Research 2013


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LACEA LAMES 2013

Find access to abstracts and PDF documents of the 2013 Conference Participating Papers  


New entries on 18 October, 2013

Desigualdades intrarregionais na região nordeste: uma análise de decomposição espacial

Sovereign defaults, business cycles and economic growth in Latin America, 1870-2012

The relationship between credit and business cycles in Central America and the Dominican Republic


New entries on 24 September, 2013

Financial development in Latin America and the Caribbean: stylized facts and the road ahead

An exploration on interbank markets and the operational framework of monetary policy in Colombia

Economic growth and inequality: evidence from the young democracies of South America

Vulnerabilidad y oportunidades: los jóvenes inactivos en Chile

Minimum wage and job mobility


New entries on 17 September, 2013

Mega sporting events, real estate, and urban social economics – the case of Brazil 2014/2016

Identificación de episodios de auge crediticio en Perú: una propuesta metodológica con fundamentos económicos

Capacidades estatais no programa Bolsa Família: o desafio de consolidação do sistema único de assistência social

Política monetária e assimetria de informação: um estudo a partir do mercado futuro de taxas de juros no Brasil

Tax credits response to tax enforcement: evidence from a quasi-experiment in Chile


New entries on 4 September, 2013

Financial Education in Latin America and the Caribbean

Industrial Growth and Structural Change: Brazil in a Long-Run Perspective

Peer effects on a fertility decision: an application for Medellín Colombia

PISA in low and middle income countries


New entries on 30 August, 2013

Long-run determinants of the brazilian Real: a closer look at commodities

Price differentiation and menu costs in credit card payments

Acceso a servicios financieros en Colombia

La agricultura colombiana de cara a los pactos bilaterales de comercio

Comportamiento de no pago en créditos de consumo: indicadores y determinantes

Access to credit: awareness and use of formal and informal credit institutions


New entries on 28 August, 2013

Power convergence, divergence and a complex interplay: Chile and the international and transnational anti-corruption campaign

Vínculos interregionales en la economía colombiana del siglo XIX: Empresariado del Caribe en el interior del país

Quantitative easing and related capital flows into Brazil: measuring its effects and transmission channels through a rigorous counterfactual evaluation


New entries on 14 August, 2013

Heterogeneous self-employment and subjective well-being. Evidence from Latin America.

Capital controls in Brazil – stemming a tide with a signal?

Abandoning coffee under the threat of violence and the presence of illicit crops. Evidence from Colombia

The Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) debt carrying capacity: an empirical investigation of its debt evolution and debt limits


New entries on 6 August, 2013

Social security, economic development and the labor force participation of the elderly in Latin America

Why is prior consultation not yet an effective tool for conflict resolution? The case of Peru

Gestión de la propiedad intelectual en las organizaciones. Una revisión de la literatura reciente.


New entries on 1 August, 2013

Un estudio sobre las disparidades regionales en Colombia a través del análisis exploratorio y confirmatorio de datos espaciales, 1985 – 2010

Opening the black box of contract renegotiations: an analysis of road concessions in Chile, Colombia and Peru

Loans for Higher Education: Does the Dream Come True?


New entries on 23 July, 2013

El sistema de predicción desagregada: Una evaluación de las proyecciones de inflación 2006-2011

Taxation and inequality in the Americas: changing the fiscal contract?

An economic model of Brazil's ethanol-sugar markets and impacts of fuel policies

Dimensions of access to medicines in Brazil


New entries on 23 July, 2013

An expansion of a global data set on educational quality: a focus on achievement in developing countries

Eficiencia en la prestación de agua y saneamiento y su vinculación con regiones, propiedad e independencia de los prestadores en Brasil

Gasto público e desigualdade de renda no Brasil

Countervailing inequality effects of globalization and renewable energy generation in Argentina

Are some degrees worth more than others? Evidence from college admission cutoffs in Chile


New entries on 12 July, 2013

Aumento del salario mínimo y sus efectos sobre el mercado laboral en Chile

Efectos de shocks al precio del petróleo sobre la economía en Chile y sus socios comerciales

Complex networks and banking systems supervision

Decisiones financieras, competencia en el mercado y desempeño de las empresas: evidencia empírica para Iberoamérica


New entries on 10 July, 2013

La informalidad laboral en el sector formal. Un análisis preliminar.

