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Volume Volume 2 Number 1, issue Fall 2001, 2001

Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America pp. 1-44

Jere Behrman, Alejandro Gaviria and Miguel Székely

Conditional Cash Transfers and Their Impact on Child Work and Schooling: Evidence from the PROGRESA Program in Mexico pp. 45-96

Emmanuel Skoufias and Susan Parker

Public Sector Wages and Bureaucratic Quality: Evidence from Latin America pp. 97-152

Ugo Panizza

Integration, Interdependence, and Regional Goods: An Application to Mercosur pp. 153-208

Ernesto Talvi, Alfonso S. Bevilaqua and Marcelo Catena

The Role of American Depositary Receipts in the Development of Emerging Markets pp. 209-274

Alberto Moel

Volume Volume 19 Number 2, issue Spring 2019, 2019

Informality and Optimal Public Policy pp. 1-19

David Bardey and Daniel Mejia

Consumers as VAT “Evaders”: Incidence, Social Bias, and Correlates in Colombia pp. 21-67

Leopoldo Fergusson, Carlos Molina and Juan Riano

Contagion, Spillover, and Interdependence pp. 69-99

Roberto Rigobon

Do Gender Disparities Exist Despite a Negative Gender Earnings Gap? pp. 101-125

Jose Caraballo-Cueto and Eileen Segarra

Resource Windfalls and Public Sector Employment: Evidence from Municipalities in Chile pp. 127-167

Felipe Larraín and Oscar Perelló

Cash, Conditions, and Child Development: Experimental Evidence from a Cash Transfer Program in Honduras pp. 169-196

Florencia Lopez Boo and John Creamer

Volume Volume 19 Number 1, issue Fall 2018, 2018

Cash Transfers in Latin America: Effects on Poverty and Redistribution pp. 1-31

Veronica Amarante and Martín Brun

How Sensitive Is Regional Poverty Measurement in Latin America to the Value of the Poverty Line? pp. 33-58

Leonardo Lucchetti, Andrés Castañeda, Santiago Garriga, Leonardo Gasparini and Daniel Valderrama-Gonzalez

Homicides and the Age of Criminal Responsibility: A Density Discontinuity Approach pp. 59-92

Francisco Costa, João S. De Faria, Felipe Iachan and Bárbara Caballero

Fool’s Gold: The Impact of Venezuelan Currency Devaluations on Multinational Stock Prices pp. 93-128

Miguel Santos, Dany Bahar and Carlos A. Molina

Downward Wage Rigidities in the Mexican Labor Market: 1996–2011 pp. 129-180

Laura Juarez and Daniel Casarin de la Cabada

I Sell My Vote, and So What? Incidence, Social Bias, and Correlates of Clientelism in Colombia pp. 181-218

Leopoldo Fergusson, Carlos Molina and Juan Riano

Volume Volume 18 Number 2, issue Spring 2018, 2018

On the Credibility of Inflation-Targeting Regimes in Latin America pp. 1-24

Andrew Powell, Rodrigo Mariscal and Pilar Tavella

Are Tax Credits Effective in Developing Countries? The Recent Uruguayan Experience pp. 25-58

Cecilia Llambi, Andrés Rius, Fedora Carbajal, Paula Carrasco and Paola Cazulo

The Micro-D Classification: A New Approach to Identifying Differentiated Exports pp. 59-85

Juan Hallak, Federico Bernini, Julia Gonzalez and Alejandro Vicondoa

Should a Central Bank Transfer Its Profits to the Treasury? pp. 87-119

Eduardo Zambrano, Fernando Alvarez-Parra and Adriana Arreaza

The Short-Term Impact of Crime on School Enrollment and School Choice: Evidence from El Salvador pp. 121-145

Juan Nelson Martinez Dahbura

The Impact of Export Restrictions on Production: A Synthetic Control Approach pp. 147-173

Rodolfo Stucchi, Ezequiel Garcia-Lembergman and Martín Rossi

Volume Volume 18 Number 1, issue Fall 2017, 2017

Do Payroll Tax Breaks Stimulate Formality? Evidence from Colombia’s Reform pp. 3-40

Adriana Kugler, Maurice Kugler and Luis O. Herrera-Prada

Switching from Payroll Taxes to Corporate Income Taxes: Firms’ Employment and Wages after the 2012 Colombian Tax Reform pp. 41-74

Raquel Bernal, Marcela Eslava, Marcela Melendez and Alvaro Pinzon

Assessing the Effect of Payroll Taxes on Formal Employment: The Case of the 2012 Tax Reform in Colombia pp. 75-124

