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Wage Shocks and Consumption Variability in Mexico during the 1990s

Attanasio, Orazio P.; Székely, Miguel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001

This paper presents evidence on the relationship between economic shocks to relative male wages and changes in household consumption in Mexico during the 1990s, which is a period characterized by high volatility. In addition to performing this type of analysis for Mexico for the first time, the...

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Household Savings and Income Distribution in Mexico

Attanasio, Orazio P.; Székely, Miguel - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998

Following the 1994 financial crisis, the rate of saving of the Mexican economy fell from 21.7 percent to 19.8 percent of GDP. The decline was associated with a reduction in the rate of external saving from 6.9 to 0.5 percent between 1994 and 1995. The overall reduction was not more dramatic...

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Housing Tenure and Housing Demand in Colombia

Arbeláez, María Angélica; Steiner, Roberto; Becerra, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

and credit is explained by demand for low-income housing. …

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Household Saving in Developing Countries - Inequality, Demographics and All That: How Different are Latin America and South East Asia?

Attanasio, Orazio P.; Székely, Miguel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

into education groups to determine whether there are differences in saving behavior along the distribution of income. Third …

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Portrait of the Poor: An Assets-Based Approach

Attanasio, Orazio P.; Székely, Miguel; Gray-Molina, George - Inter-American Development Bank

caught in a vicious circle. They lack sufficient access to education, credit and other means to generate income, so they earn … lower wages, which in turn prevents them from accumulating the assets they need to increase future income. The authors … analyze the ownership and use of income-generating assets, as well as access to them. Where there are market imperfections …

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The Family in Flux: Household Decision-Making in Latin America

Attanasio, Orazio P.; Székely, Miguel; Behrman, Jere R.; … - Inter-American Development Bank

This book breaks away from the exclusively macroeconomic focus of development studies to bring the spotlight to the place where decisions are made: households. Complementing this microeconomic view with an aggregate approach, this volume uncovers clues to declining fertility, skyrocketing female...

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