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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s : Brazil country study
Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary S.; Jaume, David; … - 2015
During the 2000s, Brazil experienced slow economic growth and a substantial improvement in labour market indicators …. From 2001 to 2012, Brazil grew less than the Latin American average. However, the unemployment rate decreased, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334073
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Unraveling the paradox of anticorruption messaging : experimental evidence from a tax administration reform
Ajzenman, Nicolas; Ardanaz, Martin; Cruces, Guillermo; … - 2024
Recent literature highlights a paradox in corruption prevention messaging: instead of reducing tolerance for corruption …, such campaigns can inadvertently intensify it by priming the existence of corruption while failing to diminish citizens … combating corruption often backfire among individuals with preexisting negative perceptions of corruption, we posit that an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014534715
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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Brazil country study
Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary; Jaume, David; Viollaz, … - 2015
During the 2000s, Brazil experienced slow economic growth and a substantial improvement in labour market indicators …. From 2001 to 2012, Brazil grew less than the Latin American average. However, the unemployment rate decreased, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418659
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A Turning Point? Recent Developments on Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Gasparini, Leonardo; Cruces, Guillermo; Tornarolli, Leopoldo - 2009
This paper documents patterns and recent developments on different dimensions of inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). New comparative international evidence confirms that LAC is a region of high inequality, although maybe not the highest in the world. Income inequality has fallen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429287
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Down and Out or Up and In? Polarization-Based Measures of the Middle Class for Latin America
Cruces, Guillermo; Calva, Luis Felipe López; … - 2011
This document presents a systematic review of empirical approaches to the identification and measurement of the middle class as the concept is used in the applied literature. It then presents an arguably less arbitrary definition of the middle class which is based on sound principles of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429319
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Inequality in Education: Evidence for Latin America
Cruces, Guillermo; Domench, Carolina García; … - 2012
This paper provides original empirical evidence on the evolution of education inequality for all Latin American countries over the decades of 1990 and 2000. The analysis covers a wide range of issues on differences in educational outcomes and opportunities across the population, including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429399
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Educational upgrading and returns to skills in Latin America: Evidence from a supply-demand framework, 1990 - 2010
Gasparini, Leonardo; Galiani, Sebastián; Cruces, Guillermo - 2011
It has been argued that a factor behind the decline in income inequality in Latin America in the 2000s was the educational upgrading of its labor force. Between 1990 and 2010, the proportion of the labor force in the region with at least secondary education increased from 40 to 60 percent....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282149
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Inequality in education: Evidence for Latin America
Cruces, Guillermo; García Domench, Carolina; … - 2011
This paper provides original empirical evidence on the evolution of education inequality for the Latin American countries over the decades of 1990 and 2000. The analysis covers a wide range of issues on the differences in educational outcomes and opportunities across the population, including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319832
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The growth-employment-poverty Nexus in Latin America in the 2000s : cross-country analysis
Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary S.; Jaume, David; … - 2016
In the great majority of Latin American countries in the 2000s, economic growth took place and brought about improvements in almost all labour market indicators and consequent reductions in poverty rates. Across countries, economic growth was not all that mattered; external factors were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011540612
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Chronicle of a deceleration foretold : income inequality in Latin America in the 2010s
Gasparini, Leonardo; Cruces, Guillermo; Tornarolli, Leopoldo - 2015
After a decade of strong progress toward the goal of reducing the high levels of income disparities, there are clear signs of a deceleration in the pace of inequality reduction in Latin America. This paper argues that the deceleration is the result of two set of reasons. First, several of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011459691