06. Documentos de trabajo: Envíos recientes
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The impact of taxes and social spending on inequality and poverty in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico and Peru: a synthesis of results
(CAF; Caracas, 2012)We apply a standard tax and benefit incidence analysis to estimate the impact on inequality and poverty of direct taxes, indirect taxes and subsidies, and social spending (cash and food transfers and in-kind transfers in ... -
Distorsions, resource al location and productivity in Latin America
(CAF; Caracas, 2012)We develop a span-of-control model where managerial skills are endogenous and the outcome of investments over the life cycle of managers. We calibrate such model to U.S. data, and use it to evaluate the interplay between ... -
Políticas de fomento al emprendimiento dinámico en América Latina: tendencias y desafíos
(CAF; Caracas, 2012)Este trabajo se focaliza en las políticas de fomento al emprendimiento dinámico, es decir de las nuevas empresas que, además de sobrevivir, logran crecer de manera significativa. Este trabajo describe y analiza aquellas ... -
What do non-renewable natural resource rich countries do with their rents?
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)This paper examines three sets of questions related to the use of non-renewable natural resource rents: (1) To what extent countries rich in non-renewable natural resources use such rents to increase present consumption ... -
Workfare and crime: evidence for Argentina
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)This paper investigates the effect of introducing a massive workfare program on property crimes. In order to circumvent the endogeneity problem common to joint factors determining crime and demand for workfare we make use ... -
Acceso al financiamiento de la pequeña y mediana empresa en Colombia: retos de política pública
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)Este artículo presenta de manera resumida las reflexiones y hallazgos de trabajos previos sobre el acceso al financiamiento de PYMES con el propósito de que la discusión de aspectos del caso Colombiano sirva para aportar ... -
The political economy of budgeting in Latin America procedures, oversight, and participation
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)This report provides a selective overview of issues pertaining to the budgetary process and a mapping out of budgetary institutions in Latin America and assesses to what extent budgets play the role societies expect from ... -
Government performance, taxation and citizen participation: evidence from Brazil
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)Fiscal contract theories of the state hypothesize that government performance affects tax collection and that institutions that foster representation and accountability link taxes and services. These propositions have yet ... -
Development effects of electrification: evidence from the geologic placement of hydropower plants in Brazil
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)We estimate the development effects of electrification across Brazil over the period 1960-2000. Brazil relies almost exclusively on hydropower, which requires intercepting water at high velocity. We build an engineering ... -
El tamaño del estado y su impacto redistributivo en América Latina
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)Este ensayo analiza la evolución del gasto público en América Latina a lo largo de las dos últimas décadas, y ofrece como referencia una perspectiva de más larga duración cuando la disponibilidad de estadísticas lo permite. ... -
Iniciativa CAF de bosques
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)En este documento de trabajo CAF presenta un panorama y evaluación de la situación de los bosques de América Latina. Asimismo expone las líneas de acción que sigue en este tema a través de su programa BioCAF. CAF en su ... -
Estructura tributaria y evasión impositiva en América Latina
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)Este informe estudia la evolución y las características del nivel y la estructura de la carga tributaria promedio en la región a través de los últimos veinte años, buscando identificar las diferencias relevantes entre ... -
Tax structure in Latin America: its impact on the real economy and compliance
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)In this paper we review the structure of tax systems in Latin America and analyze their impact on the real economy-- economic growth, macro-economic stability, income redistribution and foreign direct investment--, and on ... -
The economics of tax evasion
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)This paper begins by reviewing the problem of tax evasion measurement. Based on available data, I conclude that this problem is far from being negligible, both for developed and developing countries. I also present in more ... -
Working mothers and intergenerational mobility: evidence from sibling schooling gaps in Venezuela
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)This paper documents the change in intergenerational mobility over the 35 year period between 1975 and 2010 in Venezuela and finds that equality of opportunities increased significantly from the mid 1970's until around ... -
Training or technical assistance? A field experiment to learn what works to increase managerial capital for female microentrepeneurs
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)This study evaluates the impacts of a business training program serving female microentrepreneurs in Lima that have previously benefited with the titling of their urban parcels. The intervention included personal development, ... -
Credit Constraints for Higher Education
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)This paper addresses the importance of credit constraints explaining the gap on college enrollment between students coming from rich and poor families. Measuring the effect of credit constraints on college enrollment is ... -
Access to Financing of SMEs in Argentina
(CAF; Caracas, 2010)In this paper, we examine SMEs in Argentina in search for a measurement of those who are credit constrained. We also estimate a model for the determinants of credit rejection taking into account those that are self-excluded. ... -
People or places: the causes of spatial income differences in Brazil
(CAF; Caracas, 2010)This paper explores testable implications of a simple model of spatial heterogeneity in earnings, a model in which this spatial heterogeneity arises both from differences in the places that people work and differences among ... -
Estructura de financiamiento y restricciones financieras de las empresas en Colombia
(CAF; Caracas, 2010)En este estudio evaluamos las restricciones financieras que enfrentan las empresas en Colombia e identificamos los determinantes de su estructura de financiamiento. Utilizando datos a nivel de firma, analizamos la evolución ...
