Spanish Abstract: En el año 2018, el gobierno hondureño inició la implementación del programa Emprendiendo una Vida Mejor (EVM), enfocado en reducir la pobreza extrema de hogares rurales en tres departamentos del país. Este programa está basado en el enfoque de graduación, que ha probado...

This paper focuses on the factors contributing to gender inequality in the distribution of paid work and unpaid work in homes. The European Union Household Panel for Spain is used to empirically test the relative impact of such factors and their contribution to gender inequality. Three...

This paper uses cost accounting to estimate some of the costs associated with criminal activity and violence in Uruguay. Among the costs being considered are those of security and crime prevention; justice; incarceration and rehabilitation of prisoners; stolen goods; health care and loss of life...

This paper applies a method designed by the BID to monitor of urban quality based on the combination of two approaches: hedonic prices and lifestile satisfaction. This combination allows the assessment of local public resources from both the market point of view and that of profitability. Unlike...

El presente trabajo, al igual que el análisis hecho anteriormente por Arias y Sosa Escudero (2004), busca estudiar los determinantes de la percepción subjetiva del bienestar individual contrastándolos con las características observables de los individuos que influyen en la pobreza medida de...

We analyze data on happiness for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect in increasing happiness levels. Then, the probabilty of being happy is estimated by probit models. Results show that the main relationship is between happiness and health...

We analyze data on happiness for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect in increasing happiness levels. Then, the probabilty of being happy is estimated by probit models. Results show that the main relationship is between happiness and health...

Spanish Abstract: ¿Cómo limitar el endeudamiento público? ¿Límites y restricciones constitucionales son suficientes? Son dos de las preguntas que pretende contestar este trabajo a partir de una revisión de los trabajos del área de Public Choice en el tema de endeudamiento. La literatura...