During the past years we have witnessed an important number of healthcare systems reforms in the continent, being more radical in Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States and Uruguay. As part of its CISS Health System and Insurance Report (CISS 2008), the...

Overweight and obesity are increasing throughout the world, spurring a research agenda focused on understanding its causes, consequences, and the most appropriate public policies for addressing these problems. Unfortunately, very little remains known about the relationship between...

This report analyzes the jobless recovery phenomenon observed in Mexico during the current and previous crisis. It analyzes the role of job creation and destruction in the economic cycle and researches different causes that might explain a jobless recovery. Some of these are structural change,...

The English version of this paper can be found at http://ssrn.com/abstract= 2358669. El gobierno de México definió entre los años noventa y los dos mil principios de reforma a los seguros de salud e intentó implementarlos. Las principales iniciativas aprobadas definieron esquemas...

Between the 1990s and the two thousands, the government of Mexico defined principles of reform to health insurance and has sought to implement them. Major approved initiatives defined voluntary schemes, in one case private insurance (which has very low penetration), and in another a new public...

The English version of this paper can be found at http://ssrn.com/abstract= 2358645. Los programas de pensiones, empleo y familia constituyen tres de las cuatro grandes categorías de la política social (la cuarta siendo los de salud). En este artículo se analizan opciones para su diseño...

The English version of this paper can be found at http://ssrn.com/abstract= 2358568. Este ensayo revisa la situación de la protección social en México, así como diversas propuestas y opciones para su reforma. Una guía es el concepto de piso de protección social que han definido la...

Pension, employment, family, and health insurance programs constitute the four major categories of social policy. This report discusses the options for the design of programs within the first three categories based on a framework that aims at providing universal social security protection...