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3354: Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Mexico

Fabrice Lehoucq, Gabriel Negretto, Francisco Javier Aparicio, Benito Nacif and Allyson Lucinda Benton

3353: Institutional Quality and Government Efficiency

Alberto Chong and Mark Gradstein

3352: Veto Players, Intertemporal Interactions and Policy Adaptability: How Do Political Institutions Work?

Carlos Scartascini, Ernesto Stein and Mariano Tommasi

3351: Provision of Public Services and Welfare of the Poor: Learning from an Incomplete Electricity Privatization Process in Rural Peru

Lorena Alcázar, Eduardo Nakasone and Maximo Torero

3349: The Impact of Electricity Sector Privatization on Public Health

Martin Gonzalez-Eiras and Martín Rossi

3347: On the Determinants and Effects of Political Influence

Alberto Chong and Mark Gradstein

3346: Stay Public or Go Private?: A Comparative Analysis of Water Services between Quito and Guayaquil

Paul Carrillo, Orazio J. Bellettini Cedeño and Elizabeth Coombs

3345: Water Expansions in Shantytowns: Health and Savings

Sebastian Galiani, Martín González Rozada and Ernesto Schargrodsky

3344: Does Society Win or Lose as a Result of Privatization?: Provision of Public Services and Welfare of the Poor: The Case of Water Sector Privatization in Colombia

Felipe Barrera-Osorio and Mauricio Olivera

3343: The Political Economy of Fiscal Policy: Survey

Marcela Eslava

3342: Veto Players, Fickle Institutions and Low-Quality Policies: The Policymaking Process in Ecuador

Andrés Mejía Acosta, M. Caridad Araujo, Aníbal Pérez-Liñán and Sebastián Saiegh

3340: Political Institutions and Policy Outcomes in Colombia: The Effects of the 1991 Constitution

Mauricio Cardenas, Roberto Junguito and Mónica Pachón

3338: Structural Reforms in Latin America: What Has Been Reformed and How to Measure It

Eduardo Lora

3337: Argentina's Distributional Failure: The Role of Integration and Public Policy

Leonardo Gasparini

3336: The Impact of ICT on Adolescents' Perceptions and Consumption of Substances

Ana Balsa, Nestor Gandelman and Rafael Porzecanski

3335: Poverty, Health Infrastructure and the Nutrition of Peruvian Children

Martín Valdivia

3334: La enseñanza de economía en Argentina

Guillermo Rozenwurcel, Gabriel Bezchinsky and Marisol Rodriguez Chatruc

3332: Titling and Chronic Diseases: Evidence from A Natural Experiment in Uruguay

Nestor Gandelman

3331: Occupational Training to Reduce Gender Segregation: The Impacts of ProJoven

Hugo Ñopo, Luis Robles and Jaime Saavedra

3329: Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Metropolitan Lima, Peru

Lorena Alcázar and Raúl Andrade

3327: Is There Labor Market Discrimination among Professionals in Chile?: Lawyers, Doctors and Businesspeople

David Bravo, Claudia Sanhueza and Sergio Urzua

3326: Ability, Schooling Choices and Gender Labor Market Discrimination: Evidence for Chile

David Bravo, Claudia Sanhueza and Sergio Urzua

3325: An Experimental Study of Labor Market Discrimination: Gender, Social Class and Neighborhood in Chile

David Bravo, Claudia Sanhueza and Sergio Urzua

3323: Quality of Life in Montevideo

Zuleika Ferre, Nestor Gandelman and Giorgina Piani

3321: Quality of Life in Buenos Aires Neighborhoods: Hedonic Price Regressions and the Life Satisfaction Approach

Guillermo Cruces, Andrés Ham and Martín Tetaz

3317: Discrimination in the Provision of Social Services to the Poor: A Field Experimental Study

Juan-Camilo Cardenas, Natalia Candelo Londono, Alejandro Gaviria, Sandra Polania-Reyes and Rajiv Sethi

3316: Ethnic and Social Barriers to Cooperation: Experiments Studying the Extent and Nature of Discrimination in Urban Peru

Marco Castillo, Ragan Petrie and Maximo Torero

3315: The Role of Social Networks in the Economic Opportunities of Bolivian Women

Dante Contreras, Diana Kruger, Marcelo Ochoa and Daniela Zapata

3313: Discrimination and Social Networks: Popularity among High School Students in Argentina

Julio Elias, Victor Elias and Lucas Ronconi

3309: Female-Headed Households and Homeownership in Latin America

Nestor Gandelman

3307: Gender Differentials in Judicial Proceedings: Field Evidence from Housing-Related Cases in Uruguay

Eduardo Gandelman, Nestor Gandelman and Julie Rothschild

3303: What Emigration Leaves Behind: The Situation of Emigrants and Their Families in Ecuador

Ximena Soruco, Giorgina Piani and Maximo Rossi

3301: Investment Climate and Employment Growth: The Impact of Access to Finance, Corruption and Regulations across Firms

Reyes Aterido, Mary Hallward-Driemeier and Carmen Pages

3298: Public Debt and Social Expenditure: Friends or Foes?

