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Using pseudo-panels to measure income mobility in Latin America
Cuesta, Jose; Ñopo, Hugo; Pizzolitto, Georgina - 2011
This paper presents a comparative overview of mobility patterns in 14 Latin American countries between 1992 and 2003. Using three alternative econometric techniques on constructed pseudo-panels, the paper provides a set of estimators for the traditional notion of income mobility as well as for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276065
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Discrimination in Latin America: An elephant in the room?
Chong, Alberto; Ñopo, Hugo - 2007
This paper surveys evidence on discrimination in Latin America and shows that there is a widespread perception of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278236
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Using pseudo-panels to measure income mobility in Latin America
Cuesta, Jose; Ñopo, Hugo; Pizzolitto, Georgina - 2007
This paper presents a comparative overview of mobility patterns in 14 Latin American countries between 1992 and 2003. Using three alternative econometric techniques on constructed pseudo-panels, the paper provides a set of estimators for the traditional notion of income mobility as well as for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278251
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Do welfare programs damage interpersonal trust? Experimental evidence from representative samples for four Latin American cities
Chong, Alberto; Ñopo, Hugo; Rios, Vanessa - 2009
This paper argues that welfare programs are linked with the destruction of social capital, as measured by interpersonal trust in laboratory games. The paper employs experimental data for representative samples of individuals in four Latin American capital cities (Bogota, Lima, Montevideo, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278260
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Teachers' salaries in Latin America: How much are they (under or over) paid?
Mizala, Alejandra; Ñopo, Hugo - 2011
occupations in Latin America circa 2007. These labor earnings differences, attributed to observable socio-demographic and job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280665
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The mystery of discrimination in Latin America
Chong, Alberto; Ñopo, Hugo - In: Economia : journal of the Latin American and Caribbean … 8 (2007/08) 2, pp. 79-115
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003756990
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The educational gender gap in Latin America and the Caribbean
Duryea, Suzanne; Galiani, Sebastián; Ñopo, Hugo; … - 2007
This paper analyzes the evolution of gender differences in schooling attendance and attainment in Latin America and the … America …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003775816
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Discrimination in Latin America : an elephant in the room?
Chong, Alberto (contributor); Ñopo, Hugo (contributor) - 2007
This paper surveys evidence on discrimination in Latin America and shows that there is a widespread perception of … Experiments ; Discrimination ; Latin America …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003776328
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Traditional excluding forces : a review of the quantitative literature on the economic situation of indigenous peoples, afro-descendants, and people living with disability
Gandelman, Néstor (contributor); Ñopo, Hugo (contributor);  … - 2007
Unequal income distribution in Latin America and the Caribbean is linked to unequal distributions of (human and … (in land and housing, physical infrastructure, health and income); ii) labor market issues, including access to labor … region. -- Discrimination ; Social exclusion ; Latin America and the Caribbean …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003776338
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Using pseudo-panels to measure income mobility in Latin America
Cuesta, José (contributor); Ñopo, Hugo (contributor);  … - 2007
-Panels ; Latin America …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003776374