Publications: Research Department Working Papers

The Research Department produces numerous working papers on a myriad of topics. Many of these documents constitute background research for the annual Economic and Social Progress Report (IPES). This series of papers is the Department's most extensive collection of research documents.

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WP-678	Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies for the Perfect Storm	Rebucci, Alessandro Minella, Andre Powell, Andrew Souza-Sobrinho, Nelson		October 2009
IDB-WP-111	Gender Wage Gaps in Central American Countries: Evidence from a Non-Parametric Approach	Izaguirre, Ana Carolina Ñopo, Hugo Enamorado, Ted		October 2009
IDP-WP-109	New Century, Old Disparities: Gender and Ethnic Wage Gaps in Latin America	Ñopo, Hugo Atal, Juan Pablo Winder, Natalia		October 2009
IDB-WP-102	The Political Economy of Productivity in Argentina: Interpretation and Illustration	Moskovitz, Cynthia Cristini, Marcela Urbiztondo, Santiago Saiegh, Sebastian		October 2009
IDB-WP-101	Politics, Policies and the Dynamics of Aggregate Productivity in Colombia	Eslava, Marcela Melendez, Marcela		September 2009
WP-691	Calidad del empleo y productividad laboral en el Perú	Yamada, Gustavo Chacaltana, Juan		September 2009
WP-692	Social Divisions in School Participation and Attainment in India: 1983-2004	Lopez Boo, Florencia Niaz Asadullah, M. Kambhampati, Uma		August 2009
WP-689	Social Mobility in Latin America: A Review of Existing Evidence	Bouillon, Cesar Azevedo, Viviane		August 2009
IDB-WP-100	Valuing Health Conditions - Insights from Happiness Surveys across Countries and Cultures	Graham, Carol Lora, Eduardo Higuera, Lucas		July 2009
WP-673	La enseñanza de economía en Bolivia y Chile	Machicado, Carlos Gustavo Makhlouf, Katia Espinoza, Lourdes		July 2009
WP-680	How Much Are We Willing To Pay to Send Poor Adolescents to School? Simulating Changes to Mexico`s Oportunidades in Urban Areas	Bouillon, Cesar Yañez-Pagans, Patricia Azevedo, Viviane		June 2009
WP-683	The Multilateral Response to the Global Crisis: Rationale, Modalities, and Feasibility	Rebucci, Alessandro Powell, Andrew Fernández-Arias, Eduardo		June 2009
WP-686	Crisis Response in Latin America: Is the "Rainy Day" at Hand?	Fernández-Arias, Eduardo Montiel, Peter		June 2009
WP-682	Financial Development and TFP Growth: Cross-Country and Industry-Level Evidence	Galindo, Arturo Cavallo, Eduardo A. Arizala, Francisco		June 2009
WP-684	Education and Democratic Preferences	Chong, Alberto Gradstein, Mark		June 2009
WP-681	Gender and Racial Wage Gaps in Brazil 1996-2006: Evidence Using a Matching Comparisons Approach	Ñopo, Hugo Marquez Garcia, Luana Salardi, Paola		May 2009
WP-679	Ethnic and Gender Wage Gaps in Ecuador	Ñopo, Hugo Gallardo, Lourdes		April 2009
WP-676	Political Institutions, Intertemporal Cooperation, and the Quality of Policies	Scartascini, Carlos Stein, Ernesto H. Tommasi, Mariano		April 2009
WP-671	The Teachings of Economics in Argentina	Bezchinsky, Gabriel Rozenwurcel, Guillermo Rodriguez Chatruc, Marisol		April 2009
WP-674	Taxonomy of Causes, Impacts and Policy Responses to the Food Price Crisis in the Andean Region	Jaramillo, Fidel Cuesta, José		April 2009
WP-675	The Gender Wage Gap in Peru 1986-2000: Evidence from a Matching Comparisons Approach	Ñopo, Hugo		March 2009
WP-672	The Teaching of Economics in Mexico	Butler Silva, Fernando Ahumada Lobo, Ivico		March 2009
