Latest Research
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 September 27, 2022
- The governance of civil aviation authorities in Latin American countries: Evidence from ICAO’s North American, Central American and Caribbean and South American regions
- Towards the measurement of electromobility in international trade. An interactive online dashboard
- Immigration, Wages, and Employment under Informal Labor Markets
- The external effects of public housing developments on informal housing: The case of Medellín, Colombia
- The Effect of Health Insurance on Child Nutritional Outcomes. Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design in Peru
New entries as of September 20, 2022
- Unemployment insurance in transition and developing countries: moral hazard vs liquidity constraints in Chile
- Labor Market Power, Self-Employment, and Development
- The impact of the JUNTOS conditional cash transfer programme on foundational cognitive skills: Does age of enrollment matter?
- Fighting Global Warming: Is Trade Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean a Help or a Hindrance?
- The Systemic Impact of Debt Default in a Multilayered Global Network Model
New entries as of September 13, 2022
- Hot Spots, Patrolling Intensity, and Robberies: Lessons from a three-year program in Uruguay
- Ownership Networks and Earnings Inequality
- Making a Maradona: Meat Consumption and Soccer Prowess
- Decolonial Readings of Platform Economies: The Organising of On-Demand Delivery Women Workers in Ecuador
- Weak growth and the global crisis are holding back the recovery of the employment in Latin America and the Caribbean
New entries as of September 6, 2022
- The tax system of OECD countries and main recommendations from the Organisation: Parameters for a tax reform in Brazil
- Asymmetric interest rate transmission in an inflation-targeting framework: The case of Colombia
- Does the Minimum Wage Affect Wage Inequality? A Study for the Six Largest Latin American Economies
- Envejecimiento y atención a la dependencia en el Perú
- Estimating inequality with missing incomes
New entries as of August 30, 2022
- Inclusion amid ethnic inequality. Insights from Brazil’s social protection system
- Growth Elasticities of Poverty Reduction
- Social spending and income inequality in Latin America. A panel data approach
- The Causal Effects of Youth Cigarette Addiction and Education
- Cash Transfers and Intimate Partner Violence. A Research View on Design and Implementation for Risk Mitigation and Prevention
New entries as of August 23, 2022
- Investing in Infants: The Lasting Effects of Cash Transfers to New Families
- Pricing Process in Mexico: New Evidence on the Inflation Dynamics
- What Makes a Program Good? Evidence from Short-Cycle Higher Education Programs in Five Developing Countries
- Pequeños empujones para América Latina y el Caribe: una década de mejorar la política pública con la economía del comportamiento
- Social Media and the Behavior of Politicians: Evidence from Facebook in Brazil
New entries as of August 16, 2022
- The evolution of the earnings distribution in a volatile economy: evidence from Argentina
- Going Green: Estimating the Potential of Green Jobs in Argentina
- The Impact of Smart Subsidies on Agricultural Production: Innovative Evidence from Argentina Using Survey and Remote Sensing Data
- Where Are All the Jobs? A Machine Learning Approach for High Resolution Urban Employment Prediction in Developing Countries
- A comparison of saving rates: micro evidence from sixteen Latin American and Caribbean countries
New entries as of August 9, 2022
- Healthier Firms for a Stronger Recovery: Policies to Support Business and Jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Intergenerational mobility in education in Latin America
- Unveiling the Cosmic Race: Racial Inequalities in Latin America
- Income-based affirmative action in college admissions
- Minimum Wages in Developing Countries
New entries as of August 2, 2022
- La transformación del trabajo y el empleo en la era de la inteligencia artificial: análisis, ejemplos e interrogantes
- Trust towards migrants
- The Inequality (or the Growth) we Measure: Data Gaps and the Distribution of Incomes
- Igualdad de oportunidades educativas: un indicador sencillo para América Latina
- Policy support and firm performance during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Colombia
New entries as of July 26, 2022
- Costs and Benefits of Trade Shocks: Evidence from Chilean Local Labor Markets
- Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil: Macroeconomic effects and policies
- Who attract the public sector compensation schemes? Evidence from Latin America
- The Effects of Public Housing on Children: Evidence from Colombia
- La Escolarización y las Ganancias de Aprendizaje según el Nivel de Integración Socioeconómica de los Estudiantes
New entries as of July 19, 2022
- Wealth in Latin America
- Median Labor Income in Chile Revised: Insights from Distributional National Accounts
- New Perspectives on Inequality in Latin America
- Female Political Representation and Violence Against Women: Evidence from Brazil
- Spatial inequalities in educational opportunities: The role of public policies
New entries as of July 12, 2022
- Revising Public Agricultural Support to Mitigate Climate Change
- Tutorías remotas: revisión de la literatura
- Transactional Governance Structures: New Cross-Country Data and an Application to the Effect of Uncertainty
- Conditional Cash Transfers and Gender-Based Violence: Does the Type of Violence Matter?
