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My (Running) Mate, the Mayor: Political Ties and Access to Public Jobs in Ecuador
(CAF; Caracas, 2020-01-17)We show that local politicians’ probability of being employed by a municipality increases when they have a strong party connection to its mayor. Using a regression discontinuity design, we compare the employment outcomes ... -
Optimal age-dependent taxation in emerging markets: A quantitative assessment
(CAF; Caracas, 2019-12-29)This paper studies the design and welfare implications of an optimal age-dependent taxation scheme for an emerging economy. The setting is an overlapping generations economy with uninsured productivity risk, partially ...