WP-670	Information, Externalities and Socioeconomics of Malaria in Honduras: A Preliminary Analysis	Cuesta, José Aviles, Maria Victoria		February 2009
WP-663	Financing Natural Disaster Risks (Non-edited version)	Cardenas, Victor		February 2009
WP-669	LAPOP 2008 - Survey Result's Report	Higuera, Lucas		January 2009
WP-651	Television and Divorce: Evidence from Brazilian Novelas	Chong, Alberto La Ferrara, Eliana		January 2009
WP-666	Output Collapses and Productivity Destruction	Daude, Christian Fernández-Arias, Eduardo Blyde, Juan		January 2009
WP-668	Do Welfare Programs Damage Interpersonal Trust? Experimental Evidence from Representative Samples for Four Latin American Cities	Chong, Alberto Ñopo, Hugo Ríos, Vanessa		January 2009
WP-665	Rising Mortality and Life Expectancy Differentials by Lifetime Earnings in the United States	Cristia, Julian		January 2009
WP-667	A Moving Target: Universal Access to Healthcare Services in Latin America and the Caribbean	Savedoff, William D.		January 2009
WP-664	Part-Time Work, Gender and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from a Developing Country	Pagés-Serra, Carmen Lopez Boo, Florencia Madrigal, Lucia		January 2009
WP-650	El futuro de los pactos fiscales en América Latina	Lora, Eduardo		December 2008
WP-662	Happiness and Beliefs in Criminal Environments	Ñopo, Hugo Di Tella, Rafael MacCulloch, Robert		December 2008
WP-661	Political Institutions, State Capabilities and Public Policy: International Evidence	Scartascini, Carlos Stein, Ernesto H. Tommasi, Mariano		December 2008
WP-660	Ethnicity and Human Capital Accumulation in Urban Mexico	Ñopo, Hugo Winder, Natalia		December 2008
WP-653	How Do Crises Affect Schooling Decisions? Evidence from Changing Labor Market Opportunities and a Policy Experiment	Lopez Boo, Florencia		December 2008
WP-654	Is Informality a Good Measure of Job Quality? Evidence from Job Satisfaction Data	Pagés-Serra, Carmen Madrigal, Lucia		December 2008
WP-649	La revolución silenciosa de las instituciones y la estabilidad macroeconómica	Lora, Eduardo		November 2008
WP-647	Do Credit Rating Agencies Add Value? Evidence from the Sovereign Rating Business Institutions	Powell, Andrew Cavallo, Eduardo A. Rigobon, Roberto		November 2008
WP-642	The Conflictive Relationship between Satisfaction and Income	Lora, Eduardo Chaparro, Juan Camilo		November 2008
WP-652	Measuring Quality of Life in Latin America: What Happiness Research Can (and Cannot) Contribute	Graham, Carol		November 2008
WP-648	Public Investment in Developing Countries: A Blessing or a Curse?	Daude, Christian Cavallo, Eduardo A.		October 2008
WP-645	Veto Players, Intertemporal Interactions and Policy Adaptability: How Do Political Institutions Work?	Scartascini, Carlos Stein, Ernesto H. Tommasi, Mariano		September 2008
WP-639	Breaking Credibility in Monetary Policy: The Role of Politics in the Stability of the Central Banker	Rueda, Miguel		September 2008
WP-643	Are Crises Good for Long-Term Growth? The Role of Political Institutions	Cavallo, Alberto Cavallo, Eduardo A.		September 2008
WP-644	On the Micro-Foundations of Contract versus Conflict with Implications for International Peace-Making	Cuesta, José Mansoob Murshed, Syed		August 2008
WP-646	Inequality and geographical targeting of social spending: The case of Ecuador	Robles, Marcos Azevedo, Viviane		August 2008
WP-641	Gender and Ethnic Wage Gaps in Guatemala from a Matching Comparisons Perspective	Gonzales, Alberto Ñopo, Hugo		July 2008
WP-638	Political Participation and Quality of Life	Winters, Matthew S. Weitz-Shapiro, Rebecca		July 2008
