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Poverty, Vulnerability and the Middle Class in Latin America Title: Pobreza, vulnerabilidad y la clase media en América Latina
Stampini, Marco; Robles, Marcos; Sáenz, Mayra; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015
by higher income mobility, particularly upward mobility. These findings have important implications for the design of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011275115
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Intra-generational Social Mobility and Entrepreneurship in Uruguay
Bukstein, Daniel; Gandelman, Nestor - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper follows an income-based, time-dependence approach to measure social mobility in Uruguay between 1982 and … 2010. The paper finds that social mobility in Uruguay is considerable and reports evidence suggesting that this mobility is …-employment are associated with greater social mobility. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010578245
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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 … have shaped Argentina's income distribution: deep macroeconomic crisis and periods of openness and integration. The sizable … particular severity of the income distribution changes in Argentina. This paper was prepared for the Labor Markets and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653197
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The unequal impact of the coronavirus pandemic : evidence from seventeen developing countries
Bottan, Nicolas L.; Hoffmann, Bridget; Vera Cossío, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2020
The current coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented public health challenge that has devastating economic impacts for households. Using a sample of 230,540 respondents to online surveys in 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, we show that the economic impacts are large and unequal:...
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Low-Income Housing Finance in Colombia
Arbelaez, Maria Angelica; Camacho, Carolina; Fajardo, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper explores the role played by policy instruments in access to housing finance by low-income households. It also analyzes the impact of housing credit and subsidies on both the quality of life and the quality of dwelling of the beneficiaries. Using the Quality of Life Surveys conducted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386050
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Atacando Pobreza: Evaluación del Programa Fondo de Inversión Social de Panamá
Marcano, Luis - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005
Durante la década de los noventa, los Fondos de Inversión Social fueron el mecanismo por excelencia para la entrega de obras sociales a poblaciones vulnerables en épocas de ajustes y crisis económicas. Desde entonces, los FIS se han convertido en instituciones con objetivos de más largo...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998027
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Social Assistance and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from the Uruguayan PANES
Amarante, Veronica; Manacorda, Marco; Miguel, Edward; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper estimates the impact of a large temporary poverty relief program, Uruguay’s PANES—on birth outcomes. Using program administrative data and longitudinal vital statistics, a significant and precisely estimated reduction in the fraction of low-weight newborns (less than 2,500 g. ) on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008914247
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Dynamic Consistency of Multidimensional and Income Targeting: An Application for Mexico Using Panel Data Information
Bouillon, Cesar Patricio; Yanez-Pagans, Patricia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper compares the dynamic consistency of targeting methodologies that use multidimensional welfare indicators with those based on means and proxy means tests using panel data from Mexico. To make these comparisons, an extension of the Alkire and Foster (2008) dual cutoff multidimensional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008871049
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The Impact of Economic Migration on Children’s Cognitive Development: Evidence from the Mexican Family Life Survey
Powers, Elizabeth - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper uses data from the Mexican Family Life Survey to estimate the impact of a household member’s migration to the United States on the cognitive development of children remaining in Mexico. While there is no developmental effect of a child’s sibling migrating to the United States,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009643434
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Preschool Education in Brazil: Does Public Supply Crowd Out Private Enrollment?
Bastos, Paulo; Straume, Odd Rune - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
This paper examines whether an expansion in the supply of public preschool crowds out private enrollment, using rich data for municipalities in Brazil from 2000-2006, where federal transfers to local governments change discontinuously with given population thresholds. Results from a...
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