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Reserve Requirements in the Brave New Macroprudential World
Cordella, Tito - 2017
Using a new, large data set on quarterly reserve requirements for the period 1970-2011, this paper provides new evidence on the use of reserve requirements as a countercyclical macroprudential tool in developing countries. The appeal of reserve requirements lies in the pro-cyclical behavior of...
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Building Countercyclical Fiscal Policies in Latin America : The International Experience
Gutierrez, Mario - 2017
This paper reviews the international experience of developed and underdeveloped economies in reducing the pro-cyclicality and deficit bias of fiscal policies and promoting the adoption of effective countercyclical fiscal policy actions. The paper draws lessons and best international practices...
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Female Wage Inequality in Latin American Labor Markets
Saavedra, Luz A. - 2017
The author uses quantile regression to document the evolution of the earnings structure of salaried and self-employed female workers in urban areas in three Latin American countries-Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica-after structural reforms were introduced. The analysis covers pre- and...
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World Bank Lending and the Quality of Economic Policy
Smets, Lodewijk - 2017
This study investigates the impact of World Bank development policy lending on the quality of economic policy. It finds … using the World Bank's Country Policy and Institutional Assessments of macro, debt, fiscal and structural policies, and … previous studies based on earlier loans are consistent with claims by the World Bank that it has learned from its mistakes with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973107
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Impact of Phone Reminders on Survey Response Rates : Evidence from a Web-Based Survey in an International Organization
Smets, Lodewijk - 2018
an international organization, the World Bank. After randomly assigning treatment to 248 survey participants, the study … World Bank surveyors to turn to sample surveys more often, reducing survey overload in the institution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929992
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What Do 50 Years of Census Records and Household Survey Data Tell Us about Human Opportunities and Welfare in Latin America?
Calvo‐González, Oscar - 2020
To comprehend how development really happens, it is necessary to understand the evolution of its drivers and their relationship with individuals' income. This paper analyzes the expansion of access to education and basic services in Latin America and its association with the evolution of incomes...
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But? What is the Poverty Rate Today? Testing Poverty Nowcasting Methods in Latin America and the Caribbean
Caruso, German Daniel - 2017
Poverty estimates usually lag behind two years, which makes it difficult to provide real-time poverty analysis to assess the impact of economic crisis and shocks among the less well-off, and subsequently limits policy responses. This paper takes advantage of up-to-date average economic welfare...
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Perceptions of Distributive Justice in Latin America During a Period of Falling Inequality
Reyes, German Jeremias - 2017
This paper explores perceptions of distributive justice in Latin America during the 2000s and their relationship with income inequality. In line with the fall in income inequality in the region, the paper documents a widespread, although modest, decrease in the share of the population that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954327
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Urbanization and Development : Is Latin America and the Caribbean Different from the Rest of the World?
Roberts, Mark - 2017
and Caribbean region appear to depart significantly from the rest of the world in these two basic relationships. Although …. This paper reexamines whether Latin America and Caribbean countries differ from the rest of the world in the basic stylized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959138
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Rising Incomes and Inequality of Access to Infrastructure Among Latin American Households
Fay, Marianne - 2017
This paper documents access to services and ownership of infrastructure-related durables in the water, energy, telecom, and transport areas, based on harmonized household survey data covering 1.6 million households in 14 Latin American countries during 1992 to 2012. The paper provides a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012961226