Leonardo Morales and Carlos Medina

The Impact of Lowering the Payroll Tax on Informality in Colombia pp. 125-155

Cristina Fernandez and Leonardo Villar

Corporate Investment in Emerging Markets: The Role of Commodity Prices pp. 157-195

Nicolas Magud and Sebastian Sosa

Deceleration in Female Labor Force Participation in Latin America pp. 197-224

Leonardo Gasparini and Mariana Marchionni

Short-Run Market Access and the Construction of Better Transportation Infrastructure in Mexico pp. 225-250

Fernando Pérez-Cervantes and Aldo Sandoval-Hernandez

Volume Volume 17 Number 2, issue Spring 2017, 2017

Ideology and Taxation in Latin America pp. 1-27

Ernesto Stein and Lorena Caro

Organization and Information in the Fight against Crime: The Integration of Police Forces in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil pp. 29-63

Rodrigo Soares and Igor Viveiros

Do as I Do, and Also as I Say: Monetary Policy Impact on Brazil’s Financial Markets pp. 65-92

Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Eric Girardin and Enestor Dos Santos

The Effects of In Utero Programs on Birth Outcomes: The Case of Buen Comienzo pp. 93-134

Lina Cardona-Sosa and Carlos Medina

Identifying the Main Emitters of Carbon Dioxide in Mexico: A Multi-Sectoral Study pp. 135-172

Joana Chapa and Araceli Ortega

Are Daily Financial Data Useful for Forecasting GDP? Evidence from Mexico pp. 173-203

Raul Ibarra and Luis M. Gomez-Zamudio

Volume Volume 17 Number 1, issue Fall 2016, 2016

Firm Dynamics and Productivity: TFPQ, TFPR, and Demand Side Factors pp. 3-26

John Haltiwanger

Firm Size and Development pp. 27-49

Hugo Hopenhayn

Comment on Symposium: Development, Firms, and Productivity pp. 51-61

Diego Restuccia

Optimal Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Expenditures in Environmentally Small Economies pp. 65-94

Sebastian Galiani, Sebastian Miller and Omar Chisari

School Infrastructure and Educational Outcomes: A Literature Review, with Special Reference to Latin America pp. 95-130

Paul Glewwe, Ana Cuesta and Booke Krause

Effects of Nutrition Promotion on Child Growth in El Alto, Bolivia: Results from a Geographical Discontinuity Design pp. 131-165

Sebastian Martinez, Gaston Gertner and Julia Johannsen

Nowcasting Mexico’s Short-Term GDP Growth in Real-Time: A Factor Model versus Professional Forecasters pp. 167-182

Abel Rodríguez Tirado, Marcelo Delajara and Federico Hernández Álvarez

Volume Volume 16 Number 2, issue Spring 2016, 2016

The Costs of Sovereign Default: Theory and Empirical Evidence pp. 1-27

Guido Sandleris

The Relationship between National Saving and Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean pp. 29-53

Eduardo Cavallo and Mathieu Pedemonte

Reciprocity and Willingness to Pay Taxes: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Latin America pp. 55-87

Daniel Ortega, Lucas Ronconi and Pablo Sanguinetti

Challenges to Promoting Social Inclusion of the Extreme Poor: Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment in Colombia pp. 89-141

Laura Abramovsky, Orazio Attanasio, Kai Barron, Pedro Carneiro and George Stoye

Access to Credit and the Size of the Formal Sector pp. 143-199

Pablo N. D’Erasmo

A Comparison of Saving Rates: Microdata Evidence from Seventeen Latin American and Caribbean Countries pp. 201-258

Nestor Gandelman

Volume Volume 16 Number 1, issue Fall 2015, 2015

Out-of-School and Out-of-Work Youth in Latin America: A Persistent Problem in a Decade of Prosperity pp. 1-40

Mauricio Cardenas, Rafael De Hoyos and Miguel Szekely

When Do Governments Improve Fiscal Institutions? Lessons from Financial Crisis and Fiscal Reform in Latin America pp. 41-76

Mark Hallerberg and Carlos Scartascini

Institutions, Informal Labor Markets, and Business Cycle Volatility pp. 77-112

Alan Finkelstein Shapiro

Enrollment, Graduation, and Dropout Rates in Latin America: Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? pp. 113-156

Marina Bassi, Matias Busso and Juan Munoz-Morales

Does Drug Illegality Beget Violence? Evidence from the Crack-Cocaine Wave in Sao Paulo pp. 157-185

Joao Manoel Pinho De Mello

The Antecedents and Aftermath of Financial Crises as Told by Carlos F. Díaz-Alejandro pp. 187-217

Carmen Reinhart