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Unemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]

This study constructs a new data set on unemployment rates in Latin America and the Caribbean and then explores the determinants of unemployment. We compare different countries, finding that unemployment is influenced by the size of the rural population ...
Laurence Ball, Marc Hofstetter, Nicol�s De Roux   +2 more
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Tony Thirlwall (21 April 1941 – 8 November 2023)

PSL Quarterly Review
The departure of Tony Thirlwall, a pioneer, renowned scholar, and a generous mentor, is a major loss to economics. This article reviews his main contributions to economics.
Esteban Pérez Caldentey, Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid   +1 more
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Beyond convergence: Poland and Turkey en route to high income

Central Bank Review, 2016
This paper compares and contrasts the policy reform experiences of Poland and Turkey en route to high income. For both countries, globalization has presented unprecedented opportunities to catch up, unleased by integration into European and global ...
Martin Raiser, Marina Wes, Ayberk Yilmaz
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Estimating Income Poverty and Inequality from the Gallup World Poll: The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]

This paper takes advantage of a new source of information – the Gallup World Poll 2006 – to estimate and characterize income poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) at the country level, and to compare LAC estimates to those in ...
Leonardo Gasparini, Pablo Gluzmann
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Trafficking in Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]

, 2008
[Excerpt] Trafficking in persons (TIP) for the purpose of exploitation is a lucrative criminal activity that is of major concern to the United States and the international community. According to the most recent U.S.
Ribando Seelke, Clare
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Poverty among the Elderly in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]

This paper provides evidence on the incidence of poverty among the elderly in Latin America and the Caribbean, based on household survey microdata from 20 countries. The situation of older people is characterized in terms of income, employment, education,
Francisco Haimovich, Javier Alejo, Leonardo Gasparini, Leopoldo Tornarolli, Sergio Olivieri   +4 more
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Sexual violence against girls in schools as a public health issue: a commentary on the case Paola Guzmán Albarracín v. Ecuador

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2021
Catalina Martínez Coral, Carmen Cecilia Martínez   +1 more
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Income Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: Evidence from Household Surveys [PDF]

This paper reports information on income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean computed from a sample of more than 50 household surveys from 20 LAC countries from 1989 to 2001. Although the core of the statistics is on household income inequality,
Leonardo Gasparini
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Digital Marketing of Unhealthy Foods and Non-alcoholic Beverages to Children and Adolescents: A Narrative Review

Current Developments in Nutrition
With growing access to electronic devices and time spent online, the food and beverage industry increasingly uses digital media to market unhealthy foods and non-alcoholic beverages (high in unhealthy fats, sugars, and/or salt and often highly processed)
Gabriela Fretes, Paula Veliz, Ana Maria Narvaez, D’Arcy Williams, Romain Sibille, Maaike Arts, Jef L Leroy   +6 more
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Changing levels of income and multidimensional poverty among persons with disabilities in Colombia: A pseudo panel analysis

SSM: Population Health
In Colombia, more than 4 per cent of the population lives with disability and high levels of income and multidimensional poverty have been recognised within this group.
Mónica Pinilla-Roncancio, Gustavo Cedeño-Ocampo, Ana Maria Medina Ch, Claudia M. Cortés-García, Beatriz Muñoz-Veira   +4 more
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