This semiannual journal from the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association provides a forum for influential economists and policymakers from the region to share high-quality research directly applied to policy issues within and among those countries.
Contents:
1. Cash Transfers in Latin America: Effects on Poverty and Redistribution
Ver�nica Amarante and Mart�n Brun
2. How Sensitive Is Regional Poverty Measurement in Latin America to the Value of the Poverty Line?
R. Andr�s Casta�eda, Santiago Garriga, Leonardo Gasparini, Leonardo R. Lucchetti, and Daniel Valderrama
3. Homicides and the Age of Criminal Responsibility: A Density Discontinuity Approach
Francisco J. M. Costa, Jo�o S. de Faria, Felipe S. Iachan, and B�rbara Caballero
4. Fool's Gold: The Impact of Venezuelan Currency Devaluations on Multinational Stock Prices
Dany Bahar, Carlos A. Molina, and Miguel Angel Santos
5. Downward Wage Rigidities in the Mexican Labor Market: 1996-2011
Laura Juarez and Daniel Casarin de la Cabada
6. I Sell My Vote, and So What? Incidence, Social Bias, and Correlates of Clientelism in Colombia
Leopoldo Fergusson, Carlos Molina, and Juan Felipe Ria�o
This semiannual journal from the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association provides a forum for influential economists and policymakers from the region to share high-quality research directly applied to policy issues within and among those countries.
Contents:
1. Cash Transfers in Latin America: Effects on Poverty and Redistribution
Ver�nica Amarante and Mart�n Brun
2. How Sensitive Is Regional Poverty Measurement in Latin America to the Value of the Poverty Line?
R. Andr�s Casta�eda, Santiago Garriga, Leonardo Gasparini, Leonardo R. Lucchetti, and Daniel Valderrama
3. Homicides and the Age of Criminal Responsibility: A Density Discontinuity Approach
Francisco J. M. Costa, Jo�o S. de Faria, Felipe S. Iachan, and B�rbara Caballero
4. Fool's Gold: The Impact of Venezuelan Currency Devaluations on Multinational Stock Prices
Dany Bahar, Carlos A. Molina, and Miguel Angel Santos
5. Downward Wage Rigidities in the Mexican Labor Market: 1996-2011
Laura Juarez and Daniel Casarin de la Cabada
6. I Sell My Vote, and So What? Incidence, Social Bias, and Correlates of Clientelism in Colombia
Leopoldo Fergusson, Carlos Molina, and Juan Felipe Ria�o