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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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Although there is ample support for the causal link between home visit parenting programs and child development outcomes, few studies have explored what it is that drives this relationship – to what extent home visit programs are implemented as designed in terms of the content and strategies...
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Discrimination in formal labor markets can push discriminated groups into labor informality, where wages are lower and pensions scarce. In this paper, we explore whether education offsets discrimination by empowering discriminated groups to successfully compete for formal jobs. Specifically, we...
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consumer price inflation rate. -- Wage stickiness ; micro-level evidence ; measurement error …
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of households in response to price changes in most years. -- price ; inflation ; equivalent income ; welfare ; linear …
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In closed or open economy models with complete markets, targeting core inflation enables monetary policy to maximize … is high. We develop an open economy model with incomplete financial markets to show that headline inflation targeting … headline inflation, assigns zero weight to import prices. …
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progessivity (affecting higher income households more) of inflation experienced by households between April 2021 and July 2023 …. Despite a growing literature on the distributional impact of inflation, there is limited evidence on gender differentials. We … gender dimension to assess gender differences in inflation regressivity or progressivity, isolate the average inflation rate …
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We provide causal evidence that children's school schedules contribute to the persistence of the gender pay gap between parents. Historically, French children have had no school on Wednesdays. In 2013, a reform reallocated some classes to Wednesday mornings. Exploiting variations in the...
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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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Examines the evolution of the cyclicality of real wages and employment in four Latin American economies: Brazil, Chile … characterized by high inflation. As inflation declined wages became less pro-cyclical, a feature that is consistent with emerging … downward wage rigidities in a low inflation environment. Compositional effects associated with changes in labor participation …
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