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:
- Editor’s Summary: (Full text)
- "What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You—Or at Least Mislead You: Family Behaviors, Unobserved Heterogeneities, and the Determinants and Impacts of Human Resources Over the Life Cycle" (Abstract)
Jere R. Behrman (University of Pennsylvania)
- "To What Extent Do Latin Americans Trust, Reciprocate, and Cooperate? (Abstract)
Juan Camilo Cárdenas (Universidad de Los Andes), Alberto Chong (Inter-American Development Bank), and Hugo Ñopo (Inter-American Development Bank)
- "Sugar Prices, Labor Income, and Poverty in Brazil" (Abstract)
Ekaterina Krivonos (United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) and Marcelo Olarreaga (University of Geneva)
- "Estimates of the Benefit Incidence of Workfare" (Abstract)
Lucas Ronconi (University of California at Berkeley)