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Sebastian Galiani

Department of Economics, University of Maryland
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[PDF] Water for life: The impact of the privatization of water services on child mortality

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S Galiani, P Gertler… - Journal of Political Economy, 2005 - nber.org
Abstract: While most countries are committed to increasing access to safe water and thereby
reducing child mortality, there is little consensus on how to actually improve water services.
One important proposal under discussion is whether to privatize water provision. In the ...
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[PDF] Property rights for the poor: Effects of land titling

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S Galiani… - 2006 - coase.s460.sureserver.com
Abstract Secure property rights are considered a key determinant of economic development.
The evaluation of the causal effects of property rights, however, is a difficult task as their
allocation is typically endogenous. To overcome this identification problem, we exploit a ...
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Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America [with Comments]

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JR Behrman, A Gaviria, M Székely, N Birdsall… - Economia, 2001 - JSTOR
Page 1. JERE R. BEHRMAN ALEJANDRO GAVIRIA MIGUEL SZ?KELY
Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America nequality is widely regarded as one of the
main problems facing Latin American countries both historically and today. ...
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The effect of pre-primary education on primary school performance

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S Berlinski, S Galiani… - Journal of Public Economics, 2009 - Elsevier
The theoretical case for universal pre-primary education is strong. However, the empirical
foundation is less so. In this paper, we contribute to the empirical case by investigating the
effect of a large expansion of universal pre-primary education on subsequent primary ...
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The impact of trade liberalization on wage inequality: evidence from Argentina

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S Galiani… - Journal of Development Economics, 2003 - Elsevier
Wage inequality in Argentina greatly increased during the nineties. During this period, a
rapid and deep process of trade liberalization was implemented. In this paper we study
whether trade liberalization played any role in shaping the Argentine wage structure ...
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Why has unemployment risen in the new South Africa

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A Banerjee, SF Galiani, JA Levinsohn, Z McLaren… - 2007 - nber.org
... WHY HAS UNEMPLOYMENT RISEN IN THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA Abhijit Banerjee Sebastian
Galiani Jim Levinsohn Zoë McLaren Ingrid Woolard ... 2007 by Abhijit Banerjee, Sebastian Galiani,
Jim Levinsohn, Zoë McLaren, and Ingrid Woolard. All rights reserved. ...
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Evaluating the Impact of School Decentralization on Educational Quality [with Comments]

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S Galiani, E Schargrodsky, EA Hanushek… - Economia, 2002 - JSTOR
The main argument in support of decentralization policies is that they bring decisions closer
to the people. Information asymmetries, agency costs, and problems of collective
decisionmaking can be alleviated through decentralization. Decentralization can worsen ...
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Giving children a better start: Preschool attendance and school-age profiles

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S Berlinski, S Galiani… - Journal of Public Economics, 2008 - Elsevier
We study the effect of pre-primary education on children's subsequent school outcomes by
exploiting a unique feature of the Uruguayan household survey (ECH) that collects
retrospective information on preschool attendance in the context of a rapid expansion in ...
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School decentralization: Helping the good get better, but leaving the poor behind

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S Galiani, P Gertler… - Journal of Public Economics, 2008 - Elsevier
The decentralization of public services is a major feature of institutional innovation. The main
argument in support of decentralization is that it brings decisions closer to the people,
thereby alleviating information asymmetries and improving accountability. However, ...
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Great Expectations and Hard Times: The Argentine Convertibility Plan [with Comments]

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S Galiani, D Heymann, M Tommasi, L Servén… - Economía, 2003 - JSTOR
The Argentine experiment with convertibility ended in collapse. There is no shortage of after-
the-fact explanations of what went wrong, but the? search for lessons presupposes that by
studying the experience, analysts can gain some knowledge that was not available ...
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Duration and risk of unemployment in Argentina

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S Galiani… - Journal of Development Economics, 2003 - Elsevier
After a decade of structural reforms, unemployment rates have tripled in Argentina. This
paper is concerned with the measurement of unemployment risk and its distribution. We
show the importance of considering re-incidence in the measurement of unemployment ...
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Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean [with Comments]

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N Schady, S Galiani… - Economía, 2006 - JSTOR
Children display large differences in cognitive and noncognitive skills or abilities at early
ages. A well-established finding from the literature on the United States is that children in
households with higher income and higher parental education levels perform better on a ...
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The effect of a large expansion of pre-primary school facilities on preschool attendance and maternal employment

