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Financial Development and the Distribution of Income in Latin America and the Caribbean

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Rioja, Felix K. - 2021

One of the central concerns in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been the reduction of poverty and inequality so prevalent in the continent. Using large world samples, the literature has found that financial development increases economic growth, increases the income of the poor, and...

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Remittances and Credit Markets : Evidence from Senegal

Mbaye, Linguère - 2015

This study investigates the impact of remittances on credit markets in Senegal. The findings show that remittances and … credit markets are complements; namely, the receipt of remittances increases the likelihood of having a loan in a household …. This result is robust after controlling for the potential endogeneity of remittances through household fixed effects and an …

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Remittances to Latin America from Migrants in the United States : Assessing the Impact of Amnesty Programs

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina - 2014

the volume of remittances to the Latin American region. This paper studies how a generalized amnesty - a provision in the … country of origin, we estimate substantial post-legalization drops in remittances sent home by Mexican-born migrants who … legalized through IRCA. Given the potential positive impact of remittances on investment levels, entrepreneurship rates and the …

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Changing Fertility Preferences One Migrant at a Time : The Impact of Remittances on the Fertility Rate

Naufal, George - 2009

In this article we study the relationship between workers' remittances and fertility rate of the remittance receiving … country. We identify two main channels by which remittances transfers affect fertility. First, migrants may adopt and later … attachment to the household would be more inclined to remit money home. Therefore, remittances can be seen as a proxy for the …

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The COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin American and Caribbean Countries : The Labor Supply Impact by Gender

Viollaz, Mariana; Salazar-Saenz, Mauricio; Flabbi, Luca; … - 2022

We study the labor supply impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by gender in four Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries: Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, and Mexico. To identify the impact, we compare labor market stocks and labor market flows over four quarters for a set of balanced panel...

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Active Labour Market Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean : Evidence from a Meta Analysis

Escudero, Verónica - 2017

We present a systematic collection and assessment of impact evaluations of active labour market programmes (ALMP) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The paper delineates the strategy to compile a novel meta database and provides a narrative review of 51 studies. Based on these studies,...

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Long-Term Care in Latin America and the Caribbean? Theory and Policy Considerations

Caruso Bloeck, Martin - 2017

This paper discusses theoretical and practical issues related to long-term care (LTC) services in Latin America. Demand for these services will rise as the region undergoes a swift demographic transition from its currently young population to a rapidly aging one, especially since the region's...

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A Snapshot on the Quality of Seven Home Visit Parenting Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean

Leer, Jane - 2016

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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Urban Transport Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean : Challenges and Lessons Learned

Yañez-Pagans, Patricia - 2018

This paper discusses the transportation challenges that urban areas in Latin America and the Caribbean face and reviews the causal evidence on the impact brought by different urban transport system interventions implemented around the world. The objective is to highlight the main lessons learned...

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New Century, Old Disparities : Gender and Ethnic Wage Gaps in Latin America

Ñopo, Hugo - 2010

This paper surveys gender and ethnic wage gaps in 18 Latin American countries, decomposing differences using matching comparisons as a non-parametric alternative to the Blinder-Oaxaca (BO) decomposition. It is found that men earn 9-27 percent more than women, with high cross-country...

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