WP-637	Systemic Sudden Stops: The Relevance of Balance-Sheet Effects and Financial Integration	Izquierdo, Alejandro Calvo, Guillermo A. Mejía, Luis Fernando		July 2008
WP-640	The Political Economy of Productivity: Actors, Arenas, and Policies. A Framework of Analysis	Scartascini, Carlos Murillo, Maria Victoria Tommasi, Mariano		June 2008
WP-633	Soap Operas and Fertility: Evidence from Brazil	Chong, Alberto La Ferrara, Eliana Duryea, Suzanne		June 2008
WP-636	Gender Segregation in the Workplace and Wage Gaps: Evidence from Urban Mexico 1994-2004	Ñopo, Hugo Calonico, Sebastian		May 2008
WP-634	Stated Social Behavior and Revealed Actions: Evidence from Six Latin American Countries Using Representative Samples	Chong, Alberto Ñopo, Hugo Cardenas, Juan Camilo		May 2008
WP-635	To What Extent do Latin Americans Trust and Cooperate? Field Experiments on Social Exclusion In Six Latin American Countries	Chong, Alberto Ñopo, Hugo Cardenas, Juan Camilo		April 2008
WP-615	Girls Just Want to Have Fun? Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Motherhood among Bolivian Teenagers	Alfonso, Mariana		April 2008
WP-631	Booms and Busts in Latin America: The Role of External Factors	Izquierdo, Alejandro Talvi, Ernesto Romero, Randall		February 2008
WP-630	Does a Mature AIDS Epidemic Threaten Growth?	Cuesta, José		February 2008
WP-632	The state of sexual and reproductive health in Latin America and the Caribbean: An overview	Flórez, Carmen Elisa Soto, Victoria Eugenia		February 2008
WP-628	Who Needs Strong Leaders?	Chong, Alberto Gradstein, Mark		January 2008
WP-629	On Emerging Economy Sovereign Spreads and Ratings	Powell, Andrew Martinez S., Juan F.		January 2008
WP-592	The Economic Effects of Employment Protection: Evidence from International Industry-Level Data	Micco, Alejandro Pagés-Serra, Carmen		January 2008
WP-568	Corporate Governance and Firm Valuation in Colombia	Pombo, Carlos Gutiérrez, Luis H.		December 2007
WP-593	Fear and Market Failure: Global Imbalances and “Self-Insurance”	Zhang, Lei Miller, Marcus		December 2007
WP-610	The Missing Point in CAFTA	Reyes, José Antonio		December 2007
WP-625	Using Pseudo-Panels to Measure Income Mobility in Latin America	Pizzolitto, Giorgina Ñopo, Hugo Cuesta, José		November 2007
WP-627	No Education, No Good Jobs? Evidence on the Relationship between Education and Labor Market Segmentation	Pagés-Serra, Carmen Stampini, Marco		November 2007
WP-618	Does Openness to Trade Make Countries More Vulnerable to Sudden Stops, or Less? Using Gravity to Establish Causality	Cavallo, Eduardo A. Frankel, Jeffrey		October 2007
WP-620	Inequality, Democracy, Institutional Quality, and Fiscal Redistribution	Chong, Alberto Gradstein, Mark		October 2007
WP-624	The Oil Price Shock in Central America: Fiscal and Energy Implications	Artana, Daniel Navajas, Fernando Catena, Marcelo		October 2007
WP-619	Traditional Excluding Forces: A Review of the Quantitative Literature on the Economic Situation of Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descendants, and People Living with Disability	Ñopo, Hugo Ripani, Laura Gandelman, Nestor		October 2007
WP-626	Investment Climate and Employment Growth: The Impact of Access to Finance, Corruption and Regulations Across Firms	Pagés-Serra, Carmen Hallward-Driemeier, Mary Aterido, Reyes		October 2007
WP-617	Minority Enrollments at Public Universities of Diverse Selectivity Levels under Different Admission Regimes: The Case of Texas	Calcagno, Juan Carlos Alfonso, Mariana		October 2007
