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This paper examines the effects of Argentina's Plan de Inclusion Previsional (PIP), which changed the pension system in …
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In the last three decades, the supply of housing in Argentina has not kept pace with demand. This study analyzes the … main drivers of Argentina's housing market and relates them to the macroeconomic environment in order to advance a policy … characteristics affecting Argentina's housing market include the high concentration of the urban population in a few large …
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in Latin America and elsewhere. This paper investigates whether the transfer of mechanisms in place in Argentina, Mexico …
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This paper examines the effectiveness of carbon taxes on macroeconomic performance when manufacturing firms have the opportunity to change their scale of operation and degree of formality. The hypothesis is that when tax evasion or elusion is possible, it cannot be ruled out that emissions...
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Argentina over 12 years, emphasizing the recession/crisis years of 1998-2002. In “typical” years deteriorating job rates boost …
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This paper assesses labor market segmentation across formal and informal salaried jobs and self-employment in three Latin American and three transition countries. It looks separately at the markets for skilled and unskilled labor, inquiring if segmentation is an exclusive feature of the latter....
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This paper investigates the political economy of fiscal reform activism in Argentina since the late 1980s. Between 1988 …
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We offer an alternative explanation for t he fall of Argentina`s Convertibility Program based on the country … prices is larger the more closed an economy is in terms of its sup ply of tradable goods. By contrasting Argentina … of 1998, we identify key vulnerability indicators that separated Argentina from its peers. We also provide an explanation …
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After decades of trial, error, and occasional regress, the pieces of a successful Latin American economic model can be seen scattered among the leading economies of the region. The most traditional macroeconomic maladies of the emerging world, such as chronic fiscal imbalances and monetary...
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The author identifies sources of volatility in Argentina that include weak international financial links, a recurrent …
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