Working Papers

 

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.

Imágenes del país, motores y obstaculizadores del cambio

Georgiana Braga-Orillard and Maya Zilveti Vásquez

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The medium-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the time use of low-skilled working women: in-person versus virtual occupations

Cynthia Boruchowicz

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Labour income inequality in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico: 2012–2019

Raymundo Campos-Vázquez, Luis F. López-Calva, Nora Lustig, Alma Santillán and Patricio Larroulet

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Políticas de protección social y laboral: evidencias y desafíos para Paraguay

Verónica Serafini Geoghegan and Claudina Zavattiero (CADEP)

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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

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Can Cash Transfers Increase Social Distancing During Covid-19? Evidence from Colombia

Esteban Alvarez, Jorge Gallego and Camilo Pecha

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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

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Un análisis del efecto de las restricciones a la movilidad sobre la propagación del COVID-19 y la mortalidad en Colombia

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

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Understanding the Effect of Compliance with Quarantines and Lockdowns on Domestic Violence Occurrence in Bogotá

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

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El impacto de la pandemia por la COVID-19 sobre la violencia familiar: diferenciando víctimas, tipos de violencia y niveles de riesgo en el Perú

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

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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

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Moral Force: Leaders' Actions and Social Distancing

Federico Niccolò Daverio-Occhini, María Montoya-Aguirre and L. Guillermo Woo-Mora

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Food Assistance and Mobility During COVID-19 Lockdowns

Monica Mogollon, Juan Mogollon and Catalina Villamil

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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

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

Luca Flabbi

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

Santiago Levy and Guillermo Cruces

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El sistema de protección social y laboral en México: contribución paradójica a la lucha contra la desigualdad

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

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Informal and Small: How Labor Market Institutions Affect Inequality, Income Volatility and Labor Productivity in Brazil

Sergio Firpo and Alysson Portella

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¿Cuán efectiva es la protección social en Honduras?

Andrés Ham

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Social Protection in Jamaica: Strengths and Limitations of Its Redistributive Mechanisms

Manuel Mera

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Políticas de protección social y laboral en Ecuador

Hugo Ñopo and Alejandra Peña

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Políticas de protección social y laboral en la República Dominicana

Hugo Ñopo and Socrates Barinas

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Políticas de protección social y laboral en el Perú. Una espiral de buenas intenciones, malos resultados y peores respuestas

Hugo Ñopo

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Protección social, formalidad y subsidios cruzados: evidencia para Argentina

María Laura Alzúa and Ana Pacheco

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¿Cuán eficaz es la Protección Social en Chile?

Camila Olate and Matías Morales

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Mercados laborales fragmentados y el sistema de protección social en Colombia

Marcela Meléndez, Francisco Alvarado and Marcela Pantoja

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Inequality and Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean: New Data for an Old Question

Ernesto Schargrodsky and Lucía Freira

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

Ana Arjona

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Market Concentration, Market Fragmentation, and Inequality in Latin America

Marcela Eslava, Marcela Meléndez and Nicolás Urdaneta

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Labor-Market Concentration and Earnings: Evidence from Chile

Álvaro García Marín

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The Impact of Labor Market Institutions on Markups and Markdowns: Evidence from Manufacturing and Service Sectors in Uruguay

Carlos Casacuberta and Nestor Gandelman

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The Political Economy of The Telecommunications Reform in Mexico

Alejandro Castañeda and Daniel Ruíz

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

Lucas Ronconi

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Lobbying for Inequality? How Different Business Elites Navigate the Policy-Making Process in Central America

Mónica Pachón and Javier Brolo

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

Ben Ross Schneider

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The Latin American Growth Shortfall: Productivity and Inequality

Eduardo Fernández-Arias y Nicolás Fernández-Arias

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Longer-run Perspectives on Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America: 1933-1992

Guido Neidhöfer

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Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America in Comparative Perspective

Florencia Torche

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The Changing Picture of Inequality in Latin America: Evidence for Three Decades

Leonardo Gasparini and Guillermo Cruces

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