WP-623	Occupational Training to Reduce Gender Segregation: The Impacts of ProJoven	Ñopo, Hugo Saavedra-Chanduví, Jaime Robles, Miguel		October 2007
WP-616	On the Determinants and Effects of Political Influence	Chong, Alberto Gradstein, Mark		October 2007
WP-613	Social Exclusion and Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean	Berkman, Heather		October 2007
WP-621	What Do Latin Americans Think of the IDB?	Bassi, Marina		October 2007
WP-622	What Do You Think of the IDB? Conclusions from an Opinion Survey of Latin American Leaders about Multilateral Organizations	Bassi, Marina		October 2007
WP-580	The Institutional Determinants of Political Transactions	Scartascini, Carlos		September 2007
WP-614	Discrimination in Latin America: An Elephant in the Room?	Chong, Alberto Ñopo, Hugo		July 2007
WP-612	An Extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition to a Continuum of Comparison Groups	Ñopo, Hugo		July 2007
WP-609	Informality and Productivity in the Labor Market: Peru 1986 - 2001	Chong, Alberto Saavedra-Chanduví, Jaime Galdo, José		July 2007
WP-607	Debt Sustainability under Catastrophic Risk: The Case for Government Budget Insurance	Borensztein, Eduardo Cavallo, Eduardo A. Valenzuela, Patricio		June 2007
WP-608	Privatized Firms, Rule of Law and Labor Outcomes in Emerging Markets	Chong, Alberto León, Gianmarco		June 2007
WP-611	On the Determinants of International Currency Choice: Will the Euro Dominate the World?	Powell, Andrew Della Corte, Giuseppe Bobba, Matteo		June 2007
WP-606	Institutional Quality and Government Efficiency	Chong, Alberto Gradstein, Mark		April 2007
WP-600	The Educational Gender Gap in Latin America and the Caribbean	Piras, Claudia Ñopo, Hugo Galiani, Sebastian Duryea, Suzanne		April 2007
WP-604	Output Volatility and Openness to Trade: A Reassessment	Cavallo, Eduardo A.		April 2007
WP-602	The Determinants of Corporate Risk in Emerging Markets: An Option-Adjusted Spread Analysis	Cavallo, Eduardo A. Valenzuela, Patricio		April 2007
WP-598	Targeting the Structural Balance	dos Reis, Laura Manasse, Paolo Panizza, Ugo		March 2007
WP-605	Becoming an Entrepreneur	Ñopo, Hugo Valenzuela, Patricio		March 2007
WP-591	Corporate Governance in Latin America	Chong, Alberto Lopez-de-Silanes, Florencio		March 2007
WP-603	Returns to Private Education in Peru	Ñopo, Hugo Calonico, Sebastian		March 2007
WP-599	Procyclicality or Reverse Causality?	Jaimovich, Dany Panizza, Ugo		March 2007
WP-595	Public Investment in Infrastructure in Latin America: Is Debt the Culprit?	Lora, Eduardo		January 2007
WP-597	The Fiscal Vulnerability of Social Public Expenditure: Is Latin America Different?	Lora, Eduardo		January 2007
WP-601	Aid and Growth: Politics Matters	Powell, Andrew Bobba, Matteo		January 2007
WP-590	Money Laundering and its Regulation	Chong, Alberto Lopez-de-Silanes, Florencio		January 2007
WP-594	Multilateral Intermediation of Foreign Aid: What is the Trade-Off for Donor Countries?	Powell, Andrew Bobba, Matteo		December 2006
WP-565	Self-Fulfilling Debt Crises in Theory and Practice	Cohen, Daniel Villemot, Sébastien		December 2006
WP-586	Does It Matter How People Speak?	Chong, Alberto		December 2006
WP-596	Monetary Policy Challenges in Emerging Markets: Sudden Stop, Liability Dollarization, and Lender of Last Resort	Calvo, Guillermo A.		December 2006
WP-576	Determinacy and Learnability of Monetary Policy Rules in Small Open Economies	Llosa, Luis Gonzalo Tuesta, Vicente		December 2006
