On this page you can find our selection of the latest academic papers on Latin America and the Caribbean. The list presented below is organized by date of entry to our data base. To browse recent working papers by topic or year, please use the menu provided in the right column of this page.

New entries as of April 24, 2018

• Gobiernos que sirven: Innovaciones que están mejorando la entrega de servicios a los ciudadanos
• The changing nature of work
• Educación que rinde: Mujeres, trabajo y cuidado infantil en América Latina y el Caribe: Resumen
• Advancing academic opportunities for disadvantaged youth: third year impact evaluation of a privately-managed school in a poor neighborhood in Montevideo
• The Future of Work: Regional Perspectives
• The Transmission of Commodity Price Super-Cycles

New entries as of April 18, 2018

• Frequency of testing. Lessons from a field experiment in higher education
• Segundo informe anual sobre el progreso y los desafíos regionales de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe
• The effect of one-on-one assistance on the compliance with labor regulation. A field experiment in extremely vulnerable settings
• Social and Solidarity Economy as a tool for territorial development and socio-occupational inclusion
• Effects of Motorcycle Helmet Laws on Fatalities’ Prevention: An Impact Evaluation
• Sostenibilidad ambiental de las exportaciones agroalimentarias: los casos de Chile, Colombia, el Ecuador y el Uruguay

New entries as of April 10, 2018

• Public Works Programs and Crime
• Hacia un sistema de formación continua de la fuerza laboral en el Perú
• Incidencia de la pobreza y la indigencia en 31 aglomerados urbanos
• Rethinking education: Towards a global common good?
• Access to Employment and Property Values in Mexico

New entries as of April 3, 2018

• The Industrialization of South America Revisited: Evidence from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia, 1890-2010
• Spiritual Practices and Dispositional Optimism in an Underprivileged Population
• Effects of official and unofficial central bank communication on the Brazilian interest rate curve
• Demand Shocks and Labor Market Dynamics: Firm Level Responses to a Commodity Boom
• Desigualdad en Países en Desarrollo: ¿Ajustando las Expectativas?
• La construcción de sistemas de información sobre el mercado laboral en América Latina

New entries as of March 27, 2018

• Keynes on the Sequencing of Economic Policy: Recovery and Reform in 1933
• La cadena regional de valor de la industria de lácteos en Centroamérica
• Paraguay: Is Good Macro Policy Enough to Ensure Adequate Resilience to Adverse External Shocks? How Does It Compare to Other Emerging Markets?
• Informe de evaluación de la política de desarrollo social
• Centroamérica y la República Dominicana: evolución económica en 2017 y perspectivas para 2018. Balance preliminar

New entries as of March 20, 2018

• Poverty Diagnostic for Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Guatemala
• Crime and Violence: Desensitization in Victims to Watching Criminal Events
• The Impact of a Mathematics Computer-Assisted Learning Platform on Students’ Mathematics Test Scores
• Perú frente a Colombia y Chile. Desarrollos distintos en la Alianza del Pacífico
• Employment in multinational enterprises in Mexico: Analysis of economic census
• "If it's already tough, imagine for me...". A Qualitative Perspective on Youth Out of School and Out of Work in Brazil

New entries as of March 13, 2018

• Alquiler en números: La tenencia de vivienda en América Latina y el Caribe
• El impacto de las transferencias monetarias condicionadas en las inversiones de los hogares en activos y actividades productivas: Evidencia del Programa Juntos en Perú
• La eficiencia en el uso del agua y la energía en los procesos mineros: casos de buenas prácticas en Chile y el Perú
• Determinants of Slum Formation: The Role of Local Politics and Policies
• Agriculture Productivity Growth in Brazil

New entries as of March 6, 2018

• Marriage, labor supply and the dynamics of the social safety net
• La flexibilización de las condiciones de acceso a las jubilaciones en el Uruguay
• Estimación del gasto en protección ambiental en Costa Rica
• Firms and the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil
• Children, Time Allocation and Consumption Insurance

New entries as of February 27, 2018

• Las cadenas logísticas mineras en el Perú: oportunidades para una explotación más sostenible de los recursos naturales
• Winners Never Quit, Quitters Never Grow
• Exploring new forms of cooperation between China and Latin America and the Caribbean
• Broadband Internet, Labor Demand, and Total Factor Productivity in Colombia
• Entre la igualdad legal y la discriminación de hecho

New entries as of February 20, 2018

• Strengthening Argentina’s integration in the global economy: policy proposals for trade, investment, and competition
• Parents, Siblings and Schoolmates
• A Theory of Social Norms, Women's Time Allocation, and Gender Inequality in the Process of Development
• The Value of Smarter Teachers: International Evidence on Teacher Cognitive Skills and Student Performance
• Crecimiento urbano y acceso a oportunidades: un desafío para América Latina
• Do CCTs Improve Employment and Earnings in the Very Long-Term? Evidence from Mexico

New entries as of February 13, 2018

• Wage Inequality in Latin America: Understanding the Past to Prepare for the Future
• Psychosocial wellbeing and place characteristics in Mexico
• Can Licensing Induce Productivity? Exploring the IPR Effect
• State-dependent Forward Guidance and the Problem of Inconsistent Announcements
• Closing the Gender Gap in Leadership Positions: Can Expanding the Pipeline Increase Parity?
• Inequality of opportunity in Mexico

New entries as of February 6, 2018

• Skill Selection and American Immigration Policy in the Interwar Period
• Does board diversity affect institutional investor preferences? Evidence from Latin America
• Does upward mobility harm trust?
• Positional goods and legal orderings
• Voces emergentes: Percepciones sobre la calidad de vida urbana en América Latina y el Caribe
• Property Tax Exemption for Government-Owned Real Estate in Mexico

New entries as of January 30, 2018

• On measuring social tensions: with applications to Brazil
• The Changing Way Governments Talk about Poverty and Inequality
• Wealthier, Happier and More Self-Sufficient: When Anti-Poverty Programs Improve Economic and Subjective Wellbeing at a Reduced Cost to Taxpayers
• Welfare-Consistent Global Poverty Measures
• La educación técnica en el Ecuador: el perfil de sus usuarios y sus efectos en la inclusión laboral y productiva

New entries as of January 23, 2018

• Fecundidad no deseada entre las adolescentes latinoamericanas: un aumento que desafía la salud sexual y reproductiva y el ejercicio de derechos
• Estimating the Production Function for Human Capital: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Colombia
• Labor Market Search, Informality and Schooling Investments
• Minimum Age Regulation and Child Labor: New Evidence from Brazil
• Behavioral Inattention

New entries as of January 16, 2018

• Using Behavioral Economics to Curb Workplace Misbehaviors: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
• Global Inequality when Unequal Countries Create Unequal People
• The impact of health on labour supply near retirement
• Coordination via Redistribution
• The Labor Market Effects of an Educational Expansion. A Theoretical Model with Applications to Brazil

New entries as of January 9, 2018

• Fairness and the unselfish demand for redistribution by taxpayers and welfare
• Non-standard employment around the world: Understanding challenges, shaping prospects
• Estudio sobre el subsidio por enfermedad en el Uruguay
• To the Victor Belongs the Spoils? Party Membership and Public Sector Employment in Brazil
• Paraguay: Análisis del sistema fiscal y su impacto en la pobreza y la equidad