Eduardo Lora and Mauricio Olivera

3297: Training Quality and Earnings: The Effects of Competition on the Provision of Public-Sponsored Training Programs

Alberto Chong and Jose Galdo

3293: The Effect of Conditional Transfers on School Performance and Child Labor: Evidence from an Ex-Post Impact Evaluation in Costa Rica

Suzanne Duryea and Andrew Morrison

3291: Wage Shocks and Consumption Variability in Mexico during the 1990s

Orazio P. Attanasio and Miguel Székely

3289: The Impact of Public and Private Job Training in Colombia

Carlos Medina and Jairo Núñez

3287: The Impact of Training Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case of Programa Joven

Cristían Aedo and Sergio Nuñez

3285: The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Employment, Capital, and Productivity Dynamics: Evidence from the Uruguayan Manufacturing Sector

Carlos Casacuberta, Gabriela Fachola and Nestor Gandelman

3284: Teacher Unionization and the Quality of Education in Peru: An Empirical Evaluation Using Survey Data

Eduardo Zegarra and Renato Ravina

3283: The Economic Effects of Unions in Latin America: Their Impact on Wages and the Economic Performance of Firms in Uruguay

Adriana Cassoni, Gaston Labadie and Gabriela Fachola

3282: Union Density Changes and Union Effects on Firm Performance in Peru

Jaime Saavedra and Maximo Torero

3280: Unions and the Economic Performance of Brazilian Establishments

Naercio Menezes-Filho, Helio Zylberstajn, Jose Paulo Chahad and Elaine Pazello

3277: The Economic Effects of Unions in Latin America: Teachers' Unions and Education in Argentina

Maria Victoria Murillo, Mariano Tommasi, Lucas Ronconi and Juan Sanguinetti

3275: Geographical Exclusion in Rural Areas of El Salvador: Its Impact on Labor Market Outcomes

Ana Regina Vides de Andrade, Anabella Lardé de Palomo and Lissette Calderón Martínez

3273: The Impact of Regulations on Brazilian Labor Market Performance

Ricardo Paes De Barros and Carlos Corseuil

3272: Labor Market Policies and Employment Duration: The Effects of Labor Market Reform in Argentina

Hugo A. Hopenhayn

3269: Labor Market Reforms and Their Impact on Formal Labor Demand and Job Market Turnover: The Case of Peru

Jaime Saavedra and Maximo Torero

3267: The Incidence of Job Security Regulations on Labor Market Flexibility and Compliance in Colombia: Evidence from the 1990 Reform

Adriana Kugler

3265: Unions and Employment in Uruguay

Adriana Cassoni, Steven Allen and Gaston Labadie

3263: The Effects of Labor Market Regulations on Employment Decisions by Firms: Empirical Evidence for Argentina

Guillermo Mondino and Silvia Montoya

3261: Labor Market Regulation and Employment in the Caribbean

Andrew S. Downes, Nlandu Mamingi and Rose-Marie Belle Antoine

3259: Elderly Health and Salaries in the Mexican Labor Market

Susan Parker

3254: Revisiting the Employability Effects of Training Programs for the Unemployed in Developing Countries

Angel Calderón Madrid

3252: The Public Sector Premium and the Gender Gap in Latin America: Evidence from the 1980s and 1990s

Ugo Panizza

3250: Search Methods and Outcomes in Developing Countries: The Case of Venezuela

Gustavo Márquez and Cristóbal Ruiz-Tagle V.

3248: Income, Deprivation, and Perceptions in Latin America and the Caribbean: New Evidence from the Gallup World Poll

Leonardo Gasparini, Walter Sosa Escudero, Mariana Marchionni and Sergio Olivieri

3247: A Moving Target: Universal Access to Healthcare Services in Latin America and the Caribbean

William D. Savedoff

3246: Pobreza étnica en Honduras

Utta von Gleich and Ernesto Gálvez

3245: Impacto del Nuevo Acuerdo de Capitales de Basilea sobre el sistema de calificacion de riesgo

Carlos Gabriel Rivas and Pietro Masci

3244: Economía política de las finanzas y subsidios del sector eléctrico de Guatemala

Juan Benavides and Manuel Dussan

3243: La percepción de los inversores de los riesgos regulatorios e institucionales en América Latina

Emilio Ontiveros, Manuel Conthe and José María Nogueira

3242: Desarrollo de proyectos viales y aportes del estado en terrenos

Beatriz Marulanda and Miguel Montes

3241: Nicaragua: Opciones de política para la reforma del sector eléctrico

Manuel Dussan

3240: El proceso emprendedor en Chile

Jose Miguel Benavente

3239: Indicadores de bienestar y pobreza indígena

Natalia Wray and Jonathan Renshaw

3238: Water Pricing and Public-Private Partnership in the Americas

Luis E. García, Luiz Gabriel T. De Azevedo, Alexandre M. Baltar, Emanuele Lobina, David Hall, Charles W. Howe, Jeffrey W. Jacobs, Lilian Del Castillo de Laborde, Damaris Orphanópoulos, Raymundo José Garrido, Benedito Braga, Clarice Strauss, Fatima Paiva, Antonio Eduardo Lanna, Maria Carmen Lemos, JoaÞo Lúcio Farias de Oliveira, Ricardo Sandoval Minero, Víctor Lara Ruiz, Antonio Embid Irujo, Jennifer McKay and Martin Dettlaff