- Tracking Global Social Protection Responses to Price Shocks
New entries as of July 5, 2022
- The fallout of the war in Ukraine on Latin America and the Caribbean
- Informal versus Formal: Microfirms' Productivity Gaps
- Hours Constraints, Occupational Choice, and Gender: Evidence from Medical Residents
- Cross-Border Intra-Firm Trade and the Propagation of Idiosyncratic Shocks: A New Dataset
- El poder de un refrigerio. La alimentación escolar y sus efectos educativos en Colombia
New entries as of June 28, 2022
- Effects of fiscal consolidation on income inequality: narrative evidence from South America
- Intergenerational earnings mobility and macroeconomic shocks: Evidence based on administrative records
- Inclusión y alfabetización financiera: el caso de trabajadores estudiantes de nivel superior en Los Lagos, Chile
- Gender gaps in low and high-stakes assessments
- Satisfacción laboral en el contexto del teletrabajo forzoso: un estudio empírico en el sector de la educación superior
New entries as of June 21, 2022
- Trends of Educational Mobility Across Three Generations in Latin America
- Immigration, labor market and discrimination: Evidence from the venezuelan exodus in Perú
- Abortion Legalization in Uruguay: Effects on Adolescent Fertility
- Análisis sectorial del consumo de la electricidad durante la pandemia – COVID-19: evidencia para los mercados no regulado y regulado en Colombia
- The response of illegal mining to revealing its existence
New entries as of June 14, 2022
- Recursos externos, volatilidad y crecimiento económico en países de América Latina, 1990-2015
- Latin American Falls, Rebounds and Tail Risks
- Uso del endeudamiento y desempeño en los mercados accionarios. El caso de sociedades anónimas de Brasil, Chile, México y Perú
- Fiscal equalisation in Brazil, Canada and Australia: The case of states or provinces
- Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean: Social protection and quality of life of older persons
- Desigualdad de género e integración económica en Centroamérica
New entries as of June 7, 2022
- How does Brazil quantify Brazilian Cooperation for International Development?
- Influencia del contexto macroeconómico en la mortalidad de empresas en Perú
- Cerrando brechas de género en el Cono Sur: Un potencial de crecimiento desaprovechado
- Actitud financiera, comportamiento financiero y conocimiento financiero en México
- La ley de Kaldor-Verdoorn desde una perspectiva multisectorial
New entries as of May 31, 2022
- COVID-19: Analysis, impact, and perspectives in Chile
- COVID-19 and economic preferences: evidence from a panel of cab drivers
- Land restitution and selective violence: Evidence from Colombia
- Getting Teachers Back to School: Teacher Incentives and Student Outcomes
- Motherhood penalties: the effect of childbirth on women's employment dynamics in a developing country
- Estimating the Employment and GDP Multiplier of Emergency Cash Transfers in Brazil
- Short -and Medium- term effects of parental separation on children’s well-being. Evidence from Uruguay
New entries as of May 24, 2022
- Inequality hysteresis and the effectiveness of macroeconomic stabilisation policies
- LinkedIn en América Latina y el Caribe: ¿Una transformación acelerada del mercado laboral por la pandemia?