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S Berlinski… - Labour Economics, 2007 - Elsevier
We provide evidence on the impact of a large-scale construction of pre-primary school
facilities in Argentina. We estimate the causal impact of the program on pre-primary school
attendance and maternal labor supply. Identification relies on a differences-in-differences ...
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Fertility and female labor supply in Latin America: new causal evidence

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G Cruces… - Labour Economics, 2007 - Elsevier
We study the effect of fertility on maternal labor supply in Argentina and Mexico exploiting a
source of exogenous variability in family size first introduced by Angrist and Evans [Angrist,
J., Evans, W., 1998. Children and their parents' labor supply: evidence from exogenous ...
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Modeling informality formally: households and firms

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S Galiani… - Economic Inquiry, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Informality is widespread in most developing countries. In Latin America, 50% of salaried
employees work informally. Three stylized facts characterize informality:(1) small firms tend
to operate informally while large firms tend to operate formally;(2) unskilled workers tend ...
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Effects of land titling on child health

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S Galiani… - Economics & Human Biology, 2004 - Elsevier
This paper examines the impact of urban land titling on child health. We hypothesize that
land titling may translate into positive effects on health through its impact on housing
investments and household structure. To address selection concerns, we take advantage ...
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The Electoral Consequences of the Washington Consensus [with Comments]

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E Lora, M Olivera, S Galiani… - Economia, 2005 - JSTOR
... Pompeu Fabra, LACEA-PEG, Econnet-IADB, and the Econom?a panel meeting for com ments
and suggestions. We are especially grateful to Rafael Di Telia, Sebastian Galiani, and Ernesto
Dal B? for their detailed and very useful comments and suggestions. We would like ...
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Financial dollarization and debt deflation under a currency board

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S Galiani, E Levy Yeyati… - Emerging Markets Review, 2003 - Elsevier
In the late currency board years, Argentina faced a real exchange rate adjustment through
price deflation amidst growing devaluation expectations. Using a firm-level panel database
to analyze the incidence of these factors on the currency composition of private debt and ...
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[CITATION] The Benefits and Costs of Privatization in Argentina: A Microeconomics Analysis

S Galiani, P Gertler… - Working Papers, 2002 - ideas.repec.org
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Missed Expectations: The Argentine Convertibility

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S Galiani, D Heymann… - 2003 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: This paper studies the process that led to the Argentine crisis. The crisis is
understood as a major disappointment of previous expectations, indicated by widespread
insolvencies and abrupt declines in consumption. The analysis concentrates on the ...
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[PDF] Wage inequality and trade liberalization: evidence from Argentina

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S Galiani… - Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Julio, 2000 - epge.fgv.br
Abstract Wage inequality has increased substantially in Argentina during the nineties. At the
same time during this decade Argentina has gone through a rapid and deep process of
trade liberalization. In this paper we try to associate both phenomena. In particular, we ...
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Trends in Tariff Reforms and in the Structure of Wages

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S Galiani, GG Porto - The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010 - MIT Press
Abstract This paper provides new evidence on the impacts of trade reforms on wages. We
first introduce a model of trade that combines a noncompetitive wage-setting mechanism
due to unions with a factor abundance hypothesis. The predictions of the model are then ...
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The effect of a large expansion of pre-primary school facilities on preschool attendance and maternal employment

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We provide evidence on the impact of a large construction of pre-primary school facilities in
Argentina. We estimate the causal impact of the program on pre-primary school attendance
and maternal labor supply. Identification relies on a differences-in-differences strategy ...
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The educational gender gap in Latin America and the Caribbean

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S Duryea, S Galiani, H Nopo… - Documento de trabajo del …, 2007 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: This paper analyzes the evolution of gender differences in school attendance and
attainment in Latin America and the Caribbean, for both adults who left the educational
system and children in school. For individuals 21 years old and above the paper uses a ...
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The labor market

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S Galiani… - A new economic history of Argentina, 2003 - books.google.com
5 The labor market SEBASTIAN GALIANI Universidad de San Andres PABLO GERCHUNOFF
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella The study of the Argentine labor market, as would be the case
for any labor market during the last century, reveals a substantial transformation. ...
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Property rights for the poor: Effects of land titling