3237: Los pueblos indígenas y la salud: Cuestiones para la discusión y el debate

Carlos César Perafán and William D. Savedoff

3236: Women in Poverty: A New Global Underclass

Mayra Buvinic

3235: Mujeres en la pobreza: Un problema global

Mayra Buvinic

3213: Los pormayores de las microfinanzas: Experiencias de programas de segundo piso en América Latina

Marguerite Berger, Alison Beck Yonas and María Lucía Lloreda

3212: Políticas de apoyo a la pequeña empresa en 13 países de América Latina

Alejandro Solís and Pablo Angelelli

3209: Indigenous Peoples and Health: Issues for Discussion and Debate

Carlos César Perafán and William D. Savedoff

3207: IDB Investments in Brazilian Protected Areas during the 1990s

Marc J. Dourojeanni

3205: Natural Disaster Management and the Road Network in Ecuador: Policy Issues and Recommendations

Scott Solberg, David Hale and Juan Benavides

3202: Private Infrastructure Investment at the Subnational Level: Challenges in Emerging Economies

Paulina Beato and Antonio Vives

3200: Designing Decisions Rules for Transnational Infrastructure Projects

Salvador Barberà

3197: Sustainability of Reform in Central America: Market Convergence and Regional Integration

Richard Tomiak and Jaime Millán

3195: Environmental Mainstreaming: Applications in the Context of Modernization of the State, Social Development, Competitiveness, and Regional Integration

Frances Seyour, Crescencia Maurer and Ricardo Quiroga

3193: The Plaintiff's Role in Enforcing a Court Ruling: Evidence from a Labor Court in Mexico

David Kaplan and Joyce Sadka

3191: The Impact of Export Promotion Institutions on Trade: Is It the Intensive or the Extensive Margin?

Christian Volpe Martincus, Jeronimo Carballo and Andres Gallo

3189: Public Programs to Promote Firms' Exports in Developing Countries: Are There Heterogeneous Effects by Size Categories?

Christian Volpe Martincus, Jeronimo Carballo and Pablo Garcia

3187: Is Export Promotion Effective in Developing Countries? Firm-Level Evidence on the Intensive and Extensive Margins of Exports

Christian Volpe Martincus and Jeronimo Carballo

3185: Information Barriers, Export Promotion Institutions, and the Extensive Margin of Trade

Christian Volpe Martincus, Antoni Estevadeordal, Andres Gallo and Jessica Luna

3183: Export Promotion Organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Institutional Portrait

Jacint Jordana, Christian Volpe Martincus and Andres Gallo

3180: Export Promotion Activities in Developing Countries: What kind of Trade Do They Promote?

Christian Volpe Martincus and Jeronimo Carballo

3176: Export Promotion: Heterogeneous Programs and Heterogeneous Effects

Christian Volpe Martincus and Jeronimo Carballo

3172: Entering New Country and Product Markets: Does Export Promotion Help?

Christian Volpe Martincus and Jeronimo Carballo

3169: Beyond The Average Effects: The Distributional Impacts of Export Promotion Programs in Developing Countries

Christian Volpe Martincus and Jeronimo Carballo

3166: Global Financial Safety Nets: Where Do We Go from Here?

Eduardo Fernandez-Arias and Eduardo Levy Yeyati

3164: Agricultural Insurance Revisited: New Developments and Perspectives in Latin America and the Caribbean

Mark D. Wenner

3122: The Impact of Access to Credit on the Saving Behavior of Microentrepreneurs: Evidence from 3 Latin American Countries

Christian S. Rogg

3121: La importancia de los bienes públicos en la calidad de vida local: El caso de Manizales, Colombia

Liliana Velásquez

3117: News Shocks and Asset Price Volatility in General Equilibrium

Akito Matsumoto, Pietro Cova, Massimiliano Pisani and Alessandro Rebucci

3114: Innovation, R&D and Productivity: Case Studies from Peru

Juana Kuramoto

3111: The Coffee Crisis, Early Childhood Development, and Conditional Cash Transfers

Seth Gitter, James Manley and Brad Barham

3108: Social Assistance and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from the Uruguayan PANES

Veronica Amarante, Marco Manacorda, Edward Miguel and Andrea Vigorito

3106: Effects of a Mortgage Interest Rate Subsidy: Evidence from Colombia

Marc Hofstetter, Jorge Tovar and Miguel Urrutia

3105: The Inter-Generational Transmission of Cognitive Abilities in Guatemala

María Calderón and John Hoddinott