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Assessing the role of tax-benefit systems in reducing the gender income gap in Latin America

Deza, María Cecilia; Dondo, Mariana; Jara, H. Xavier; … - 2025

This paper aims to assess the extent to which cash transfers, direct taxes, and social contributions help to reduce gender income inequalities in seven Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. We apply microsimulation techniques to household...

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Economic impacts of a supporting scheme on domestic energy consumption in Bolivia: A quasi-experimental approach

Nogales, Ricardo; Alcaraz, Andrea; López Soto, David; … - 2023

The Bolivian government fostered an electricity cost supporting scheme to attenuate the effect of the nationwide full lockdown on domestic consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper evaluates its effect on the levels of energy consumption during lockdown, and the monetary savings it...

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A playground for tax compliance? Testing fiscal exchange in an RCT in Argentina

Eguino, Huáscar; Schächtele, Simeon - 2020

We present new evidence that a non-threatening behavioral intervention appealing to reciprocity significantly increases tax compliance in a setting (i.e., crisis-ridden Argentina) where one might least expect such an intervention to succeed. Prior research offers many examples of the efficacy of...

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Willing but unable to pay? The role of gender in tax compliance

López-Luzuriaga, Andrea; Scartascini, Carlos G. - 2023

The existing literature shows that women are more likely to pay taxes than men. Yet, there is less consensus on the gendered responses to interventions aimed at boosting tax compliance among non-payers. In this study, we exploit a field e xperiment designed to increase property tax compliance to...

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Measuring labor market discrimination against LGTBQ+ in the case of Ecuador: A field experiment

Zanoni, Wladimir; Hernández, Hugo; Zambrano, Omar; … - 2023

discrimination against LGBTQ+ (here restricted to individuals self-identified as gay or lesbian) job seekers in the labor market … discrimination in terms of hiring recommendations, job fit assessments, or wage offers. However, a closer analysis reveals a gender …-based differential treatment. Female LGBTQ+ candidates received positive discrimination, were more likely to be selected and offered …

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Challenges for measuring the LGBT+ population and homophobia in Mexico

Gutiérrez, Emilio Fernandez; Rubli, Adrian - 2023

We contribute to understanding the challenges for estimating the size of the LGBTQ+ population and discriminatory sentiment against it by surveying 10,003 individuals, whom we randomize into a direct question or an Item Count Technique (ICT) elicitation group. The fractions of the population...

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The effect of welfare payments on work in a middle-income country

Araujo, María Caridad; Bosch Mossi, Mariano; … - 2017

We study the impact of welfare payments in Ecuador on the probability that women and men work, and on whether they are employed in the formal or informal sectors. Our analysis is based on two distinct identification strategies and two separate sources of data spanning more than 10 years. We find...

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

Hernani-Limarino, Werner; Mena, Gary - 2015

This document presents a quasi-experimental impact evaluation of Bolivia's Renta Dignidad, a universal and non-contributory old age pension. Causal effects on direct, future, and indirect beneficiaries are identified, taking advantage of a reduction in age of eligibility from 65 to 60 years in...

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Better together? The effects of integrated social services for women

Bustelo, Montserrat; Martinez, Sebastian; Pérez, Michelle - 2019

We study the effects of integrated social services on the utilization and subjective life satisfaction of women in El Salvador. The Ciudad Mujer 'one-stop shop' centers integrate health, legal, employment and other services into a single secure environment for women. These integrated services...

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Gender-based research and interviewer effects: Evidence for Latin America and the Caribbean

Guizzo-Altube, Matías; Scartascini, Carlos G. - 2024

As the measurement of public opinion and attitudes toward gender issues has gained increasing attention in gender policy and research, the accurate design, implementation, and analysis of survey data has become paramount. In this paper, we examine the impact of the gender of the interviewer on...

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