Salud Pública de México, 2007 OBJETIVO: En México no se han efectuado evaluaciones de la exposición al humo de tabaco ambiental en los hogares ni en sus habitantes. El objetivo de este estudio es cuantificar los niveles de nicotina ambiental en hogares de la Ciudad de México ...
Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutiérrez +4 more
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Earnings Mobility in Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela: Testing the Divergence of Earnings and the Symmetry of Mobility Hypotheses [PDF]
, 2007 This paper examines changes in individual earnings during positive and negative growth periods in three Latin American economies: Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela.
Gary S. Fields +4 more
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Remittances, inequality and poverty: A case study in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico
Estudios Fronterizos, 2014 This article analyzes the remittances effect on the inequality and income poverty, in the municipality of Santa Ines Yatzeche, in the State of Oaxaca. To achieve the objective, in 2011 we conducted a survey of 117 questionnaires covering 54.9% of heads ...
Marco Antonio Espinosa Trujillo +3 more
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The Cost of Job Security Regulation: Evidence from Latin American Labor Markets [PDF]
This paper documents the high level of job security protection in Latin American labor markets and analyzes its impact on employment. We show that job security policies have substantial impact on the level and the distribution of employment in Latin ...
Carmen Pages, James J. Heckman
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Estrategias laborales de hogares nucleares y recomposición de ingresos después de un shock. ARGENTINA, 1995-2003 [PDF]
Este artículo se ocupa de evaluar la efectividad del uso de los activos laborales de los hogares para enfrentar choques adversos al bienestar. En particular se analiza si los hogares que implementaron estrategias consistentes con el uso de la fuerza ...
Jorge A. Paz
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¿Agua para todos? La intermitencia en el suministro de agua en los hogares en México. [PDF]
Salud Publica Mex, 2023 Figueroa-Oropeza JL +10 more
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Evolution of Gender Wage Gaps in Latin America at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: An Addendum to "New Century, Old Disparities" [PDF]
This paper complements the findings of Atal, Ñopo and Winder (2010) on gender and ethnic wage gaps for 18 Latin American countries circa 2005 by analyzing gender wage gaps for the same countries between circa 1992 and circa 2007.
Hoyos, Alejandro, Nopo, Hugo
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Recent trends in income inequality in Latin America [PDF]
This paper documents patterns and recent developments on income inequality in Latin America (LA). New comparative international evidence confirms that LA is a region of high inequality, although maybe not the highest in the world.
Guillermo Cruces +2 more
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VALORACIÓN DE LOS SERVICIOS PÚBLICOS DOMICILIARIOS DE CARTAGENA DE INDIAS (COLOMBIA)
Revista Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, 2017 El objetivo de este artículo es valorar la calidad de los servicios públicos domiciliarios en la ciudad de Cartagena de Indias (Colombia), y sus efectos en el nivel de satisfacción de sus habitantes.
JUAN CARLOS VERGARA SCHMALBACH +1 more
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The 1990s in Latin America: Another Decade of Persistent Inequality [PDF]
This paper argues that there is no country in Latin America where we can confidently say that income inequality improved during the 1990s. We document this fact for the 15 countries where comparable household surveys, covering most of the population, are
Marianne Hilgert, Miguel Székely
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