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In August 2010 the Costa Rican government implemented a comprehensive program to increase compliance with legal minimum wages, the Campaign for Minimum Wages. To evaluate the impact of the Campaign, we use a regression discontinuity approach, which compares what happened to workers who before...
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In August 2010, the Costa Rican government implemented a comprehensive program to increase compliance with legal minimum wages, the Campaña Nacional de Salarios Mínimos (National Campaign for Minimum Wages). To evaluate the impact of the Campaign, the authors use a regression discontinuity...
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We document changes in income and earnings inequality in the five Central American countries from the early 1990s to 2009. In the 1990s Costa Rica had the most equal distribution of income in Central America, and one of the most equal distributions of income in Latin America. At the other...
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We document changes in income and earnings inequality in the five Central American countries from the early 1990s to 2009. In the 1990s Costa Rica had the most equal distribution of income in Central America, and one of the most equal distributions of income in Latin America. At the other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796448
After declining from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, earnings inequality in Costa Rica stabilized from 1987 to 1992 and then increased from 1992 to 1999. In this paper we use recently-developed techniques to measure the extent to which these changes in earnings inequality were the result of...
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This book examines poverty as a structural problem caused by the way economic systems operate. It poses a simple question: Why do poor people earn less? Case studies in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru find the poor caught in a vicious circle. They lack sufficient access to...
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Este libro ofrece un análisis crítico de los programas para combatir la pobreza en cuatro países. Los estudios revelan diversos problemas normativos, de procedimiento y de coordinación interinstitucional que pueden ser resueltos, al menos en parte, con la colaboración creativa del sector...
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Este trabajo incursiona en el análisis de los activos y recursos que disponen los pobres. Se revisa y actualiza la magnitud, evolución y perfil de las familias pobres con énfasis en las características que den elementos sobre la dotación y utilización rentable de los activos. Con una...
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Este trabajo incursiona en el análisis de los activos y recursos que disponen los pobres. Se revisa y actualiza la magnitud, evolución y perfil de las familias pobres con énfasis en las características que den elementos sobre la dotación y utilización rentable de los activos. Con una...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005342523
El objetivo de este trabajo es estudiar la gestión pública social para formular propuestas a fin de mejorar la administración, focalización y el orden de prioridades de los gastos sociales. Con ello se busca un uso más eficiente y efectivo de los recursos destinados al área social, y...
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