This document presents a quasi-experimental impact evaluation of Bolivia's Renta Dignidad, a universal and non-contributory old age pension. Causal effects on direct, future, and indirect beneficiaries are identified, taking advantage of a reduction in age of eligibility from 65 to 60 years in...

Despite the importance for socio-economic outcomes, there is an ongoing debate about the stability of personality traits over the life cycle. By disentangling age, period and cohort influences on personality traits, this paper adds to the existing empirical contributions, which often focus on...

Economists increasingly recognise the importance of personality traits for socioeconomic outcomes, but little is known about the stability of these traits over the life cycle. Existing empirical contributions typically focus on age patterns and disregard cohort and period influences. This paper...

Economists increasingly recognise the importance of personality traits for socioeconomic outcomes, but little is known about the stability of these traits over the life cycle. Existing empirical contributions typically focus on age patterns and disregard cohort and period influences. This paper...

Despite the importance for socio-economic outcomes, there is an ongoing debate about the stability of personality traits over the life cycle. By disentangling age, period and cohort influences on personality traits, this paper adds to the existing empirical contributions, which often focus on...

El Índice de Precios al Consumidor (IPC) es uno de los indicadores más importantes para el análisis del desempeño de una economía. En 2007, el Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Bolivia (INE) modificó el año base para el cálculo del IPC, aspecto que desató críticas a la metodología...

La construcción de la línea de pobreza es el paso más crítico y difícil en la medición de la pobreza, pues establece el umbral que define quien es o no es pobre. En el presente documento se establecen los criterios y se utiliza la información disponible para construir Canastas Básicas...