- Accelerating Digital Payments in Latin America and the Caribbean
- The Real Effects of Banking the Poor: Evidence from Brazil
- Denialism, Politics and the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil: an empirical analysis on observational data
New entries as of May 17, 2022
- Books and Guns: The Quality of Schools in Conflict Zones
- Organizational Hierarchies and Export Destinations
- Prevalence of care dependence among older persons in 26 Latin American and the Caribbean countries
- Go green or go home? Energy transition, directed technical change and wage inequality
- How to repay the after-COVID-19 public debt?: The case of Colombia
New entries as of May 10, 2022
- An Analysis of COVID-19 Student Learning Loss
- Impulsando la transformación digital del transporte en América Latina y el Caribe
- Desigualdad en el aprendizaje durante el COVID-19: evidencia para estudiantes de secundaria en Colombia
- ¿Cómo reconstruir la educación postpandemia? Soluciones para cumplir con la promesa de un mejor futuro para la juventud
- Overcoming Barriers to Venezuelan Women’s Inclusion and Participation in Colombia
- Enfrentando los costos fiscales del envejecimiento poblacional en América Latina y el Caribe con lecciones de los países desarrollados
New entries as of May 3, 2022
- Can We Grow with our Children? The Effects of a Comprehensive Early Childhood Development Program
- Bringing back the state: understanding varieties of pension re-reforms in Latin America
- Cash transfers before pregnancy and infant health
- Nueva normalidad y formación profesional. Aportes desde la experiencia de cuatro instituciones de formación
- Developmental Losses in Young Children from Pre-primary Program Closures during the COVID-19 Pandemic
New entries as of April 26, 2022
- How Accurate is the Kakwani Index in Predicting Whether a Tax or a Transfer is Equalizing? An Empirical Analysis
- Economic hardship, institutions and subjective well-being in Latin America
- Impact of Regulatory Changes on Economic Feasibility of Distributed Generation Solar Units
- Trust and Public Support for the Colombian Peace Agreement
- A gender story of social disengagement of young adults in Latin America
New entries as of April 19, 2022
- The Magnitude and Predictors of Overeducation and Overskilling in Latin America: Evidence from PIAAC
- Challenges of Public Credit Guarantee Schemes in Latin America during the Pandemic
- Impacto del COVID-19 sobre la demanda y oferta de vivienda nueva No VIS en Colombia
- El pilar no contributivo y su rol en el sistema de protección a la vejez: Colombia mayor social
- Trade Networks in Latin America: Spatial Inefficiencies and Optimal Expansions
- Redistribution Policy and Social Welfare: A View from Macroeconomics
New entries as of April 12, 2022
- Why has economic shrinking receded in Latin America? A social capability approach
- COVID-19 in Uruguay: A survey of policy responses and their impact
- Impacto de un programa de pensiones no contributivas en la oferta laboral del hogar. El caso de Previência Rural en Brasil
- Dynamic effects of smoking bans on addictive behavior among young adults
- Using Satellite Images to Measure Crop Productivity: Long-Term Impact Assessment of a Randomized Technology Adoption Program in the Dominican Republic
New entries as of April 5, 2022
- Remesas, Pobreza y Distribución del Ingreso en Venezuela: ¿Qué dice la evidencia?
- Will Studying Economics Make You Rich? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of the Returns to College Major
- Reinvirtiendo en la Educación en las Américas
- Public Debt Reporting in Developing Countries
- El impacto de la crisis del COVID-19 en estudiantes vulnerables de educación superior. El caso de Perú
New entries as of March 29, 2022
- Brechas salariales entre varones y mujeres en el Uruguay
- Affirmative action with no major switching: Evidence from a top university in Brazil
- Do Inclusive Education Policies Improve Employment Opportunities? Evidence from a Field Experiment
- Do immigrants take or create natives' jobs? Evidence of Venezuelan immigration in Peru
- O Brother, Where Start Thou? Sibling Spillovers on College and Major Choice in Four Countries
New entries as of March 22, 2022
- What a difference a full day makes: Evidence from new schools in Fortaleza
- Towards a quality currency
- Are Fairness Perceptions Shaped by Income Inequality? Evidence from Latin America
- Maternal Displacements during Pregnancy and the Health of Newborns
- Strategic Formal Layoffs: Unemployment Insurance and Informal Labor Markets
New entries as of March 15, 2022
- Youth labour market resilience during the COVID-19 crisis in three middle-income countries
- The Effects of AI on the Working Lives of Women
- School starting age and nutritional outcomes: Evidence from Brazil
- Local Retail Prices, Product Varieties and Neighborhood Change
- Smart Matching Platforms and Heterogeneous Beliefs in Centralized School Choice
New entries as of March 8, 2022
- El papel de las ciencias del comportamiento en la reducción de la brecha de género
- The dollar debt of companies in Latin America: the warning signs
- The welfare effects of unemployment insurance in Argentina
- The COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: The Labor Supply Impact by Gender
- The Paradox of Redistribution in Time. Social Spending in 53 Countries, 1967-2018
New entries as of March 1, 2022
- Life Out of the Shadows: Impacts of Amnesties in the Lives of Migrants
- The effect of Crianza Positiva e-messaging program on adult-child language interactions
- Gimme Shelter. Social Distancing and Income Support in Times of Pandemic
- Socially Optimal Crime and Punishment
- Do Slum Upgrading Programs Impact School Attendance?
