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Modelo de selección de riesgo, aplicado al otorgamiento de microcrédito en un intermediario financiero de crédito colombiano, apoyado en redes neuronales artificiales

Miller, Ariza; Wilson, Barón; Nélson, Obregón; … - In: Atlantic review of economics 1 (2012)

predictors of low risk, in the process of microcredit. Academic studies on the topic are limited, since the raw material for your …

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Market reforms and efficiency gains in Chile

Bergoeing, Raphael; Hernando, Andrés; Repetto, Andrea - In: Estudios de economía 37 (2010) 2, pp. 217-242

Starting in the mid 1970s, Chile implemented comprehensive structural market reforms. Using manufacturing plant-level data on Chilean firms for years 1980 to 2001, we estimate the role of reforms on efficiency. We analyze aggregate productivity constructed from micro data to find that in the...

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The longer-term effects of human capital enrichment programs on poverty and inequality : oportunidades in Mexico

McKee, Douglas; Todd, Petra E. - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 67-100

Previous empirical research has shown that Mexico's Oportunidades program has succeeded in increasing schooling and improving health of disadvantaged children. This paper studies the program's potential longer-term consequences for the poverty and inequality of these children. It adapts methods...

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Industrial decline and labor reallocation in a transforming economy : Romania in early transition

Earle, John S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-18

Industrial decline and restructuring in the transition economies presents a prime example of the relationship between changes in aggregate economic indicators and underlying microeconomic adjustments. This paper employs matched labor force survey data to focus on the magnitude and determinants...

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Remittances and labor supply in post-conflict Tajikistan

Justino, Patricia; Shemyakina, Olga N. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-28

We analyze the impact of remittances on the labor supply of men and women in post-conflict Tajikistan. Individuals from remittance-receiving households are less likely to participate in the labor market and supply fewer hours when they do. The results are robust to different measures of...

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Social networks and wages in Senegal’s labor market

Beradi, Nicoletta - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-26

We develop a theoretical framework that considers the role played by moral hazard and the diversity of networks and cultures in the choice of hiring channel. In favoritism contexts social networks, and particularly strong ties, are adopted as hiring channels for unskilled jobs and result in wage...

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The generalized hybrid averaging operator and its application in decision making

Merigó Lindahl, José M.; Casanovas Ramón, Montserrat - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 9 (2010), pp. 69-84

We present the generalized hybrid averaging (GHA) operator. It is a new aggregation operator that generalizes the hybrid averaging (HA) operator by using the generalized mean. Thus, we are able to generalize a wide range of mean operators such as the HA, the hybrid geometric averaging (HGA), the...

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Una herramienta de análisis teórico en la teoría de la empresa bajo incertidumbre

Rodríguez-Puerta, Inmaculada; Sebastiá Costa, Francisco; … - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 11 (2011), pp. 33-40

of the lemma, in the context of the same model, to study the effect of a variation in risk aversion, which had not been …

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Geburten in Ost- und Westdeutschland : erleichtert eine hohe Risikobereitschaft die Entscheidung für ein Kind?

Schmitt, Christian - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 11, pp. 18-23

- vor allem unter ostdeutschen Männern positiv auf die Entscheidung für eine Elternschaft wirkt. -- risk attitudes …

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Measuring the degree to which probability weighting affects risk-taking behavior in financial decisions

Mattos, Fabio; Garcia, Philip - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 1 (2012) 2, pp. 1-39

risk-taking behavior deviates from expected utility theory in the presence of probability weighting. A group of … professional traders participates in an experiment, whose data are used to calculate risk and uncertainty premiums. This framework … allows measuring and disentangling the impact of probability weighting on risk perceptions and behavior. Several findings …

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