UNDP Latin America and the Caribbean Working Paper Series

This series aims to disseminate research in progress relevant to advancing our understanding of complex development issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. It feeds on research produced within UNDP initiatives by scholars from the region or interested in the region. It showcases research meant for later publication in other outlets -journals or books- that, for the same reason, has been subject to a demanding peer-review process before appearing as part of the series.
Papers are published in the language in which they were produced.
We present it hoping that it will contribute to improving our knowledge about matters relevant to all in the path towards more equal, productive, sustainable and resilient societies.

Understanding the COVID-19 response in Colombia using Mobility data
Jamie S. Jason, Donald S. Shepard, Arturo Harker Roa, Diana C. Contreras, Santiago Muñoz, Anna G. Sombrio and Diana M. Bowser

Can Cash Transfers Increase Social Distancing During Covid-19? Evidence from Colombia
Esteban Alvarez, Jorge Gallego and Camilo Pecha

El COVID-19 en Colombia: impacto del confinamiento en la actividad delictiva
Laura M. García, Lida T. Sandoval, Daniel C. López, Camilo A. Barajas and Edgar Escobar

Luis E. Olmos, Erica Cruz-Rivera, Marco Dueñas, Mercedes Campi, Gustavo N. Páez-Salamanca and Carlos Castañeda-Orjuela

Paula Rodríguez Díaz, Oscar Gómez, Douglas Newball, Johan García, Juan Sebastián Moreno, Álvaro Riascos, John David Castro and Jose David Panqueva

Wilson Hernández, Angelo Cozzubo, José Carlos Aguilar, Denise Ledgard and Jorge Agüero

Unequal Response to Mobility Restrictions: Evidence from the COVID-19 Lockdown in the City of Bogotá
David Castells-Quintana, Paula Herrera-Idárraga, Luis Quintero and Guillermo Sinisterra

Moral Force: Leaders' Actions and Social Distancing
Federico Niccolò Daverio-Occhini, María Montoya-Aguirre and L. Guillermo Woo-Mora

Food Assistance and Mobility During COVID-19 Lockdowns
Monica Mogollon, Juan Mogollon and Catalina Villamil

Follow the Leader? Public Health Messaging and Containment of Mobility During a Pandemic
Sandra Aguilar-Gómez, Eva O. Arceo-Gómez, Elia De la Cruz Toledo and Pedro J. Torres López

Implications of Minimum Wage Policies for Labour Markets with High Informality and Frictions
Luca Flabbi

Time for a New Course: An Essay on Social Protection and Growth in Latin America
Santiago Levy and Guillermo Cruces

Alejandra Correa, Maite García de Alba, Alejandra Martínez, Cynthia Martínez and Annabelle Sulmont

Sergio Firpo and Alysson Portella

Protección social, formalidad y subsidios cruzados: evidencia para Argentina
María Laura Alzúa and Ana Pacheco

Mercados laborales fragmentados y el Sistema de Protección Social en Colombia
Marcela Meléndez, Francisco Alvarado and Marcela Pantoja

Inequality and Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean: New Data for an Old Question
Ernesto Schargrodsky and Lucía Freira

The Effects of Violence on Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Research Agenda
Ana Arjona

Market Concentration, Market Fragmentation, and Inequality in Latin America
Marcela Eslava, Marcela Meléndez and Nicolás Urdaneta

Carlos Casacuberta and Nestor Gandelman

The Political Economy of The Telecommunications Reform in Mexico
Alejandro Castañeda and Daniel Ruíz

How do Labor Unions Affect Inequality and Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Lucas Ronconi

Mónica Pachón and Javier Brolo

Big Business and the Inequality Trap in Latin America: Taxes, Collusion, and Undue Influence
Ben Ross Schneider

The Latin American Growth Shortfall: Productivity and Inequality
Eduardo Fernández-Arias and Nicolás Fernández-Arias

The Changing Picture of Inequality in Latin America: Evidence for Three Decades
Leonardo Gasparini and Guillermo Cruces