WP-584	Is the World Flat? Or Do Countries Still Matter?	Chong, Alberto Gradstein, Mark		December 2006
WP-588	Trade, Gravity and Sudden Stops: On How Commercial Trade Can Increase the Stability of Capital Flows	Cavallo, Eduardo A.		December 2006
WP-587	Quid pro Quo: National Institutions and Sudden Stops in International Capital Movements	Velasco, Andrés Cavallo, Eduardo A.		November 2006
WP-581	The Elusive Costs of Sovereign Defaults	Levy Yeyati, Eduardo Panizza, Ugo		November 2006
WP-575	Real Exchange Rates, Dollarization and Industrial Employment in Latin America	Izquierdo, Alejandro Galindo, Arturo Montero, José Manuel		October 2006
WP-589	Institutional Enforcement, Labor-Market Rigidities, and Economic Performance	Chong, Alberto Calderón, César León, Gianmarco		October 2006
WP-583	The Political Economy of Fiscal Policy: Survey	Eslava, Marcela		October 2006
WP-571	International Remittances and Income Inequality: An Empirical Investigation	León, Gianmarco Koechlin, Valerie		October 2006
WP-579	Redistributional Preferences and Imposed Institutions	Chong, Alberto Gradstein, Mark		October 2006
WP-577	Sovereign Debt in the Americas: New Data and Stylized Facts	Levy Yeyati, Eduardo Sturzenegger, Federico Cowan, Kevin Panizza, Ugo		October 2006
WP-573	Optimal Sovereign Debt: An Analytical Approach	Rochet, Jean-Charles		October 2006
WP-570	Phoenix Miracles in Emerging Markets: Recovering without Credit from Systemic Financial Crises	Izquierdo, Alejandro Talvi, Ernesto Calvo, Guillermo A.		August 2006
WP-572	Barriers to Exit	Chong, Alberto León, Gianmarco		August 2006
WP-578	Policy Volatility and Growth	Chong, Alberto Gradstein, Mark		August 2006
WP-582	An Evaluation of the Contractionary Devaluation Hypothesis	Galindo, Arturo Bebczuk, Ricardo N. Panizza, Ugo		July 2006
WP-564	Corporate Governance and Firm Value in Mexico	Chong, Alberto Lopez-de-Silanes, Florencio		July 2006
WP-566	Property and Performance of Banks. Does Politics Matter?	Micco, Alejandro Yañez, Mónica Panizza, Ugo		July 2006
WP-567	Why are Latin Americans so Unhappy about Reforms?	Yañez, Mónica Panizza, Ugo		July 2006
WP-555	Does the Quality of Training Programs Matter? Evidence from Bidding Processes Data	Chong, Alberto Galdo, José		June 2006
WP-552	Global Factors and Emerging Market Spreads	Levy Yeyati, Eduardo González Rozada, Martín		May 2006
WP-563	Public Debt and Social Expenditure: Friends or Foes?	Lora, Eduardo Olivera, Mauricio		May 2006
WP-562	The Gender Wage Gap in Chile 1992-2003 from a Matching Comparisons Perspective	Ñopo, Hugo		May 2006
WP-569	Weak Instruments and Weak Identification in Estimating the Effects of Education on Democracy	Coviello, Decio Bobba, Matteo		May 2006
WP-559	The Reform of Fiscal Institutions in Latin America	Lora, Eduardo Cardenas, Mauricio		April 2006
WP-560	Sovereign Debt: Indexation and Maturity	Kanczuk, Fabio Alfaro, Laura		April 2006
WP-558	Debt Instruments and Policies in the New Millennium: New Markets and New Opportunities	Eichengreen, Barry Borensztein, Eduardo Panizza, Ugo		March 2006
WP-561	Public Debt around the World: A New Dataset of Central Government Debt	Jaimovich, Dany Panizza, Ugo		March 2006
WP-557	Is It Possible to Speak English Without Thinking American? On Globalization and the Determinants of Cultural Assimilation	Chong, Alberto		March 2006
WP-554	The Unexplained Part of Public Debt	Campos, Camil F.S. Jaimovich, Dany Panizza, Ugo		March 2006
WP-547	Does Foreign Aid Help Reduce Income Inequality?	Chong, Alberto Calderón, Ma. Cecilia		March 2006
