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Rent Seeking and Democracy in Latin America : What Drives What?

Calderón, César A. - 2011

Drawing on previously unused objective institutional data, we provide evidence for the causal link between rent-seeking behavior and democracy in Uruguay, a country where both rent-seeking behavior and political shifts have varied widely in the last 80 years, but where ethnolinguistic...

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The Under-Registration of Births in Latin America

Duryea, Suzanne - 2011

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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Teenage Childbearing in Latin American Countries

Núñez, Jairo - 2011

In spite of the rapid fertility transition experienced by most Latin American and Caribbean countries, teenage … fertility has not changed at the same pace or in the same direction. Given that early childbearing is deleterious for both … second half of the 1990s: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Dominican Republic and Peru. Teenage fertility trends …

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Employment and Taxes in Latin America : An Empirical Study of the Effects of Payroll, Corporate Income and Value-Added Taxes on Labor Outcomes

Lora, Eduardo A. - 2013

This paper empirically explores the effects of payroll taxes, value-added taxes and corporate income taxes on a variety of labor market outcomes such as employment, unemployment, informality, and wages. Using national-level data on labor variables for 15 Latin American countries, the results...

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Labor Markets in Latin America : A Supply-Side Story

Duryea, Suzanne - 2011

This paper shows that the factors affecting labor supply have been key determinants of the changes in employment, unemployment, and income differentials in Latin America in the 1990s. The two main forces driving labor supply in the region have been demographics and education

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Skill Premium, Labor Supply and Changes in the Structure of Wages in Latin America

Fernández, Manuel - 2018

Earnings inequality declined rapidly in Argentina, Brazil and Chile during the 2000s. A reduction in the experience premium is a fundamental driver of declines in upper-tail (90/50) inequality, while a decline in the education premium is the primary determinant of the evolution of lower-tail...

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Does Child Care Pay? Labor Force Participation and Earnings : Effects on Access to Child Care in the Favelas of Rio De Janeiro

Deutsch, Ruthanne - 2011

This study undertakes an econometric analysis of data on the use of child care services and labor force participation drawn from a survey of 1,720 households in 15 `favelas,` or slums, in Rio de Janeiro. The analysis examines the impact that access to child care services has on female labor...

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Impact of Early Life Shocks on Human Capital Formation : El Nino Floods in Ecuador

Rosales, Maria - 2015

-exclusive breastfeeding. Falsification exercises suggest that selection concerns such as selective fertility, mobility, and infant mortality …

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The Effect of Violence on Birth Outcomes : Evidence from Homicides in Rural Brazil

Koppensteiner, Martin - 2013

This paper uses microdata from Brazilian vital statistics natality and mortality data between 2000 and 2010 to estimate the impact of in-utero exposure to local violence -measured by homicide rates- on birth outcomes. Focusing on small communities, where it is more plausible that local homicide...

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Intended and Unintended Effects of Unconditional Cash Transfers : The Case of Bolivia's Renta Dignidad

Hernani-Limarino, Werner L. - 2016

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