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S Galiani… - Journal of Public Economics, 2010 - Elsevier
Secure property rights are considered a key determinant of economic development. The
evaluation of the causal effects of property rights, however, is a difficult task as their
allocation is typically endogenous. To overcome this identification problem, we exploit a ...
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On the emergence of public education in land-rich economies

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S Galiani, D Heymann, C Dabús… - Journal of Development …, 2008 - Elsevier
We analyze the emergence of large-scale education systems by modeling the incentives
that the economic elite could have (collectively) to accept taxation destined to finance the
education of credit-constrained workers. Contrary to previous work, in our model this ...
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[BOOK] The costs and benefits of privatization in Argentina: A microeconomic analysis

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S Galiani… - 2003 - iadb.mobi
The Research Department (RES) produces the Latin American Economic Policies
Newsletter, as well as working papers and books, on diverse economic issues. To obtain a
complete list of RES publications, and read or download them please visit our web site at: ...
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[CITATION] The changing role of the public sector: An ex-post view of the privatization process in Argentina

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S Galiani… - The Quarterly Review of Economics and …, 1996 - ideas.repec.org
If you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to
view it first. Information about this may be contained in the File-Format links below. In case of
further problems read the IDEAS help page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS site ...
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Housing, health, and happiness

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MD Cattaneo, S Galiani, PJ Gertler… - American Economic …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Abstract: We investigate the impact of a large-scale Mexican program to replace dirt floors
with cement floors on child health and adult happiness. We find that replacing dirt floors with
cement significantly improves the health of young children measured by decreases in the ...
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[PDF] Effects of land titling

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S Galiani… - World Bank Poverty and Applied Micro …, 2004 - udesa.edu.ar
Page 1. Effects of Land Titling Sebastian Galiani Universidad de San Andres ... Sebastian Galiani,
Universidad de San Andres, Vito Dumas 284, (B1644BID) Victoria, Provincia de Buenos Aires,
Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4746-2608, sgaliani@udesa.edu.ar. ...
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Optimal income support targeting

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S De Wachter, S Galiani - International Tax and Public Finance, 2006 - Springer
Abstract This paper considers the practical problem of distributing a fixed budget for poverty
alleviation to a population whose poverty status is not directly observable. The solution we
propose improves on the techniques that are commonly used in practice by taking both ...
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[CITATION] The Argentine privatization process and its aftermath: some preliminary conclusions

S Galiani, D Petrecolla - The Impact of …, 2000 - Miami, United States: University of …
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Housing, health and happiness

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M Cattaneo, S Galiani, P Gertler, S Martinez… - World, 2007 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: Despite the importance of housing for people's well-being, there has been little
work done to assess the causal impact of housing and housing improvement programs on
health and welfare. In this paper the authors help fill this gap by investigating the impact of ...
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[BOOK] Crime distribution and victim behavior during a crime wave

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R Di Tella, S Galiani… - 2006 - books.google.com
Previous research on crime by criminologists, sociologists, and economists has found it hard
to estimate the distribution of the burden of a given increase in crime across the different
groups in society. One important difficulty is that crime-avoiding activities, such as ...
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[BOOK] Crime victimization and income distribution

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R Di Tella, S Galiani, E Schargrodsky… - 2002 - cdi.mecon.gov.ar
Abstract Crime levels have risen significantly in Argentina during recent years. In this study,
we analyze the relationship between crime victimization and income distribution. Our main
question is whether the rich or the poor have been the main victims of this crime rise. For ...
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Wage determination in Argentina: An econometric analysis with methodology discussion

S Galiani - Wolfson College, University of Oxford, 1999 - en.scientificcommons.org
Publikationsansicht. 58168292. Wage determination in Argentina: an econometric
analysis with methodology discussion (2000). Galiani, Sebastian. Abstract. Micro
evidence on the relationship between wages and unemployment ...
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Catastrophic natural disasters and economic growth

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E Cavallo, S Galiani, I Noy… - 2010 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: We examine the short and long run average causal impact of catastrophic natural
disasters on economic growth by combining information from comparative case studies. We
assess the counterfactual of the cases studied by constructing synthetic control groups ...
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[PDF] Reducing Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean

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S Galiani - Report prepared for the Copenhagen Consensus …, 2007 - iadb.org
Page 1. Report for the Copenhagen Consensus Center and the Inter-American
Development Bank Reducing Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean* Sebastian
Galiani Washington University in St. Louis September 15, 2007 ...
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Water expansions in shantytowns: Health and savings

