Browsing 2020 by Issue Date

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    • Revolución digital y empleo en América Latina 

      Levy Yeyati, Eduardo (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2020-03)
      América Latina está en una etapa incipiente de la revolución tecnológica, al tiempo que en la región prevalecen la informalidad y el trabajo precario. En este contexto, es esencial preguntarse por los desafíos de los cambios ...

    • Exposure toTransit Migration, Public Attitudes and Entrepreneurship 

      Ajzenman, Nicolás; Guriev, Sergei; Aksoy, Cevat Giray (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 2020-04)
      Does exposure to mass migration affect the attitudes and economic behavior of natives in transit countries? In order to answer this question, we use a unique locality-level panel from the 2010 and 2016 rounds of the Life ...

    • Specificity of human capital: Occupation and industry spaces based on job-to-job transitions 

      Levy Yeyati, Eduardo; Montané, Martín (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2020-04)
      Using job transition data from Argentina’s Household Survey, we document the extent to which human capital is specific to occupations and activities. Based on workers’ propensity to move between occupations/industries, ...

    • Interplay of chronotype and school timing predicts school performance 

      Goldín, Andrea P.; Sigman, Mariano; Braier, Gisela; Golombek, Diego A.; Leone, María J. (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2020-04)
      Most adolescents exhibit very late chronotypes and attend school early in the morning, a misalignment that can affect their health and psychological well-being. Here we examine how the interaction between the chronotype ...

    • Teacher Performance Pay and Student Learning: Evidence from a Nationwide Program in Peru 

      Bellés-Obrero, Cristina; Lombardi, María (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2020-05)
      We study the impact of a nationwide teacher pay-for-performance program in Peru. Public secondary schools compete in a tournament based on eighth graders’ performance in a standardized test. The principal and teachers of ...

    • More Than Words: Leaders’ Speech and Risky Behavior during a Pandemic 

      Ajzenman, Nicolás; Cavalcanti, Tiago; Da Mata, Daniel (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de GobiernoCentro para la Evaluación de Políticas basadas en Evidencia (CEPE), 2020-05)
      This paper investigates whether the anti-scientific rhetoric of modern populists can induce followers to engage in risky behavior. We gather electoral information, credit card expenses, and geo-localized mobile phone data ...

    • COVID-19 database 

      Levy Yeyati, Eduardo; Sartori, Ignacio (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2020-07)
      The COVID-19 database is a statistical package developed by the Center for the Evaluation of Evidence-Based Policies (CEPE). This dataset collects more than 50 indicators in more than 150 countries to consolidate them into ...

    • Take me out: De facto limits on strict lockdowns in developing countries 

      Levy Yeyati, Eduardo; Sartori, Ignacio (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2020-07)
      In the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns and containment measures were a fundamental tool to control the spread of the virus. In this article, we analyze data from 120 countries seeking to assess the stringency of de jure ...

    • Skills and Selection into Teaching:Evidence from Latin America 

      Estrada, Ricardo; Lombardi, María (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2020-08)
      This paper documents a novel stylized fact: many teachers in Latin America have very low levels of cognitive skills. This skills deficit is the result of both low levels of competencies among the population and a gap between ...

    • Will you marry me,later? Age-of-marriage laws and child marriage in Mexico 

      Bellés-Obrero, Cristina; Lombardi, María (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2020-08)
      We provide empirical evidence on the impact of raising the minimum age of marriage to 18 years old on child marriage, early motherhood, and school enrollment in Mexico. Using a difference-in-differences model that takes ...

    • Dolarización y desdolarización financiera en el nuevo milenio 

      Levy Yeyati, Eduardo (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2020-11)
      La dolarización, en sus múltiples variantes, es crucial para entender la macroeconomía latinoamericana, así como la de muchos países en desarrollo. Este estudio discute y repasa con datos su evolución desde 2000 en América ...