WP-550	On Foreign Participation and Hiring Patterns After Privatization	Chong, Alberto Galdo, Virgilio		March 2006
WP-556	Who's Afraid of Foreign Aid? The Donors' Perspective	Chong, Alberto Gradstein, Mark		March 2006
WP-553	Do Sovereign Defaults Hurt Exporters?	Borensztein, Eduardo Panizza, Ugo		March 2006
WP-549	Political Environment and Privatization Prices	Chong, Alberto Riaño, Alejandro		March 2006
WP-551	The Under-Registration of Births in Latin America	Olgiati, Analía Stone, Leslie Duryea, Suzanne		January 2006
WP-476	A Tale of Two Tariff Commissions and One Dubious 'Globalization Backlash'	Meardon, Stephen		January 2006
WP-546	Rent Seeking and Democracy in Latin America: What Drives What?	Chong, Alberto Calderón, César		January 2006
WP-527	Bank Credit to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: The Role of Creditor Protection	Micco, Alejandro Galindo, Arturo		December 2005
WP-523	Clusters and Comparative Advantage: Implications for Industrial Policy	Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés		December 2005
WP-544	Coordination Failures, Clusters and Microeconomic Interventions	Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés		December 2005
WP-528	Creditor Protection and Credit Volatility	Micco, Alejandro Galindo, Arturo		December 2005
WP-535	Does Privatization Deliver? Access to Telephone Services and Household Income in Poor Rural Areas Using a Quasi-Natural Experiment in Peru	Chong, Alberto Torero, Máximo Galdo, Virgilio		December 2005
WP-543	Innovation Shortfalls	Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés Maloney, William		December 2005
WP-529	Loyal Lenders or Fickle Financiers: Foreign Banks in Latin America	Micco, Alejandro Powell, Andrew Galindo, Arturo		December 2005
WP-539	Exchange Rate Policy and Inflation Targeting in Colombia	Vargas H., Hernando		September 2005
WP-537	Social Security Coverage and the Labor Market in Developing Countries	Pagés-Serra, Carmen Genoni, María Eugenia Auerbach, Paula		September 2005
WP-538	Targeting Inflation in a Dollarized Economy: The Peruvian Experience	Armas, Adrián Grippa, Francisco		September 2005
WP-540	Flexible Exchange Rate with Inflation Targeting in Chile: Experience and Issues	Tokman, Andrea De Gregorio, José Valdés, Rodrigo		August 2005
WP-532	Corporate Dollar Debt and Depreciations: Much Ado About Nothing?	Bleakley, Hoyt Cowan, Kevin		July 2005
WP-507	Fear of Sudden Stops: Lessons from Australia and Chile	Kearns, Jonathan Cowan, Kevin Caballero, Ricardo J.		July 2005
WP-525	Innovation and Technology Adoption in Central America	Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés		July 2005
WP-545	Maturity Mismatch and Financial Crises: Evidence from Emerging Market Corporations	Bleakley, Hoyt Cowan, Kevin		July 2005
WP-534	Do Democracies Breed Rent-Seeking Behavior?	Chong, Alberto Calderón, César		June 2005
WP-530	The Electoral Consequences of the Washington Consensus	Lora, Eduardo Olivera, Mauricio		May 2005
WP-526	Living with Dollarization and the Route to Dedollarization	Galindo, Arturo Leiderman, Leonardo		May 2005
WP-533	On Compulsory Voting and Income Inequality in a Cross-Section of Countries	Chong, Alberto Olivera, Mauricio		May 2005
WP-531	Should Latin America Fear China?	Lora, Eduardo		May 2005
WP-536	Should Latin America Fear China?	Lora, Eduardo		May 2005
WP-524	Microeconomic Interventions after the Washington Consensus	Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés		February 2005
