Search
Now showing items 41-50 of 94
Inclusión financiera y el desarrollo económico de México
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Economicas, División de Economía, 2015)
There is a historical relationship between economic development and a proper access to financial services. In this paper we test the hypothesis that the positive relationship among the number of financial institutions, the ...
Does access to health insurance reduce the risk of miscarriages?: evidence from Mexico’s Seguro Popular
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2015-10-07)
This paper analyzes whether Mexico’s de-facto non-contributory health insurance program Seguro Popular had an effect on the risk of miscarriage during pregnancy. Using data on pregnancies over the 2004–08 period from the ...
Miradas sobre la regulación de la violencia en el fútbol en Inglaterra y Bélgica: aproximaciones para México
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Administración Pública, 2015)
This article arises from the observation of one particular fact, the heated debates in Mexican media after any episode of physical violence in football stadiums. The common feature of these debates relies on the recurrent ...
Implicit redistribution within Argentina’s social security system: a micro-simulation exercise
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2015-03-22)
The intra-generational redistribution in the Argentinean pension program is assessed in a lifetime basis. Using household surveys, the lifetime flows of labor income, contributions and retirement benefits are simulated. ...
The rise of noncommunicable diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean: challenges for public health policies
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2015-11-11)
The health landscape in Latin America and the Caribbean is changing quickly. The region is undergoing a demographic and epidemiological transition in which health problems are highly concentrated on noncommunicable diseases ...
Climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean: policy options and research priorities
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2015-11-11)
Although climate change is filled with uncertainties, a broad set of policies proposed to address this issue can be grouped in two categories: mitigation and adaptation. Developed countries that are better prepared to cope ...
Alfabetismo financiero y matemáticas: un estudio entre jóvenes preparatorianos en México
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2015)
Este trabajo analiza la incidencia de las habilidades matemáticas en el alfabetismo financiero en jóvenes mexicanos entre 15 y 18 años de edad asistiendo a la escuela en la Ciudad de México y el Estado de México. Nuestros ...
Progress and challenges in achieving an evidence-based education policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2015-11-11)
This paper reviews the progress economists have made towards achieving an evidence-based educational policy, and highlights challenges that remain. The five main findings are: (1) over the past two decades, much effort has ...
Inflation targeting and term premia estimates for Latin America
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2015-04-11)
Inflation targeting has been widely adopted in Latin America. In this paper, we show evidence consistent with major beneficial effects from so doing, with falling term premia and anchored policy rate expectations. To do ...
On intergenerational (im)mobility in Latin America
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2015-10-28)
This paper studies intergenerational mobility in Latin America and shows that, in addition to the well-documented fact that the Latin American income distribution is highly unequal, profound differences in opportunities ...