• Skills and Selection into Teaching: Evidence from Latin America 

  Estrada, Ricardo; Lombardi, María (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2021-12)

  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 ...

• A cascade of exclusion: administrative burdens and access to citizenship in the case of Argentina’s National Identity Document 

  Chudnovsky, Mariana; Peeters, Rik (International Reviewof Administrative Sciences (SAGE), 2021)

  Administrative burdens can hinder people’s social, political and economic participation. However, most empirical studies usually tackle the issue of how they affect access to citizenship merely indirectly. This article ...

• Latin American Public Administration 

  Chudnovsky, Mariana (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2021-10)

  The reality of Latin American public administrations has surpassed many of the categories that could be derived theoretically. In fact, a common feature of most public administrations in the region is, precisely, their ...

• Labor conflict and sectoral wage setting in Argentina 

  Judzik, Darío; Levy Yeyati, Eduardo; Gauna, Alfonso (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2021-09)

  We contribute to the analysis of the macroeconomic and labor market impact of labor conflict in two ways: we introduce a Labor Conflict Index (LCI), built at both the aggregate and the sectoral level, and estimate the ...

• “Liderazgo heroico en las escuelas” Dimensión socioemocional en Directivos Escolares durante la pandemia COVID 19 en Argentina 

  Romero, Claudia; Zullo, Fernando; Mayra Covos (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2021-09)

  Este estudio tiene como objetivo conocer desde la perspectiva de los directores escolares cuál es la situación socioemocional al finalizar el ciclo lectivo 2020, cuáles son sus principales preocupaciones y necesidades: ...

• How Precarious Public Jobs Are Even More Precarious for Women: The Case of Mexican Police Forces 

  Chudnovsky, Mariana; Reyes Millán, Ana Laura (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2021-09)

  Este artículo analiza qué sucede con las mujeres que trabajan en ocupaciones del sector público tradicionalmente masculinas, como la policía. Además, en América Latina y en la mayoría de los países en desarrollo, es clave ...

• Not far enough: Public health policies to combat COVID-19 in Mexico’s states 

  Knaul, Felicia; Arreola-Ornelas, Héctor; Porteny, Thalia; Touchton, Michael; Sánchez-Talanquer, Mariano; Méndez, Oscar; Chertorivski, Salomón; Ortega, Sonia; Chudnovsky, Mariana; Kuri, Pablo (Universidad Torcuato Di TellaEscuela de Gobierno, 2021-06)

  The study identifies variability and heterogeneity in how and when Mexican states implemented policies to contain COVID-19. We demonstrate the absence of a uniform national response and widely varying stringency of state ...

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