New entries as of February 22, 2022
- Women in Paid Employment: A Role for Public Policies and Social Norms in Guatemala
- Resilience to shrinking as a catch-up strategy: a comparison of Brazil and Indonesia, 1964–2010
- Tendencias en Publicaciones en Revistas Chilenas de Economía
- Estados ágiles en América Latina: la transformación digital de los reguladores económicos
- Can Economics Become More Reflexive? Exploring the Potential of Mixed-Methods
New entries as of February 15, 2022
- Respuesta de protección social al COVID-19 en el ámbito rural de América Latina y el Caribe: Doble inclusión social y económica
- Behind the Scenes of Central Bank Digital Currency
- Protección social y respuesta al COVID-19 en América Latina y el Caribe: Innovaciones en los sistemas de registro y pago
- Tax Policy for Inclusive Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Gendered Taxes: The Interaction of Tax Policy with Gender Equality
New entries as of February 8, 2022
- Fiscal capacity in non-democratic states: the origins and expansion of income tax
- Informal Labor Markets in Times of Pandemic: Evidence for Latin America and Policy Options
- Nudging Parents to Increase Preschool Attendance in Uruguay
- Domestic migration and family formation and dissolution trajectories in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1950-2000
- Unbundling the Relationship between Economic Shocks and Crime
- Beyond the Fetish of Economic Growth: Measuring Sustainable Economic Welfare in Chile
New entries as of February 1, 2022
- No taxation without informational foundation: On the role of legibility in tax state development
- Estimating the Social Welfare Function of Amartya Sen for Latin America
- Helping Struggling Students and Benefiting All: Peer Effects in Primary Education
- When Promising Interventions Fail: Personalized Coaching for Teachers in a Middle-Income Country
- Dynamic impacts of lockdown on domestic violence: Evidence from multiple policy shifts in Chile
New entries as of January 25, 2022
- Graphing and measuring Covid’s first wave impact on the Bolivian economy
- Fintech Entry, Firm Financial Inclusion, and Macroeconomic Dynamics in Emerging Economies
- Women in Economics: Europe and the World
- Exporting and Environmental Performance: Where You Export Matters
- Remote Learning during COVID-19: Lessons from Today, Principles for Tomorrow
New entries as of January 18, 2021
- A Mountain of Debt: Navigating the Legacy of the Pandemic
- Estimating the Potential COVID-19 Impacts on Learning Poverty in Brazil
- The Aftermath of Debt Surges
- Political Prioritization of Early Childhood Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic : A Comparative Policy Analysis of Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- What Has Been the Impact of COVID-19 on Debt? Turning a Wave into a Tsunami
New entries as of January 11, 2022
- Informalidad en los tiempos del COVID-19 en América Latina: implicaciones y opciones de amortiguamiento
- Reactivando para un mejor país después de la pandemia de COVID-19: una propuesta de diagnóstico de acción para el Perú
- Estimaciones de las tendencias comerciales: América Latina y el Caribe
- Los impactos socioeconómicos del Covid-19 en América Latina y los desafíos de la recuperación
- Ampliando las opciones en el mercado laboral: el presente y el futuro de la educación vocacional y técnica en Colombia
Top entries for 2021
- El aporte de la biotecnología médica frente a la pandemia de COVID-19 y lecciones para su desarrollo mediante las estrategias nacionales de bioeconomía: estudios de caso de Colombia, Costa Rica y el Uruguay
- Poverty in Latin America
- Inequality and Social Policy in Latin America
- Motherhood and flexible jobs. Evidence from Latin American countries
- El Rol de la Inversión Pública: El Caso de Bolivia
