Citizens confront multiple challenges when attempting to access public services. This article focuses on an aspect yet unaddressed by existing literature on administrative burdens: the complexity of the written language used by government agencies in Latin America. It presents an impact...

English Abstract: This article maintains that in our second best world, neither corruption nor the informal sector and political instability can be held responsible for the moderate performance of the Ukrainian economy. Corruption in Ukraine appears to act as “grease in the wheels of the...

Spanish Abstract: En Colombia ha surgido una política con el acto legislativo no. 4 del 2007, donde se otorga un dinero extra para los municipios con menos de 25.000 habitantes por medio del SGP, al rubro de participación de propósito general. Este ingreso se distribuye por conceptos de...

Citizens confront multiple challenges when attempting to access public services. This article focuses on an aspect yet unaddressed by existing literature on administrative burdens: the complexity of the written language used by government agencies in Latin America. It presents an impact...

Spanish Abstract: Este artículo analiza la evolución del número de empleados al servicio de las Administraciones Públicas (AAPP) en España a lo largo de la crisis y el proceso reciente de consolidación fiscal. Caracterizamos los cambios en la estructura y composición del empleo de las...

We estimate wage differentials across different sectors of the Mexican economy. The results suggest that the wage differential between the formal and informal sectors is significant and larger than the differential between industry and services. The findings suggest that significant differences...

Spanish Abstract: Varias investigaciones demuestran la existencia de diferencias salariales entre grupos laborales: sexo, etnia, público-privado, etc. Sin embargo, estos documentos no han tratado la incidencia de las mismas en la distribución del ingreso total o satisfacción de necesidades...

This paper analyses wage differentials between public and private workers in Uruguay during the nineties. Previous empirical evidence showed the existence of a wage premium for public sector workers when comparing all public vs. private workers. Consideration of skilled and unskilled workers...

In Bogota reforms in 1991 blocked a market for buying and selling of votes. The patronage lost effectiveness, citizens developed a vote of opinion and the city demonstrated an outstanding performance in the provision of public goods and services. This story is illustrated by a new panel with...