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S Galiani, M GONZALEZ‐ROZADA… - Economica, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines the effects of the expansion of the water network in urban shantytowns
in Argentina. We find large reductions in the presence, frequency and severity of diarrhoea
episodes among children reached by network expansions relative to a control group. ...
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[PDF] Property rights and beliefs: evidence from the allocation of land titles to squatters

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R Di Tella, S Galiani… - Ronald Coase Institute. …, 2004 - federation.ens.fr
Abstract The possession of property rights may change the beliefs that people hold. We
study this hypothesis using a natural experiment from a squatter settlement in the outskirts of
Buenos Aires ensuring that the allocation of property rights is exogenous to the ...
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Persistence and regional disparities in unemployment (Argentina 1980–1997)

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S Galiani, C Lamarche, A Porto… - Regional Science and …, 2005 - Elsevier
We study the regional evolution of unemployment in Argentina for the period 1980–1997.
First, we show that the Argentine regional unemployment structure is not very persistent. We
find less persistence in Argentina than in the US. Second, we model the conditional ...
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[CITATION] Factor endowments, democracy and trade policy divergence

S Galiani, N Schofield… - Typescript, Washington Univer'sity in St. Louis, 2010
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[CITATION] Labor market reform in Argentina: where do we stand?

S Galiani - Universidad de San Andres, Buenos Aires. Photocopy ( …, 2001
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Reality versus Propaganda in the Formation of Beliefs about Privatization

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R Di Tella, S Galiani… - Journal of Public Economics, 2011 - Elsevier
Abstract Argentina privatized most public utilities during the 1990's but re-nationalized the
main water company in 2006. We study beliefs about the benefits of the privatization of water
services measured immediately after the 2006 nationalization. Negative opinions about ...
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The impact of privatization on the earnings of restructured workers: Evidence from the oil industry

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S Galiani… - Journal of Labor Research, 2008 - Springer
Abstract We study the long-term impact of job displacement from a big state owned
enterprise as a result of its privatization in a developing country. Our results suggest large
reductions in earnings, which persist throughout the years. However, we also find that the ...
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[PDF] The benefits and costs of privatization in Argentina: a microeconomic analysis

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S Galiani, P Gertler, E Schargrodsky… - IDB (December …, 2001 - webmeets.com
Page 1. The Benefits and Costs of Privatization in Argentina: A Microeconomic Analysis †
Sebastián Galiani Universidad de San Andrés Paul Gertler University of California at
Berkeley Ernesto Schargrodsky Universidad Torcuato Di Tella ...
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[BOOK] Trends in Traiff Reforms and Trends in Wage Inequality

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S Galiani - 2006 - books.google.com
Abstract This paper provides new evidence on the impacts of trade reforms on wages and
wage inequality in developing countries. While most of the vast current literature on the topic
achieves identification by comparing outcomes before and after one episode of trade ...
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[CITATION] Understanding the Political Economy of Structural Reform: The Case of Argentina

C Acuña, S Galiani… - 2011 - 190.220.3.38
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Generalizing the causal effect of fertility on female labor supply

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G Cruces… - 2003 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: We study the effect of fertility on labor supply in Argentina and Mexico exploiting a
source of exogenous variability in family size first introduced by Angrist and Evans (1998) for
the United States. Our results constitute the first external validation of the estimates ...
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[BOOK] On the distributive effects of terms of trade shocks: the role of non-tradable goods

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S Galiani, D Heymann… - 2010 - books.google.com
We introduce non-tradable goods to the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson (HOS) model to study
the distributive effects of terms of trade shocks. We show that the employment of resources in
activities producing exclusively for the local market induces a crucial association between ...
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[CITATION] Understanding reform: the case of Argentina

C Acuña, S Galiani… - Universidad de San Andrés, 2004
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[CITATION] Public pre-primary schooling and primary school performance

S Berlinski, S Galiani… - Unpublished manuscript, 2005
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[CITATION] The differential evolution of wages, job stability and unemployment

S Galiani - Universidad Torcuata di Tella manuscript, 1999
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[CITATION] The health effects of land titling

S Galiani… - Working Papers, 2004 - econpapers.repec.org
By Sebastian Galiani and Ernesto Schargrodsky; The Health Effects of Land Titling.
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Conscription and Crime: Evidence from the Argentine Draft Lottery

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S Galiani, MA Rossi… - American Economic …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Abstract: We estimate the causal effect of mandatory participation in military service on
individuals' subsequent involvement in criminal activities. To identify this causal effect, we
exploit the random assignment of young men to conscription in Argentina through a draft ...
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[CITATION] Why is unemployment so high in South Africa?

