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This paper presents new evidence on schooling mobility across three generations in six Latin American countries. By combining survey information with national census data, we have constructed a novel dataset that includes 50,000 triads of grandparents, parents, and children born between 1890 and...
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using panel data from Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. The estimates suggest broad commonalities among the three countries, and …
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with and without wage rigidities. The paper then explores time series data from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico to …
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This study employs Chilean administrative data to investigate the impact of School Starting Age (SSA) on the characteristics of students' initial enrolled schools. Employing minimum age requirements and an RD-design to mitigate endogeneity concerns, we identify benefits linked to commencing...
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, Brazil and Uruguay, relying on high quality matched employer-employee administrative data. Downward nominal wage rigidities … are more important in Uruguay, while wage indexation is dominant in Brazil. Two regime changes are observed during the … sample period, 1995-2004: (i) in Uruguay wage indexation declines, while workers' resistance to nominal wage cuts becomes …
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Examines the evolution of the cyclicality of real wages and employment in four Latin American economies: Brazil, Chile …
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informal jobs in Argentina. A novel household data set on informality and self-employment and information on labor inspections …
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Argentina over 12 years, emphasizing the recession/crisis years 1998-2002. The effects of macroeconomic swings on schooling …
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Returns to schooling in urban Argentina increased from 1992 to 2003, a period of economic reforms and macroeconomic … swings ; Argentina …
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paper evaluates the short run effects of one possible exit strategy, programs that promote self-employment, in Argentina. We …
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