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Two Stories of Wage Dynamics in Latin America: Different Policies, Different Outcomes
Canavire Bacarreza, Gustavo J; Carvajal-Osorio, Luis C. - 2018
This article explores the variation in the wage distributions of two Latin American countries, Bolivia and Colombia … suggest that Bolivia, which has implemented left-wing economic policies, has experienced a general increase in wages …, especially benefiting the least skilled workers and the informal sector. On the other hand, the wage distribution in Colombia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873588
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The persistent gender earnings gap in Colombia, 1994-2006
Hoyos, Alejandro; Ñopo, Hugo; Peña, Ximena - 2010
This paper surveys gender earnings gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276061
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Culture and human capital investments: evidence of an unconditional cash transfer program in Bolivia
Yanez-Pagans, Monica - 2008
in Bolivia to study the intra-household income allocation process towards children's educational expenditure by ethnicity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268628
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Estimating the impacts of Bolivia's protected areas on poverty
Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo Javier; Hanauer, Merlin M. - 2012
proliferation of protected areas in Bolivia over the past several decades has prompted interest in understanding their impacts on … poverty. Using rich biophysical and socioeconomic data from Bolivia we find that municipalities with at least 10% of their … that Bolivia's protected areas were associated with poverty reduction are similar to previous studies, our underlying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282610
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Bureaucratic delay, local-level monitoring, and delivery of small infrastructure projects: Evidence from a field experiment in Bolivia
Yanez-Pagans, Monica; Machicado, Carlos Gustavo - 2012
-municipal governments in Bolivia, and it presents a randomized field experiment designed to improve public service delivery by promoting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283968
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Reforming the Financial Incentives of the Welfare System
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2000
This paper summarizes the findings from the Self Sufficiency Project: a large scale social experiment that is being conducted in Canada to evaluate the effect of high-powered financial incentives for full time work among former welfare recipients. The experimental results confirm the importance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262381
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Labor Market Conditions and Post-Reform Declines in Welfare Receipt Among Immigrants
Lofstrom, Magnus; Bean, Frank D. - 2001
Considerable research attention has been devoted to the question of whether and to what extent changes in welfare policy legislated in the 1990s might have deterred immigrant participation in welfare programs, although only post-1996 immigrants were explicitly targeted by most of the changes....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262555
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Assessing welfare accounts
Fölster, Stefan; Gidehag, Robert; Orszag, Jonathan Michael - 2002
The paper examines the possible effects of introducing a large-scale welfare reform in Sweden, namely, the introduction of comprehensive welfare accounts. Under this policy, individuals make mandatory contributions to accounts, which they can top up with voluntary contributions. In return,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265550
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Welfare reform in European countries: a microsimulation analysis
Immervoll, Herwig; Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen; Kreiner, … - 2005
This paper estimates the welfare and distributional impact of two types of welfare reform in the 15 (pre-enlargement) member countries of the European Union. The reforms are revenue neutral and financed by an overall and uniform increase in marginal tax rates on earnings. The first reform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267556
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Welfare usage in the U.S.: does immigrant birthplace and immigration status matter?
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth; Oyolola, Maharouf - 2009
The study of welfare participation in the U.S. prior to the 1996 welfare reform act and even afterward has focused on comparisons between native born and immigrant households. Analyses that have gone beyond this broad classification have focused on comparisons across race or with particular...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269552