A Banerjee, S Galiani, J Levinsohn… - CID South Africa Project Report, …, 2006
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[CITATION] On the emergence of public education in land-rich economies

G Sebastian - Journal of Development Economics, 2008
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[DOC] School Decentralization and Education Quality: The Role of Fiscal Deficits

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S Galiani… - Universidad de San Andres: Buenos …, 2002 - worldbank.org
Abstract The decentralization of education services from the federal government to the
provincial governments was an important component of the major fiscal and structural
reforms undertaken in Argentina in the early 1990's. The theoretical literature is not ...
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Land-rich economies, education and economic development

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S Galiani, D Heymann - 2005 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: We analyze the emergence of large-scale education systems in a framework where
growth is associated with changes in the configuration of the economy. We model the
incentives that the economic elite could have (collectively) to accept taxation destined to ...
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[PDF] Preschool and maternal labor supply: Evidence from a regression discontinuity design

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S Berlinski, S Galiani… - Economic Development and …, 2008 - webmeets.com
Abstract: Employment rates are relatively lower for mothers with young children in
developing countries. This paper analyzes how preschool attendance affects maternal labor
supply in Argentina. Using pooled household surveys, we show that four year-olds with ...
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[PDF] Political Centralization and Urban Primacy: Evidence from National and Provincial Capitals in the Americas

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S Galiani… - … , Institutions, and the Knowledge Economy. NBER …, 2008 - soks.wustl.edu
Abstract: In this paper, we explore the causes of urban primacy in the Americas using the
insight that primate cities are often political capitals. Using extensive data on cities, we
estimate the impact of capital city status on urban concentration after controlling for ...
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Preschool and Maternal Labor Market Outcomes: evidence from a regression discontinuity design

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S Berlinski, S Galiani… - 2009 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: In developing countries, employment rates for mothers with young children are
relatively low. This paper analyzes how maternal labor market outcomes in Argentina are
affected by the preschool attendance of their children. Using pooled household surveys, ...
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Investment and expropriation under oligarchy and democracy in a Heckscher-Ohlin world

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F Albornoz, S Galiani… - … PAPER-UNIVERSITY OF …, 2008 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: We study the incentives to expropriate foreign capital under democracy and
oligarchy. We model a two-sector small open economy where foreign investment triggers
Stolper-Samuelson effects through reducing exporting costs. We show how incentives to ...
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Income Distribution, Factor Endowments, and Trade Revisited: The Role of Non-Tradable Goods

S Galiani, D Heymann… - 2011 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: We introduce non-tradable goods to the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson (HOS) model
to study the distributive effects of terms of trade shocks. We show that the employment of
resources in activities producing exclusively for the local market induces a crucial ...
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[CITATION] The Educational Gender Gap in Latin America and the Caribbean‖

D Suzanne, S Galiani, H Ñopo… - Inter-American Development Bank, 2007
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lPath $ Dependent Import $ Substitution Policies: The Case of Argentina in the 20th Centurym

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S Galiani… - 2010 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: We use a simple three-sector model to narrate the economic history of Argentina
during the 20th century as seen through the prism of its integration into and dis-integration
from the world economy. Assuming that capital moves between the primary and ...
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Payroll taxes, wages and employment: Identification through policy changes

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G Cruces, S Galiani… - Labour Economics, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the effect of changes in payroll taxes on wages and employment in
Argentina. The analysis, based on administrative data, focuses on the impact of a series of
major changes in payroll taxes which varied across geographical areas. This setup offers ...
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[CITATION] Path Dependent Import Substitution Policies: The Case of Argentina in the XX Century

S Galiani… - forthcoming in Rafael Di Tella and Ed Glaeser (editors) …, 2010
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[CITATION] Sanguinetti (2003)“The impact of trade liberalization on trade inequality: evidence from Argentina”

S Galiani - Journal of Development Economics
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Performance pay and productivity of low-and high-ability workers

