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The Effect of Mandated Child Care on Female Wages in Chile
Prada, María; Rucci, Graciana; Urzúa, Sergio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015
This paper studies the effect of mandated employer-provided child care on the wages of women hired in large firms in … with 20 or more female workers. The results indicate that the monthly starting wages of the infra-marginal woman hired in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011250899
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Argentina's Distributional Failure: The Role of Integration and Public Policy
Gasparini, Leonardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
This paper documents the income distribution changes experienced by Argentina during the last decades. Inequality substantially increased, and despite economic growth during some periods, poverty also went significantly up. Two types of episodes have shaped Argentina's income distribution: deep...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320049
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What Difference Do Unions Make?: Their Impact on Productivity and Wages in Latin America
Murillo, Maria Victoria; Carmen Urízar H.; … - Inter-American Development Bank
The subject of labor unions in Latin America provokes a variety of diverse and strongly held views. While some see unions as a way to protect workers' rights and ensure an equitable distribution of income, others see unions as a drain of productivity or an intrusion of politics into the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772517
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Public Programs, Innovation, and Firm Performance in Chile
Alvarez, Roberto; Crespi, Gustavo; Cuevas, Conrado - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper evaluates the impact of two public programs, FONTEC and FONDEF, aimed at fostering innovation in Chilean firms. With the cooperation of several public agencies, participants and non-participants in these programs during the period 1995-2000 were identified from a large panel of firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653084
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Argentina's Distributional Failure: The Role of Integration and Public Policy
Gasparini, Leonardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
This paper documents the income distribution changes experienced by Argentina during the last decades. Inequality substantially increased, and despite economic growth during some periods, poverty also went significantly up. Two types of episodes have shaped Argentina's income distribution: deep...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653197
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Innovation Policy and Employment: Evidence from an Impact Evaluation in Argentina
Castillo, Victoria; Maffioli, Alessandro; Rojo, Sofía; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
the wages paid by firms to their employees. To control for self-selection into the program, propensity score matching and …-related activities, the program was able to create more and better jobs. The effect on wages was also found to be higher when supporting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653454
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Innovation Policy and Employment: Evidence from an Impact Evaluation in Argentina
Castillo, Victoria; Maffioli, Alessandro; Rojo, Sofía; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
the wages paid by firms to their employees. To control for self-selection into the program, propensity score matching and …-related activities, the program was able to create more and better jobs. The effect on wages was also found to be higher when supporting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644852
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Public Programs, Innovation, and Firm Performance in Chile
Alvarez, Roberto; Crespi, Gustavo; Cuevas, Conrado - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper evaluates the impact of two public programs, FONTEC and FONDEF, aimed at fostering innovation in Chilean firms. With the cooperation of several public agencies, participants and non-participants in these programs during the period 1995-2000 were identified from a large panel of firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651824
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Can SME Policies Improve Firm Performance? Evidence from an Impact Evaluation in Argentina
Castillo, Victoria; Maffioli, Alessandro; Monsalvo, Ana P. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This paper evaluates the impact of the Argentine SME support program PRE on employment, real wages, and exports. The … and quantitatively important impact of the program on employment and a positive although smaller impact on real wages and … the probability of exporting. We also find that the effect of the program on wages and the probability of exporting take …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008799617
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On the Determinants of the Wage Differential in Latin America and East Asia: Openness, Technology Transfer and Labor Supply
Avalos, Antonio; Savvides, Andreas - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
A labor supply and demand model is presented where three main determinants of the wage differential are investigated: trade openness, technology transfer and labor supply. Findings show that increased trade openness is related to reductions in wage differentials.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009193892