Does infrastructure reform work for the poor? A case study on the cities of La Paz and El Alto in Bolivia [PDF]
From 1994 onward, Bolivia undertook a major reform of its infrastructure sectors. The authors examine the impact of the reforms from the perspective of poor households in the adjacent cities of La Paz and El Alto, particularly in terms of access to ...
Osvaldo Irusta, Vivien Foster
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Teachers'salaries in Latin America : a comparative analysis [PDF]
Data from household surveys of 12 Latin American countries were used to assess how teachers'salaries compare with those of workers in other occupations. The results show that salaries vary among countries, ranging from an apparent 35 percent underpayment
Arends, Mary +2 more
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Skills, Exports, and the Wages of Seven Million Latin American Workers [PDF]
The returns to schooling and the skill premium are key parameters in various fields and policy debates, including the literatures on globalization and inequality, international migration, and technological change.
Daniel Lederman +3 more
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The 1990s in Latin America: Another Decade of Persistent Inequality, but with Somewhat Lower Poverty [PDF]
This paper processes 76 household surveys from 17 Latin American countries to document changes in poverty and inequality during the 1990s, and performs an analysis of the effect of economic reforms on inequality and poverty by using an expanded data base
Miguel Székely
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Changes in Returns to Education in Latin America: the Role of Demand and Supply of Skills [PDF]
Changes in the relative wages of workers with different amounts of education have profound implications for developing countries, where initial levels of inequality are often very high.
Carolina Sanchez-Paramo +2 more
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Labor Informality in Latin America and the Caribbean: Patterns and Trends from Household Survey Microdata [PDF]
This paper documents the main patterns and trends of alternative definitions of labor informality in Latin America and the Caribbean, by exploiting a large database of more than 100 household surveys covering the period 1989-2005.
Gasparini Leonardo, Leonardo Tornaroli
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What's Behind the Inequality we Measure: An Investigation Using Latin American Data [PDF]
The use of income distribution indicators in the economics literature has increased considerably in recent years. This work relies on household surveys from 18 LAC countries to take a step back from the use of these indicators, and explore what`s behind ...
Marianne Hilgert, Miguel Székely
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How are youth faring in the labor market ? Evidence from around the world [PDF]
This paper uses a new standardized micro database for a large set of developing countries to (1) describe the patterns of labor market outcomes for youth, and (2) explain the contributions of supply and demand factors to youth outcomes.
Fares, Jean +2 more
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Los mercados laborales en América Latina: el argumento de la oferta [PDF]
(Disponible en idioma inglés únicamente) En este trabajo se muestra que los factores que inciden en la oferta laboral fueron determinantes claves de los cambios en el empleo, el desempleo y las diferencias de ingreso en América Latina durante los años 90.
Miguel Székely, Suzanne Duryea
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