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(Disponible en idioma inglés únicamente) En este trabajo se integra información tanto de Economía como de Politología para analizar las repercusiones de los desastres naturales en la región. En la primera sección se pasa revista a los efectos humanos y económicos de los desastres...
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This paper explores the extent to which individuals trust, reciprocate, cooperate and pool risk by using a battery of field experiments containing the trust game, the voluntary contributions mechanism and the risk pooling game; applied in six capital cities in Latin America. The results suggest...
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(Disponible en idioma inglés únicamente) En este documento se revisa la obra publicada teórica y empírica sobre el papel de los bancos propiedad del Estado y también se presentan algunos resultados nuevos y un análisis de validez. Se muestra que la banca propiedad del Estado de países en...
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The study examines the influence of natural geography on human health in Peru, a country that has performed rather poorly, in the Latin American context, in terms of reducing its infant and maternal mortality rates. We measured natural geography through rainfall, temperature, altitude,...
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(Disponible en idioma inglés únicamente) Este documento proporciona una panorámica general del sistema de vivienda de Colombia, analiza sus factores socioeconómicos y financieros determinantes, y presenta recomendaciones tendientes a mejorar la recopilación de datos básicos sobre el sector...
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This paper documents the high level of job security protection in Latin American labor markets and analyzes its impacts on employment. The authors show that job security policies have a substantial impact on the level and the distribution of employment in Latin America. These policies reduce...
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This paper provides evidence on what affects the marginal cost and availability of bank credit for firms in Argentina. We study in particular how banks use different pieces of private and public information to screen firms and overcome informational asymmetries in the credit market. While some...
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This paper tests the sensitivity of poverty indexes to the choice of adult equivalence scales, assumptions about the existence of economies of scale in consumption, methods for treating missing and zero incomes, and different adjustments to handle income misreporting. We also perform sensitivity...
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This paper surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on the role of state-owned banks and also presents some new results and a robustness analysis. The paper shows that state-owned banks located in developing countries have fiscal costs because they are characterized by lower returns than...
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(Disponible en idioma inglés únicamente) En este trabajo presentamos una panorámica general de la situación de internet en América Latina y sostenemos que si bien los países latinoamericanos se han incorporado relativamente tarde, en principio pueden ponerse al día con mayor rapidez y a...
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