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The Family in Flux: Household Decision-Making in Latin America

Attanasio, Orazio P.; Székely, Miguel; Behrman, Jere R.; … - Inter-American Development Bank

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...

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Inequality and the Family in Latin America

Hausmann, Ricardo; Székely, Miguel - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

In this paper, social mobility is measured by looking at the extent to which family background determines socioeconomic …

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Un análisis dinámico en la toma de decisiones de los hogares: El caso uruguayo

Bucheli, Marisa; Vigorito, Andrea; Miles, Daniel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

Uruguay ha asistido a una disminución de las tasas de fecundidad y a un aumento de la actividad femenina y de los niveles educativos de la población, al igual que la gran mayoría de los países en el correr del siglo. Este estudio aborda estos cambios desde la perspectiva de las decisiones de...

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Health Policies and Economic Blocks

Medici, André; Weaver, Bernardo Barros - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

This paper analyzes the roles of health goods and services markets within the regional integration process. It is a … known fact that the consolidation of integrated markets is slower regarding social goods and services (as health and … of the health sector and its global dimension, showing the peculiar features of health goods and services marked by …

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Poverty and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2001

This document surveys Bank lending operations designed to fight poverty and enhance social equity, with emphasis on recently approved projects with innovative components. It also surveys a broad range of poverty-related non-lending activities carried out by the Bank over the past two years. It...

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Occupational Safety and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean: Overview, Issues and Policy Recommendations.

Iunes, Roberto F. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002

Safety and Health (OSH) issues have received little attention in Latin America and the Caribbean due to the widespread, and … present and discuss in detail the dimension of the occupational safety and health problem in the region. The next section … health problems. …

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Shelter from the Storm: Upgrading Housing Infrastructure in Latin American Slums

Galiani, Sebastián; Gertler, Paul; Cooper, Ryan; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

improvements in children's health; in El Salvador, slum dwellers also feel that they are safer. We do not find this result, however …

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Perspectivas del sistema previsional argentino y evaluación de políticas para expandir la cobertura: Proyección de gastos y beneficios: 2002-2008

Grushka, Carlos - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004

El objetivo de este trabajo es examinar algunas proyecciones de largo plazo disponibles relacionados al número de beneficiarios y gasto con beneficios del sistema argentino de jubilaciones y pensiones.

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The Social Spatial Segregation in the Cities of Latin America

Sabatini, Francisco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

The cities offer Latin America and the Caribbean their best opportunity for economic and social development. Aside from concentrating on more than two thirds of the population, it is estimated that urban activities will generate more than 75 percent of the expected growth of the Gross Domestic...

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Urban Air Quality and Human Health in Latin America and the Caribbean

Cifuentes, Luis A.; Krupnick, Alan J.; O'Ryan, Raúl; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005

Health problems due to poor air quality have been among the main environmental concerns in Mexico City, Santiago … pollution concentrations, health impacts, and the monetary value of improving air quality in 41 major LAC urban areas containing …

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