Wealth gradients in early childhood cognitive development in five Latin American countries January 16, 2024 trees Research 3 Comments Research from the United States shows that gaps in early cognitive and non-cognitive ability appear early in the life cycle. Little... Continue reading
Understanding how socioeconomic inequalities drive inequalities in COVID-19 infections January 12, 2024 trees Research 6 Comments Across the world, the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has disproportionately affected economically disadvantaged groups. This differential... Continue reading
Assessing Multiple Inequalities and Air Pollution Abatement Policies January 12, 2024 trees Research 2 Comments Addressing inequality is recognized a worldwide development objective. The literature has primarily focused on examining economic or... Continue reading
Direct and Indirect Effects of Lockdown Policies on Poverty and Inequality in Latin America January 12, 2024 trees Research 6 Comments We estimate the possible effects on poverty and income distribution of the crisis unleashed by Covid-19 on a group of Latin America... Continue reading
Inside the Black Box of Child Penalties January 12, 2024 trees Research 4 Comments Recentwork, mostly based on developed countries, has highlighted the negative effects of motherhood on labor market outcomes as a persistent... Continue reading
Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano para Colombia cuaderno 2. Percepciones y bienestar subjetivo en Colombia: más allá de los indicadores tradicionales January 12, 2024 trees Research 3 Comments El segundo cuaderno de Desarrollo Humano “Percepciones y bienestar subjetivo en Colombia. Más allá de los indicadores tradicionales”,... Continue reading
Wealth inequality and overexploitation of the commons: field experiments in Colombia January 12, 2024 trees Research 3 Comments This paper explores how wealth inequalities within communities can restrict the possibilities of a self-governed solution to a group... Continue reading
Economic inequality and burden-sharing in the provision of local environmental quality January 12, 2024 trees Research 5 Comments A large, but inconclusive, literature addresses how economic heterogeneity affects the use of local resources and local environmental... Continue reading
The Long Shadow of the Past: Political Economy of Regional Inequality in Colombia December 12, 2023 trees Research 3 Comments We study the nature of regional inequality in Colombia over the past 200 years. The main empirical fact is that regional inequality... Continue reading
TREES Research Grant Fund II November 28, 2023 trees Opportunities 1 Comment TREES (Teaching and Researching Equitable Economics from the South), an initiative of the Center for Studies on Economic Development... Continue reading
University of California at Berkeley November 20, 2023 trees Aliados 1 Comment University of California at Berkeley: Su iniciativa Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative busca profundizar en los estudios sobre... Continue reading
University College London November 20, 2023 trees Aliados 3 Comments University College London: El Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) busca cambiar la forma en que se imagina, practica... Continue reading