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Gender, electoral incentives, and crisis response : preliminary evidence from Brazilian mayors
Chauvin, Juan Pablo; Tricaud, Clemence - Inter-American Development Bank - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014021930
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An Assessment of Pension System Reform in Uruguay in 1995
Márquez, Gustavo - Inter-American Development Bank - 1997
In 1995, the government of Uruguay undertook a first pillar-based reform of the pension system, as opposed to the second pillar-based Chilean-style reform. The paper's first section describes Uruguay's pension system prior to reform. It demonstrates quite clearly that the crisis faced by that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352035
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The Political Economy of Reform in Brazil's Civil Servant Pension Scheme
Medici, André - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
This technical note discusses the civil servant pension system in Brazil over the past two decades. Since 1998 the Brazilian government has been implementing reforms to increase the financial sustainability of its pension schemes - seeking to contain pension deficits without hurting acquired...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009357888
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New Policies for Mandatory Defined Contribution Pensions: Industrial Organization Models and Investment Products
García-Huitrón, Manuel; Impavido, Gregorio; … - Inter-American Development Bank
This book has three main objectives: (i) discusses the main implications for the functioning of mandatory defined contribution pensions of consumers' inability to make rational choices; (ii) describes how jurisdictions have tried to address these problems through ad hoc policy interventions; and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772396
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An Assessment of Pension System Reform in Uruguay in 1995
Márquez, Gustavo - Inter-American Development Bank - 1997
In 1995, the government of Uruguay undertook a first pillar-based reform of the pension system, as opposed to the second pillar-based Chilean-style reform. The paper's first section describes Uruguay's pension system prior to reform. It demonstrates quite clearly that the crisis faced by that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653409
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The Political Economy of Reform in Brazil's Civil Servant Pension Scheme
Medici, André - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
This technical note discusses the civil servant pension system in Brazil over the past two decades. Since 1998 the Brazilian government has been implementing reforms to increase the financial sustainability of its pension schemes - seeking to contain pension deficits without hurting acquired...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655858
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New Policies for Mandatory Defined Contribution Pensions: Industrial Organization Models and Investment Products
García-Huitrón, Manuel; Impavido, Gregorio; … - Inter-American Development Bank
This book has three main objectives: (i) discusses the main implications for the functioning of mandatory defined contribution pensions of consumers' inability to make rational choices; (ii) describes how jurisdictions have tried to address these problems through ad hoc policy interventions; and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943456
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Domestic Violence against Women
Biehl, María Loreto - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999
This document is one of a series of technical notes that describe the nature and magnitude of violence in the region, its causes and effects, and how it can be prevented and controlled. The notes provide useful information on designing programs and policies to prevent and deal with violence....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009350546
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Women in the Latin American Labor Market: The Remarkable 1990's
Duryea, Suzanne; Edwards, Alejandra Cox; Ureta, Manuelita - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
the division of labor and time allocation by gender. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009357906
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Gender Earnings Gaps in the Caribbean: Evidence from Barbados and Jamaica
Ñopo, Hugo; Bellony, Annelle; Hoyos, Alejandro - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This paper analyzes gender earnings gaps in Barbados and Jamaica, using a matching comparisons approach. In both … confirm a finding that has been recurrent with this matching approach: the complete elimination of gender occupational … segregation in labor markets would increase rather than reduce gender earnings gaps. The evidence is mixed regarding segregation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677196