The Interaction of Economic and Political Inequality in Latin America
Feb 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fergusson, Leopoldo;Robinson, James;Torres, Santiago
We investigate how economic inequality can persist in Latin America in the context of radical falls in political inequality in the last decades. Using data from Colombia, we focus on a critical facet…
BIDeconomics El Salvador: panorama de oportunidades
Feb 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Contreras, Diana;Ochoa, Elizabeth;Zentner, Joaquín
El Salvador continúa superando desafíos estructurales en su camino hacia el desarrollo. Entre 2019 y 2022, la economía mostró un crecimiento promedio modesto del 2,1%, destacando barreras como baja…
BIDeconomics Panamá: panorama de oportunidades
Feb 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Barrios, Juan José;Rodríguez, Rubilú;Bermudez, Tomas
Panamá es un referente de crecimiento para América Latina y el Caribe. Cerca de 6 por ciento ha sido el incremento promedio anual de su PIB entre 2000 y 2019. Incluso, pese a los desafíos…
Increasing Road Safety in Latin America and the Caribbean: Lessons from Behavioral Economics
Feb 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ramírez, Indhira;Scartascini, Carlos
Road crashes are a significant public health issue in Latin America and the Caribbean, resulting in a staggering toll of approximately 110,000 fatalities and over 5 million injuries annually. These…
Cómo aumentar la seguridad vial en América Latina y el Caribe: lecciones de la economía del comportamiento
Feb 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ramírez, Indhira;Scartascini, Carlos
Los accidentes de tráfico son un problema de salud pública importante en América Latina y el Caribe, que se cobra la increíble cifra de aproximadamente 110.000 víctimas mortales y más de 5 millones…
An Ounce of Prevention for a Pound of Cure: Basic Health Care and Efficiency in Health Systems
Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bancalari, Antonella;Bernal, Pedro;Celhay, Pablo;Martinez, Sebastian;Sánchez, María Deni
We examine the efficiency gains in health systems generated after the national roll out of basic healthcare in El Salvador between 2010 and 2013. Using data from over 120 million consultations and…
Sovereign Risk and Economic Complexity
Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gomez-Gonzalez, Jose E.;Uribe, Jorge M.;Valencia, Oscar
This paper investigates how a country's economic complexity influences its sovereign yield spread with respect to the United States. Notably, a one-unit increase in the Economic Complexity Index…
When Does Automation in Government Thrive or Flounder?
Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Estevez, Elsa;Janowski, Tomasz;Roseth, Benjamin
Government organizations worldwide are harvesting the transformative potential of digital technologies to automate interactions with citizens, businesses, and each other. Automation can bring…
Disability Employment Quotas: Effects of Laws and Nudges
Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Duryea, Suzanne;Martínez, Claudia;Smith, Raimundo
We study the effects of a new 1% employment quota enacted in Chile in 2018 using anonymized administrative data on monthly employer-employee linkages and disability certification records. Our firm-…
Connecting the Dots: The Role of Internationally Mobile Scientists in Linking Nonmobile with Foreign Scientists
Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ito, Rodrigo;Chavarro, Diego;Ciarli, Tommaso;Cowan, Robin;Visentin, Fabiana
Studying and working abroad, internationally mobile scientists meet foreign scientists and become carriers of knowledge. The benefits of international scientific mobility might extend to nonmobile…
Water Affordability Measures Under Multiple and Non-Exclusive Sources in Latin America and the Caribbean
Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Martinez-Espiñeira, Roberto;Pérez Urdiales, María
Standard water affordability measures that only account for expenditure on piped water are unlikely to adequately capture the situation of all consumers in developing countries, who often experience…
The Promises of Digital Bank Accounts for Low-income Individuals
Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Hernández Romero, Karla;Vera-Cossio, Diego A.;Hoffmann, Bridget;Pecha, Camilo
The push for adopting digital modes of payment rests on three promises: increased efficiency of transactions, increased financial inclusion, and improvements in the financial well-being of low-income…
Dependencia fiscal de los recursos naturales a nivel subnacional en la Región Andina: desafíos y reformas
Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Andrian, Leandro Gaston;Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo;Jiménez, Juan Pablo;Martínez-Vázquez, Jorge;Muñoz Miranda, Andrés
Uno de los mayores desafíos que enfrenta la humanidad es hacer que el planeta sea habitable para las próximas generaciones. Para ello, se requiere el rápido paso hacia economías descarbonizadas y que…
Fighting for the Best, Losing with the Rest: The Perils of Competition in Entrepreneurial Finance
Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Hernández, Juan;Wills, Daniel
Financiers in early-stage entrepreneurial finance are known for their “spray-and-pray” approach, where they fund multiple start-ups expecting profits on a few to compensate losses on a lot of failed…
Disaster and Political Trust: A Natural Experiment from the 2017 Mexico City Earthquake
Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Frost, Margaret;Kim, Sangeun;Scartascini, Carlos;Zamora, Paula;Zechmeister, Elizabeth J.
Political trust is foundational to democratic legitimacy, representative governance, and the provision of effective public policy. Various shocks can influence this trust, steering countries onto…
Lo metropolitano: escala, complejidad y gobernanza
Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Vera, Felipe;Toro, Fernando;Mashini, Dominique;Barrios, Douglas;Santos, Miguel Ángel;Cabannes, Yves;Davis, Diane E.;Keil, Roger;Macdonald, Sara;Lefévre, Christian;Smolka, Martim;Maleronka, Camila;Sassen, Saskia;Schechtner, Katja;Alcayaga, Sebastián;Devine, Sophie;Jordán, Ricardo;Cruz, Nuno F. da;Burdett, Ricky;Ezquiaga Domínguez, José María;Carrión, Fernando;Allard, Pablo;Muñoz, Juan Carlos;Gallardo, Laura;Fernández, María Ignacia;Arriaza, Jose Miguel;Fuentes, Luis;Orellana, Arturo;Ramírez, Alfredo;Hidalgo Rasmussen, Alfredo;Freier, Luisa Feline;Wood, Javier;Rojas, Marisol;Mora, Pía;Martinez, Karen;Slack, Enid;Carvalho, Gustavo
¿Cómo definimos la unidad territorial metropolitana? ¿Cómo establecemos límites territoriales que garantizan la integración de sus sistemas ecológicos y sociales? ¿Cómo gestionamos los flujos…
The Contractionary Effects of Protectionist Trade Policy in a Dollarized Economy
Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Grijalva, Diego F.;Uribe-Terán, Carlos;Gachet, Iván
This study analyzes the firm-level impacts of temporary safeguard import tariffs implemented in Ecuador from 2015 to 2017. Employing a difference-in-differences methodology, we explore the policy…
Shooting a Moving Target: Choosing Targeting Tools for Social Programs
Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether;Hoffmann, Bridget;Stampini, Marco;Vargas, David;Vera-Cossio, Diego A.
A key challenge for policymakers is how to design methods to select beneficiaries of social programs when income is volatile and the target population is dynamic. We evaluate a traditional
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Medium and Long Run Economic Assimilation of Venezuelan migrants to Peru
Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Torres, Javier;Beverinotti, Javier;Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo
In a span of six years, the proportion of Venezuelans in Peru has surged nearly fourfold, rising from virtually zero to over 4% of the population. This study delves into the dynamics of medium- and…
Climate Change, Hurricanes, and Sovereign Debt in the Caribbean Basin
Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Gómez, Santiago;Noy, Ilan;Strobl, Eric
Caribbean Islands are exposed to hurricanes, the damages of which are projected to intensify due to anthropogenic climate change. The region is also highly indebted. We focus on the interaction…