While there is today a large consensus around the extent and causes of climate change and the environment deterioration as well as on their mid-long term economic consequences if nothing is done, the international community remains divided regarding the nature, the scale and the schedule of the...

El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar el indicador apropiado para la variable precio del grano de girasol, ecuación que es parte del modelo de equilibrio parcial para girasol. Para elegir la variable proxy se estimaron dos modelos: el de expectativas adaptativas de Koyck y el de ajuste...

El uso de indicadores de gestión en el ámbito público se ha extendido en las últimas décadas con el objetivo de valorar la actuación de las agencias públicas y contribuir a mejorar su funcionamiento y la eficiencia con que éstas operan. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar las...

We assess the importance of interpersonal income comparisons using data on suicide deaths. We examine whether suicide risk is related to others' income, holding own income and other individual and environmental factors fixed. We estimate models of the suicide hazard using two independent data...

The paper perceives education as a type of money burning activity, much like advertisement, and examines its effect on social welfare. In a model where the employer's job assignment also functions as a signal a la Waldman (1984), there exists a separating equilibrium in which education credibly...

The paper perceives education as a type of money burning activity, much like advertisement, and examines its effect on social welfare. In a model where the employer's job assignment also functions as a signal a la Waldman (1984), there exists a separating equilibrium in which education credibly...

Despite rapid economic growth, gender disparities in women’s economic participation have remained deep and persistent in India. What explains these gender disparities? Is it poor infrastructure, limited education, or the composition of the labor force and industries? Or is it deficiencies in...

Improvement in labor market conditions has been the main explanation behind many of the poverty success stories observed in the last decade—that is the primary conclusion of an analysis of changes in poverty by income source. Changes in labor earnings were the largest contributor to poverty...