Problematizing the effect of rural-urban linkages on food security and malnutrition in Guatemala´s western highlands

The income effect of unconditional grants: a reduction in the collection effort of municipalities

Resource rents, institutions and violent civil conflicts


New entries on 4 July, 2013

Un estudio sobre el incremento de la segregación escolar en Argentina

Contexto internacional y desempeño macroeconómico en América Latina y el Perú: 1980-2012

Bolsa Família after Brasil Carinhoso: an analysis of the potential for reducing extreme poverty

Science, technology and innovation in Peru 2000-2012: the case of services

New entries on 25 June, 2013

Las transferencias públicas y su impacto distributivo: la experiencia de los países del cono Sur en la década de 2000

Subempleo por ingresos y funcionamiento del mercado de trabajo en Colombia

Firm-Level productivity spillovers from FDI in Latin American countries


New entries on 11 June, 2013

Implications of the recent macroeconomic policies on employment and labour market outcomes in Peru

Multidimensional perspective of poverty, and its relation with the informal labor market: an application to ecuadorian and turkish data

Digital money and its impact on local economic variables. The case of Uruguay

Household debt during the financial crisis: micro-evidence from Chile


New entries on 17 May,  2013

Evaluating antipoverty transfer programmes in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa

Trade and labor reallocation with heterogeneous enforcement of labor regulations

Estabilidad de la demanda de trabajo y efecto del salario minimo sobre el empleo: el caso chileno

Double penalty in returns to education: informality and educational mismatch in the Colombian labour market


New entries on 8 May,  2013

La ‘parte del león’: Nuevas estimaciones de la participación de los súper ricos en el ingreso de Chile

¿Qué tan desalineados están los precios de la vivienda en Colombia?

Job Search Channels, Neighborhood Effects and Wages Inequality in Developing Countries: The Colombian Case


New entries on 7 May,  2013

Subempleo por ingresos y funcionamiento del mercado de trabajo en Colombia

Is labor income responsible for poverty reduction ? a decomposition approach

Yet Another Look at the Modernisation Hypothesis: Evidence from South America

Determinants of Government and External Debt: Evidence from the Young Democracies of South America

New entries on 30 April, 2013

Decomposing the Rural-Urban Differential in Student Achievement in Colombia Using PISA Microdata

Overlapping Regionalism, No Integration: Conceptual Issues and the Latin American Experiences

Subempleo por ingresos y funcionamiento del mercado de trabajo en Colombia

Small Is Not Beautiful: Firm-Level Evidence of the Link between Credit, Firm Size and Competitiveness in Colombia

Measuring Impoverishment: An Overlooked Dimension of Fiscal Incidence


New entries on 26 April, 2013

The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay: An Overview

Projections of dynamic generational tables and longevity risk in Chile

Export entrepreneurship and trade structure in Latin America during good and bad times

Does Aid for Education Attract Foreign Investors? An Empirical Analysis for Latin America


New entries on 24 April, 2013

Changes in Wage Structure in Mexico Going Beyond the Mean: An Analysis of Differences in Distribution, 1987-2008

Deconstructing the Decline in Inequality in Latin America

Trade, competition and quality-upgrading: A theory with evidence from Colombia

Violent Behaviour: The effect of civil conflict on domestic violence in Colombia

Private vs Public Antitrust Enforcement: Evidence from Chile


New entries on 23 April, 2013

Commodity prices and the business cycle in Latin America: Living and dying by commodities?

