Documents & Reports
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Education in Latin America : Long-Run Implications for Poverty and Inequality (English)
The shock of the COVID-19 pandemic affected the human capital formation of children and youths. As a consequence of this disruption, the pandemic is likely to imply permanent lower levels of human capital...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10259 Document Date: December 12, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bracco,Jessica Roxana,Ciaschi,Matías,Gasparini,Leonardo Carlos,Marchionni,Mariana,Neidhöfer,Guido
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The Role of Work-from-Home in the Gender Asymmetries of COVID-19 : An Analysis for Latin America Based on High-Frequency Surveys (English)
This paper studies factors that could account for the asymmetric impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America, by exploiting microdata from the World Bank’s high-frequency phone household surveys conducted...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9887 Document Date: December 17, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Berniell,Inés,Gasparini,Leonardo Carlos,Marchionni,Mariana,Viollaz,Mariana
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Perceptions of distributive justice in Latin America during a period of falling inequality (English)
This paper explores perceptions of distributive justice in Latin America during the 2000s and their relationship with income inequality. In line with the fall in income inequality in the region, the paper...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8072 Document Date: May 23, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Reyes,German Jeremias,Gasparini,Leonardo Carlos
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Perceptions of distributive justice in Latin America during a period of falling inequality (English)
This paper explores perceptions of distributive justice in Latin America during the 2000s and their relationship with income inequality. In line with the fall in income inequality in the region, the paper...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 125695 Document Date: May 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Reyes,German Jeremias,Gasparini,Leonardo Carlos
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Measuring poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean : methodological considerations when estimating an empirical regional poverty line (English)
This paper contributes to the methodological literature on the estimation of poverty lines for country poverty comparisons in Latin America and the Caribbean. The paper exploits a unique, comprehensive...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS7621 Document Date: April 4, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Castaneda Aguilar,Raul Andres,Gasparini,Leonardo Carlos,Garriga,Santiago,Lucchetti,Leonardo Ramiro,Valderrama Gonzalez,Daniel
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Measuring poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean : methodological considerations when estimating an empirical regional poverty line (English)
This paper contributes to the methodological literature on the estimation of poverty lines for country poverty comparisons in Latin America and the Caribbean. The paper exploits a unique, comprehensive...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 125658 Document Date: April 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Castaneda Aguilar,Raul Andres,Gasparini,Leonardo Carlos,Garriga,Santiago,Lucchetti,Leonardo Ramiro,Valderrama,Cristina D.
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Educational upgrading and returns to skills in Latin America : evidence from a supply-demand framework, 1990-2010 (English)
It has been argued that a factor behind the decline in income inequality in Latin America in the 2000s was the educational upgrading of its labor force. Between 1990 and 2010, the proportion of the labor...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS5921 Document Date: December 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Acosta,Pablo Ariel,Cruces,Guillermo A.,Galiani,Sebastian Franco,Gasparini,Leonardo Carlos
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Los determinantes de los cambios en la desigualdad de ingresos en Argentina : Evidencia y temas pendientes (Spanish)
This paper reviews from a critical perspective the evolution of inequality in income distribution in Argentina from the mid-seventies until the mid-2000. The work presents new empirical evidence and examines...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 56939 Document Date: January 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cruces,Guillermo A.,Gasparini,Leonardo Carlos
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Reaching the poor with health, nutrition, and population services : what works, what doesn't, and why : Llegar a los pobres : con salud, nutricion y servicios de poblacion - que funciona, que no y por que (Spanish)
Health services can make an important contribution to improved health conditions among disadvantaged groups. Yet as the contents of this volume make clear, the health services supported by governments...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 34716 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gwatkin,Davidson R,Wagstaff, Adam,Yazbeck,Abdo S.,Qamruddin,Jumana N.,Waters,Hugh R.,Grabowsky, Mark,Farrell, Nick,Chimumbwa, John,Nobiya, Theresa,Wolkon, Adam,Selanikio, Joel,Montagu,Dominic,Prata, Ndola,Campbell, Martha M.,Walsh, Juli,Orero, Solomon,Thiede, Michael,Palmer, Natasha,Mbatsha, Sandi,Anwar, A.T.M. Iqbal,Killewo, Japhet,Chowdhury, Mahbub-E-Elahi,Dasgupta, Sushil Kanta,Schwartz,James Brad,Bhushan,Indu,Ranson,Michael Kent,Joshi, Palak,Shah, Mittal,Shaikh, Yasmin,Peters, David,Rao, Krishna,Ramana,Gandham N.V.,Malhotra,Anju,Mathur, Sanyukta,Pande,Rohini P.,Roca, Eva,Gasparini,Leonardo Carlos,Panadeiros, Monica,Barros, Aluisio J.D.,Victora,Cesar Gomes,Cesar, Juraci A.,Neumann, Nelson Arns,Bertoldi, Andrea D.,Valdivia Huaringa,Jose Martin
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Reaching the poor with health, nutrition, and population services : what works, what doesn't, and why (English)
Health services can make an important contribution to improved health conditions among disadvantaged groups. Yet as the contents of this volume make clear, the health services supported by governments...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 34716 Document Date: January 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gwatkin,Davidson R,Wagstaff, Adam,Yazbeck,Abdo S.,Qamruddin,Jumana N.,Waters,Hugh R.,Grabowsky, Mark,Farrell, Nick,Chimumbwa, John,Nobiya, Theresa,Wolkon, Adam,Selanikio, Joel,Montagu,Dominic,Prata, Ndola,Campbell, Martha M.,Walsh, Juli,Orero, Solomon,Thiede, Michael,Palmer, Natasha,Mbatsha, Sandi,Anwar, A.T.M. Iqbal,Killewo, Japhet,Chowdhury, Mahbub-E-Elahi,Dasgupta, Sushil Kanta,Schwartz,James Brad,Bhushan,Indu,Ranson,Michael Kent,Joshi, Palak,Shah, Mittal,Shaikh, Yasmin,Peters, David,Rao, Krishna,Ramana,Gandham N.V.,Malhotra,Anju,Mathur, Sanyukta,Pande,Rohini P.,Roca, Eva,Gasparini,Leonardo Carlos,Panadeiros, Monica,Barros, Aluisio J.D.,Victora,Cesar Gomes,Cesar, Juraci A.,Neumann, Nelson Arns,Bertoldi, Andrea D.,Valdivia Huaringa,Jose Martin
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Argentina: assessing changes in targeting health and nutrition policies (English)
This study assesses the level of targeting achieved in health and nutrition policies directed to pregnant women and children under 5 years of age in Argentina. It is based on information from two large...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 30471 Document Date: October 1, 2004 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gasparini,Leonardo Carlos,Panadeiros, Monica