WP-521	Currency Mismatches, Balance-Sheet Effects and Hedging in Chilean Non-Financial Corporations	Hansen, Erwin Cowan, Kevin Herrera, Luis Oscar		January 2005
WP-522	The Housing Market in Colombia: Socioeconomic and Financial Determinants	Janna, Michel Munoz, Santiago Clavijo, Sergio		January 2005
WP-519	Search Methods and Outcomes in Developing Countries: The Case of Venezuela	Ruiz-Tagle, Cristobal Márquez, Gustavo		December 2004
WP-520	Bank Ownership and Lending Behavior	Micco, Alejandro Panizza, Ugo		November 2004
WP-518	Bank Ownership and Performance	Micco, Alejandro Yañez, Mónica Panizza, Ugo		November 2004
WP-517	Should the Government Be in the Banking Business? The Role of State-Owned and Development Banks	Micco, Alejandro Levy Yeyati, Eduardo Panizza, Ugo		November 2004
WP-514	Labor Market Regulations and Income Inequality: Evidence for a Panel of Countries	Chong, Alberto Calderón, César Valdés, Rodrigo		October 2004
WP-516	Inequality, Institutions, and Informality	Chong, Alberto Gradstein, Mark		September 2004
WP-508	Employment Protection and Gross Job Flows: A Differences-in-Differences Approach	Micco, Alejandro Pagés-Serra, Carmen		August 2004
WP-511	Fiscal Sustainability in Emerging Market Countries with an Application to Ecuador	Izquierdo, Alejandro Díaz Alvarado, Carlos Panizza, Ugo		August 2004
WP-513	Privatization in Mexico	Chong, Alberto Lopez-de-Silanes, Florencio		August 2004
WP-510	Infrastructure, Competition Regimes and Air Transport Costs: Cross Country Evidence	Micco, Alejandro Serebrisky, Tomas		July 2004
WP-509	On the Empirics of Sudden Stops: The Relevance of Balance-Sheet Effects	Izquierdo, Alejandro Calvo, Guillermo A. Mejía, Luis Fernando		July 2004
WP-506	Inequality and Institutions	Chong, Alberto Gradstein, Mark		April 2004
WP-505	The Effect of Conditional Transfers on School Performance and Child Labor: Evidence from an Ex-Post Impact Evaluation in Costa Rica	Morrison, Andrew Duryea, Suzanne		February 2004
WP-489	Bundling of Services and Household Welfare in Developing Countries Using Panel Data: The Case of Peru	Chong, Alberto Saavedra-Chanduví, Jaime Hentschel, Jesko		January 2004
WP-498	Home Financing Institutions in Argentina	Cristini, Marcela Moya, Ramiro		January 2004
WP-502	Housing Finance in Chile	Garcia, Carlos Morandé, Felipe G.		January 2004
WP-503	The Effects of the Public Sector in Housing Finance: The Mortgage Market in Uruguay	Gandelman, Eduardo Gandelman, Nestor		January 2004
WP-499	Concentration and Foreign Penetration in Latin American Banking Sectors: Impact on Competition and Risk	Micco, Alejandro Levy Yeyati, Eduardo		November 2003
WP-501	Current Situation of Housing Finance in Bolivia	Morales, Rolando		November 2003
WP-500	The Mortgage Finance Crisis in Colombia: Causes and Consequences	Badel, Alejandro Cardenas, Mauricio		October 2003
WP-497	The Mortgage Loan Market in Peru	Calderón Seminario, Carlos Eyzaguirre, Hugo		October 2003
WP-495	Inflation and Labor Market Flexibility: The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease	Loboguerrero, Ana Maria Panizza, Ugo		August 2003
WP-494	Who Benefits from Labor Market Regulations? Chile 1960-1998	Pagés-Serra, Carmen Montenegro, Claudio		August 2003
WP-488	Information Diffusion in International Markets	Izquierdo, Alejandro Morriset, Jacques Olarreaga, Marcelo		July 2003
WP-492	Regional Integration and the Location of FDI	Daude, Christian Levy Yeyati, Eduardo Stein, Ernesto H.		July 2003
WP-490	The Currency Union Effect on Trade: Early Evidence from EMU	Micco, Alejandro Stein, Ernesto H. Ordoñez, Guillermo Luis		July 2003
