Spanish Abstract: En la última década los niveles de desigualdad en la distribución del ingreso se han reducido significativamente en América Latina. Esto producto de un crecimiento económico sostenido y la marcada reducción de los niveles de pobreza. No obstante, en términos...

This paper investigates the evolution of the productive structure around the world and the role it plays in the difference in inequality levels, using panel data for the period from 1995 to 2018. We approximate a country's productive structure through the Economic Complexity Index. Our results...

There is limited empirical evidence on whether unrestricted cash social assistance to poor pregnant women improves children's birth outcomes. Using program administrative micro-data matched to longitudinal vital statistics on the universe of births in Uruguay, we estimate that participation in a...