Productive development policies in Latin America: Past and present

La Política de Seguridad Democrática 2002-2006: efectos socioeconómicos en las áreas rurales

Convergencia y trampas espaciales de pobreza en Colombia: Evidencia reciente

Potentiality of reverse mortgages to supplement pension: the case of Chile


New entries on 17 April, 2013

Social spending, taxes and income redistribution in Uruguay

Forecasting Latin-American yield curves: An artificial neural network approach

The Rise in Female Participation in Colombia: Fertility, Marital Status or Education?

Las externalidades de los Programas de Transferencias Condicionadas sobre el crimen: el caso de Familias en Acción en Bogotá


New entries on 15 April, 2013

Is Inflation Targeting Still on Target? The Recent Experience of Latin America

Decomposing the Rural-Urban Differential in Student Achievement in Colombia Using PISA Microdata

Family size and children quality: New evidence and new exogenous shocks in the case of Colombian Households

Credit Constraints, Sector Informality and Firm Investments: Evidence from a Panel of Uruguayan Firms

Inequality of Opportunity, Income Inequality and Economic Mobility: Some International Comparisons


New entries on 8 April, 2013

Social Determinants of Child Health in Colombia: Can Community Education Moderate the Effect of Family Characteristics?

Heterogeneous Economic Returns to Postsecondary Degrees: Evidence from Chile

Micro-Entrepreneurship Training and Asset Transfers: Short Term Impacts on the Poor

Conditional Cash Transfers, Payment Dates and Labor Supply: Evidence from Peru


New entries on 2 April, 2013

Don't make war, make elections franchise extension and violence in XIXth-century Colombia

Mujer y movilidad social

The Rise in Female Participation in Colombia: Fertility, Marital Status or Education?

Effects of Innovation on Employment in Latin America

The Potential Impact of Brazil’s Transportation Efficiencies on World Cotton Trade


New entries on 21 March, 2013

The Distribution of Income in Central America

Forecasting Latin-American yield curves: An artificial neural network approach

Fifteen years of inequality in Latin America: how have labor markets helped?

Gasto Público y Movilidad y Equidad Social


New entries on 25 February, 2013

What is happening with El Salvador's CCT programmes

Regression discontinuity impacts with an implicit index: evaluating El Salvador's Comunidades Solidarias Rurales Transfer Programme

Oportunidades and Bolsa Familia: a comparative perspective of their evolution

The expansion of non-contributory transfers in Uruguay in recent years


New entries on 18 February, 2013

Monetary Transfers for Children and Adolescents in Argentina: Characteristics and Coverage of a "System" with Three Components

Enrollment and quality levels of Colombia’s public basic education: Has fiscal decentralization improved them?


New entries on 14 February, 2013

Aportaciones compartidas para pensiones en Colombia, México y Perú: Experiencias y perspectivas.

The Unemployment Subsidy Program in Colombia: An Assessment.

Migración y Mercado Laboral en Chile


New entries on 11 February, 2013

Trade Barriers in Policies that Regulate Greenhouse Gases

Indicators for Assessing the Vulnerability of Smallholder Farming to Climate Change: the Case of Brazil's Semi-Arid Northeastern Region

Vulnerability of Brazilian Megacities to Climate Change: The São Paulo Metropolitan Region

Recursos Naturales y Crecimiento Económico en Colombia: ¿Maldición de los Recursos?


New entries on 8 February, 2013

Social Protection in Ecuador: A New Vision for Inclusive Growth

Inequality of Opportunity, Income Inequality and Economic Mobility: Some International Comparisons


New entries on 7 February, 2013

Economic Growth and Inequality: Evidence from the Young Democracies of South America

Gender equality and economic growth in Brazil: a long-run analysis

The Expansion of Cash Transfers in Chile and its Challenges: Ethical Family Income


New entries on 31 January, 2013

Las tecnologías de la información y el cambio climático en países en desarrollo

Social capital and economic performance: trust and distrust in eighteenth-century gold shipments from Brazil

Higher education dropouts, access to credit, and labor market outcomes: Evidence from Chile

Sovereign Dept in Latin America, 1820–1913

 

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