growth of major cities...

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The Under-Registration of Births in Latin America

Duryea, Suzanne; Stone, Leslie F.; Olgiati, Analía - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

Approximately 14 percent of births are unregistered in Latin America according to estimates by UNICEF (2001). Children who lack an official birth certificate can be denied access to social services, including enrolling in school and accessing health services. This paper examines the...

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The Socio-Economic Gradient of Child Development: Cross-Sectional Evidence from Children 6-42 Months In Bogota

Rubio-Codina, Marta; Attanasio, Orazio P.; Meghir, Costas; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

We study the socio-economic gradient of child development on a representative sample of low- and middle-income children … aged 6-42 months in Bogota, using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, a high quality test based on direct observation …-targeted, effective and timely interventions that promote early childhood development. …

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Inventory of Social Protection and Poverty Reduction Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean: A First Approximation Title: Inventario de programas de protección social y de com...

Repetto, Fabián; Sanguinetti, Juan - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001

This paper was commissioned for the 1st Meeting of the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network held on June 11 … Protection and Poverty Reduction Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean, prepared by the Poverty and Inequality Advisory … Unit of the Inter-American Development Bank. The responses of these twelve country members are attached in the Annex …

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Quake'n and Shake'n...Forever! Long-Run Effects of Natural Disasters: A Case Study on the 1970 Ancash Earthquake

Miller, Sebastian; Caruso, Germán - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

. The evaluation of other outcomes also suggests that the level of welfare of the affected individuals has been negatively …

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Inequality and Institutions

Chong, Alberto E.; Gradstein, Mark - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004

This paper presents theory and evidence on the relationship between inequality and institutional quality. We propose a model in which the two dynamically reinforce each other and set out to test this relationship with a broad array of institutional measures. We establish double causality between...

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