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Poverty, indigence and public investment in Bolivia: A simulation analysis
Aliaga Lordemann, Javier; Villegas Quino, Horacio - 2011
The study of the impact of public investment on poverty is currently of particular importance due to, among other … results to impute income in the MECOVI 2007 survey. In this way, we calculate various measures of poverty and indigence, and … poverty and indigence in Bolivia, however this effect is small. The most important results are evident in the headcount index …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294074
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Estimating Income Poverty and Inequality from the Gallup World Poll: The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean
Gasparini, Leonardo; Gluzmann, Pablo - 2009
income poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) at the country level, and to compare LAC estimates to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429289
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Reducing Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean
Galiani, Sebastian - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429295
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Remesas y Migración Internacional en América Latina: Simulación de los Efectos en la Pobreza y la Desigualdad
Battistón, Diego - 2010
Este trabajo realiza un estudio comparativo del impacto de las remesas y la migración internacional sobre la pobreza y la desigualdad en cuatro países latinoamericanos con importantes procesos migratorios (Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras y Nicaragua). A partir de encuestas de hogares se estiman...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429322
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Economic Crises, Maternal and Infant Mortality, Low Birth Weight and Enrollment Rates: Evidence from Argentina’s Downturns
Cruces, Guillermo; Glüzman, Pablo; Calva, Luis Felipe … - 2011
. -- crisis ; infant mortality ; maternal mortality ; low birth weight ; poverty ; Argentina …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429328
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Control social de la coca: Lecciones del Trópico de Cochabamba (Bolivia) para Colombia
Ramos, Beatriz; Benavides, Jean Paul; Vélez, María … - 2023
with the coca leaf. This document prepares lessons for Colombia based on the social control system to reduce conflict …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540994
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Heterogeneous effects of forced migration on female labor supply
Pedrazzi, Julian; Peñaloza-Pacheco, Leonardo - 2021
In this paper we analyze the impact of Venezuelan migration on the female labor supply in Colombia. Using a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012876048
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Exports "brother-boost": The trade-creation and skill-upgrading effect of Venezuelan forced migration on Colombian manufacturing firms
Lombardo, Carlo; Peñaloza-Pacheco, Leonardo - 2021
This paper studies the impact of a massive skilled labor supply shock on Colombian manufacturing firms' exports, the Venezuelan exodus. We exploit cross-sectional and time variability of Venezuelan forced migrants' settlements in Colombian sub-national areas through an enclave instrumental...
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América Latina en la encrucijada del desarrollo sostenible e inclusivo: Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia y Perú al inicio del siglo XXI
Wanderley, Fernanda; Vera Cossio, Horacio; Benavides, … - 2020
justice framework. This chapter articulates the social, environmental and economic outcomes of Bolivia, Colombia, Peru and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012797276
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The distributional effect of a massive exodus in Latin America and the role of downgrading and regularization
Lombardo, Carlo; Martinez-Correa, Julian; … - 2021
The massive displacement of Venezuelan citizens to Colombia is the second most important episode of forced migration in … increases in income inequality and poverty. We link this result to a sizeable downgrading of (mostly unregistered) Venezuelan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014327926