Browsing Volumen 45 Número 90 (2022) by Title
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Allocating an indivisible good. A questionnaire-experimental study of intercultural differences
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúPE, 2022-12-30)Abstract We present the results of a questionnaire study in Belgium, Burkina Faso and Indonesia focusing on the problem of the just allocation of an indivisible good. The formal axioms proposed in social choice theory offer ... -
Mobility prospects and preferences for redistribution in Latin America
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúPE, 2022-12-30)The present paper aims to provide evidence about the POUM hypothesis (prospects of upward mobility) in Latin America. It postulates that preferences for redistribution decrease with the prospects of upward mobility of ... -
Monetary Policy and Inequality under Household Heterogeneityand Incomplete Markets
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúPE, 2022-12-30)Motivated by the empirical evidence of the effects of unanticipated nominal interest rate increases on the evolution of household inequality in Mexico, which highlight the importance of insurance mechanisms to deal with ... -
Poverty dynamics in Nairobi's slums; Testing for state dependence and heterogeneity effects
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúPE, 2022-12-30)We investigate the factors underlying poverty transitions in Nairobi’s slums focusing on whether differences in characteristics make people more prone to enter poverty and persist in, or whether past experience of poverty ... -
Presentation: Special Issue of ECONOMÍA “Economic Inequality and Redistribution Policies”
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúPE, 2022-12-30)No presenta resumen -
Women Empowerment and Demand for Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúPE, 2022-12-30)We analyze the effect of women's empowerment on their demand for reproductive and sexual health services. In particular, we explore their use of modern contraceptive methods, if the women have had an HIV screening and if ...
