Documentos de Trabajo: Recent submissions

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    • Leader over policy? The influence of political leaders on policy preferences 

      Levy Yeyati, Eduardo; Moscovich, Lorena; Abuin, Constanza (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2017-10)
      To extend the existing literature on political polarization beyond the traditional setup (an ideologically well-defined two-party setup), we run survey experiments in the great Buenos Aires area of Argentina to explore ...

    • Democracia y Educación Escolar: Concepciones de estudiantes, docentes y directivos de escuelas argentinas a 40 años de la recuperación democrática 

      Romero, Claudia (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Escuela de Gobierno, 2023-10)
      A 40 años de la estabilidad democrática en la Argentina resulta de interés conocer los modos en que la sociedad concibe la democracia, dado que las concepciones condicionan la valoración y los modos de actuar. En particular ...

    • When did Argentina lose its mojo? A short note on economic divergence 

      Levy Yeyati, Eduardo; Katz, Sebastián (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Escuela de Gobierno, 2024-04)
      Based on long series of per capita GDPs, we characterize the economic divergence of Argentina in the 20th century relative to a group of countries with comparable initial income per capita. We find the divergence to be ...

    • Money and lies: proxy respondents and the mismeasurement of income in surveys 

      Estrada Ricardo; Goyheix, Daniela; Lombardi, María (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Escuela de Gobierno, 2024-07)
      When sampled individuals are not found at home, many surveys rely on a proxy respondent: another knowledgeable household member. We study the difference between self- and proxy-reported labor income in Mexico. We use the ...

    • Principal´s time management: agenda priorities and challenges for school leaders 

      Romero, Claudia; Krichesky, Gabriela (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Escuela de Gobierno, 2024-04)
      During the past years, the responsibilities, job intensification and workload of school principals have increased. Since school leadership is a key factor for improving learning, in this study we seek to understand which ...

    • The effect of high dismissal protection on bureaucratic turnover and productivity 

      Lombardi, María; Estrada, Ricardo (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaCorporación Andina de Fomento (CAF), 2022-06)
      We study the impact of high dismissal protection on bureaucratic turnover and productivity in the context of public school teachers in Chile. We take advantage of a law that required education administrators to grant a ...

    • Sovereign Debt Management 

      Levy Yeyati,Eduardo (RedNIE Red Nacional de Investigadores en Economía, 2023)
      This paper reviews debt management strategies in Latin America from a positive and a normative perspective. It discusses the definition of the debt perimeter (what items should be considered to optimize the cost-risk ...