This semiannual journal from the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) 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 include:
- Editors' Summary (Full text)
- "Trade Liberalization and the Demand for Skilled Labor in Brazil" (Abstract)
Bruno Giovannetti and Naércio Menezes-Filho (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
- "Assessing Health Reform in Colombia: From Theory to Practice" (Abstract)
Alejandro Gaviria (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia), Carlos Medina (Banco de la Republica de Colombia), and Carolina Mejía (Fedesarrollo, Colombia)
- "Conditional Transfers, Labor Supply, and Poverty: Microsimulating Oportunidades" (Abstract)
Samuel Freije, Rosangela Bando, and Fernanda Arce (Universidad de las Americas, Puebla—UDLAP, Mexico)
- "The Role of Global Risk Aversion in Explaining Sovereign Spreads" (Abstract)
Alicia García-Herrero (BIS, Hong Kong) and Alvaro Ortíz (CEMEX, London, United Kingdom)
- "Debt Sustainability and Procyclical Fiscal Policies in Latin America" (Abstract)
Enrique Alberola and José Manuel Montero (Banco de Espana)