address these constraints, improve beneficiaries' access to social programs, and help the poor surmount poverty: Chile … Solidario, the first such service in Latin America, and Red Unidos, implemented later in Colombia. The analysis provides …

and work participation in rural Colombia. The results indicate that the permanent departure of the father decreases …

This paper estimates the effect of enrollment in a large scale anti-poverty program in Colombia, Familias en Accion, on …

transfer program in Colombia, attained more school and performed better on academic tests at the end of high school …

systems in Colombia. These distortions refer to the discrepancy between the cost of formal social security for the employer …

-digit inflation in the 1980s. Several other countries--for example, Colombia--have experienced moderate inflation for prolonged …

four Latin American economies: Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico, during the period 1980-2010. Wages are highly pro …-cyclical in all countries up to the mid-1990s except in Chile. Wage cyclicality declines thereafter, especially in Brazil and … Colombia. This decline in wage cyclicality is in accordance with declining real-wage flexibility in a low-inflation environment …