Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2008

Includes bibliography

Income inequality in Central America, Dominican Republic and Mexico: assessing the importance of individual and household characteristics

Includes bibliography

Informalidad, inseguridad y cohesión social en América Latina

Incluye Bibliografía

Water management at the river basin level: challenges in Latin America

Includes bibliography

Employment, growth and reforms in Jamaica

Includes bibliography

Job-seeking strategies in Trinidad and Tobago

Includes bibliography

Employment dynamics and crises in Latin America

Includes bibliography

Income inequality and credit markets

Includes bibliography

Aspectos críticos del financiamiento de viviendas para los sectores de bajos ingresos

Sostiene la necesidad de armonizar las políticas del Estado y del tercer sector para mejorar el financiamiento requerido para dar satisfacción a las necesidades habitacionales de los sectores de ingresos bajos en Argentina.

A poverty profile and functional aspects of Brazilian labour markets

Includes bibliography

Argentina: Impacts of the child allowance programme on the labour-market behaviour of adults

In 2009 Argentina implemented the Universal Child Allowance for Social Protection (AUH), a cash transfer programme for households with children. Coverage provided by the contributory family allowance programme was extended to parents who are unemployed or who work in the informal sector (domestic workers, for example). This paper uses the difference-in-difference estimator and propensity score matching techniques to evaluate the short-term effects of the auh on adult labour participation and income generation. The results suggest that, during its first year of operation, no significant disincentives to work were generated by the programme, given that it did not discourage adults from working or lead to a reduction in the number of hours worked. These findings are highly relevant in the Latin American context where these kinds of cash transfers have become an important component of social protection systems.

Uma análise da economia subterrânea brasileira nos anos 2000

The presented text aims to evaluate the causes that leading to the development of the informal sector and primarily its consequences for the registered economy (formal). Therefore, defines the concept of the shadow economy, and sets out its varied activities. The objective is to analyze the growth of this phenomenon in Brazil, since its supposed rise in the early 70's until recent days. Finally, it will be introduced some measurement methods that allow estimating the size of the shadow economy. Among these methods, in order to evaluate the behavior of the informal sector in Brazil, it was used the MIMIC model (Multiple Indicators and Multiple Causes) that consists of a statistical theory of unobserved variables, or also called latent, which considers multiple causes and multiple effects or indicators. Thus, it will be developed the analysis of results obtained

O trabalho rural e a sazonalidade do café: um estudo sobre assalariados do município de Campo Belo - MG

Pós-graduação em Serviço Social - FCHS

Del gabinete a la feria : El espectro de la informalidad

Fil: Varela, Sebastián. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.