WP-491	The FTAA and the Location of FDI	Daude, Christian Levy Yeyati, Eduardo Stein, Ernesto H.		July 2003
WP-487	Towards Effective Social Insurance in Latin America: The Importance of Countercyclical Fiscal Policy	di Gresia, Luciano Braun, Miguel		July 2003
WP-486	Latin American Labor Markets in the 1990s: Deciphering the Decade	Pagés-Serra, Carmen Jaramillo, Olga Lucia Duryea, Suzanne		May 2003
WP-482	Corporate Governance and Private Capital Flows to Latin America	Chong, Alberto Izquierdo, Alejandro Micco, Alejandro Panizza, Ugo		February 2003
WP-483	Do State-Owned Banks Promote Growth? Cross-Country Evidence for Manufacturing Industries	Micco, Alejandro Galindo, Arturo		February 2003
WP-485	Privatization and Labor Force Restructuring Around the World	Chong, Alberto Lopez-de-Silanes, Florencio		February 2003
WP-481	Should State-Owned Firms Change CEOs Before Privatization? The Case of the Telecommunications Industry	Chong, Alberto Galdo, Virgilio		February 2003
WP-480	Streamlining and Privatization Prices in the Telecommunications Industry	Chong, Alberto Galdo, Virgilio		February 2003
WP-484	Sudden Stops and Exchange Rate Strategies in Latin America	Izquierdo, Alejandro Galindo, Arturo		February 2003
WP-477	Better the Devil that You Know: Evidence on Entry Costs Faced by Foreign Banks	Micco, Alejandro Galindo, Arturo Serra, César Manuel		January 2003
WP-479	The Cyclical Nature of North-South FDI Flows	Levy Yeyati, Eduardo Stein, Ernesto H. Panizza, Ugo		January 2003
WP-478	Trade Intensity and Business Cycle Synchronization: Are Developing Countries any Different?	Chong, Alberto Calderón, César Stein, Ernesto H.		January 2003
WP-472	Credit Constraints in Latin America: An Overview of the Micro Evidence	Galindo, Arturo Schiantarelli, Fabio		September 2002
WP-473	Credit Frictions and 'Sudden Stops' in Small Open Economies: An Equilibrium Business Cycle Framework for Emerging Markets Crises	Arellano, Cristina Mendoza, Enrique		September 2002
WP-474	Why Should Emerging Economies Give Up National Currencies? A Case for Institutions Substitution	Mendoza, Enrique		July 2002
WP-468	Human Capital Policies: What they Can and Cannot Do for Productivity and Poverty Reduction in Latin America	Pagés-Serra, Carmen Duryea, Suzanne		April 2002
WP-467	Does Financial Liberalization Improve the Allocation of Investment?: Micro Evidence from Developing Countries	Weiss, Andrew Galindo, Arturo Schiantarelli, Fabio		April 2002
WP-469	Sudden Stops, the Real Exchange Rate and Fiscal Sustainability: Argentina's Lessons	Izquierdo, Alejandro Talvi, Ernesto Calvo, Guillermo A.		April 2002
WP-441	Determinants of Maritime Transport Costs	Micco, Alejandro Perez, Natalia		April 2002
WP-470	Structural Reforms in Latin America under Scrutiny	Lora, Eduardo Panizza, Ugo		March 2002
WP-471	Structural Reforms in Latin America under Scrutiny	Lora, Eduardo Panizza, Ugo		March 2002
WP-464	The Internet and the Ability to Innovate in Latin America	Chong, Alberto Micco, Alejandro		January 2002
WP-463	Political Particularism around the World	Gaviria, Alejandro Stein, Ernesto H. Seddon Wallack, Jessica Panizza, Ugo		January 2002
WP-461	Legislation and control of health risks in Latin America and the Caribbean	Bolis, Mónica		January 2002
WP-462	Structural reforms in Latin America: What has been reformed and how to measure it?	Lora, Eduardo		December 2001
WP-466	Structural Reforms in Latin America: What Has Been Reformed and How to Measure It