Using microsimulations, we nowcast the impact of learning losses caused by COVID-19 on secondary school completion rates, intergenerational mobility of education, and long-run earnings inequality in eight countries Sub-Saharan Africa. On average, secondary school completion rates decrease by 12...

The results of in-depth analyses for Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico reveal two main factors that explain this phenomenon: a fall in the premium that favors skilled over unskilled labor, and more progressive government transfers targeting the poor

This paper presents an estimate of the impact of economic crisis and adjustment on the living standards of the Mexican population between 1982 and 1985. The analysis is based on information on wage and nonwage incomes, unemployment, functional income distribution, changes in public expenditures,...