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I Franceschelli, S Galiani… - Labour Economics, 2010 - Elsevier
Existing literature has mainly focused on analyses of the overall effect of a change in the
incentive scheme. Lazear (Lazear, E., 2000,“Performance pay and productivity”, American
Economic Review, 90, 1346–1361.), for example, estimates the average increase in ...
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[CITATION] Water for Life: The Impact of Water Supply Privatization on Child Mortality

S Galiani, P Gertler… - Under Review at the Journal of Political …, 2003
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[PDF] The impact of privatization on the earnings of restructured workers

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... Sebastian Galiani Universidad de San Andres Federico Sturzenegger ∗ ... Sebastian Galiani,
Professor, Universidad de San Andres, Vito Dumas 284, (B1644BID) Victoria, Provincia de
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4725-7000, sgaliani@udesa.edu.ar. ...
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[CITATION] mThe Labyrinth of Solitude: Import Substitution and Path Dependence in the Recent Economic History of Argentina

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Argentine Trade Policies in the XX Century: 60 Years of Solitude

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I Brambilla, S Galiani… - 2010 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: At the turn of the last century, the Argentine economy was on a path to prosperity
that never fully developed. International trade and trade policies are often identified as a
major culprit. In this paper, we review the history of Argentine trade policy to uncover its ...
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Climate Change: A Research Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean

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O Chisari… - RES Working Papers, 2010 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: The objective of this research agenda is to outline the issues that need to be
investigated in order to produce an informed assessment of what strategies and policies
Latin America and its international organizations should pursue with respect to climate ...
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[CITATION] Ernesto Schargrodsky (2008)“Reality versus Propaganda in the Formation of Beliefs about Privatization”

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[CITATION] Dabú Carlos, and Fernando Tohmé, 2008, On the Emergence of Public Education in Land-Rich Economies

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[CITATION] 'Water for Life: The Impact of the Privatization of Water Services'

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[CITATION] Job Displacement in a Privatization Experience: The Case of YPF

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[BOOK] Conscription and Crime

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S Galiani, MA Rossi, E Schargrodsky… - 2006 - ipc.umich.edu
Abstract We estimate the causal effect of mandatory participation in the military service on
the involvement in criminal activities. We exploit the random assignment of young men to
military service in Argentina through a draft lottery to identify this causal effect. Using a ...
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[CITATION] Education Gender Gap in Latin America and the Caribbean

S Duryea, S Galiani, H Nopo… - 2006 - Research Department Working …
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Conscription and crime: evidence from the Argentine draft lottery

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S Galiani, M Rossi… - 2010 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: We estimate the causal effect of mandatory participation in the military service on
the involvement in criminal activities. We exploit the random assignment of young men to
military service in Argentina through a draft lottery to identify this causal effect. Using a ...
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[CITATION] Fiscal spending gap and pocyclicolity of public expenditure [RJ

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[CITATION] The Formation of Beliefs: Evidence from the Allocation of Land to Squatters

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[CITATION] m50 Years of Solitude: Argentina Trade Policies in the 20th Century

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[PDF] Effects of Land Titling on Child Health and Education

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S Galiani… - Inter-American Development Bank- …, 2004 - grupobid.org
Abstract This project analyzes the impact of land titling on child health and education. The
empirical evaluation of the effect of land property rights typically suffers from selection
problems. The allocation of property rights across households is usually not random but ...
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[CITATION] l50 Years of Solitude: Argentina Trade Policies in the XX Centurym

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[CITATION] Effects of land titles on child health

S GALIANI… - Washington: Inter-American Development Bank, 2004
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[CITATION] others. 2004.“The Benefits and Costs of Privatization in Argentina: A Microeconomic Analysis.”

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[CITATION] Wage Inequality and Trade Liberalization: Evidence from Argentina

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[CITATION] Property Rights for the Poor: Effects of

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[CITATION] Unemployment in Argentina in the 1990s, Instituto Torcuato Di Tella

S Galiani… - 1999 - Working Paper DTE 219
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[CITATION] Ernesto Schargrodsky" Water for Life: The Impact of the Privatization of Water Services on Child Mortality in Argentina,"

S Galiani… - Journal of Political Economy
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[PDF] Social mobility: What is it and why does it matter?

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S Galiani - Documento de Trabajo, 2010 - cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar
The definition of social mobility is the object of some discussion, and although there is a
common thread that runs through all of these discussions, the actual definition varies from
study to study. There is agreement that social mobility refers to “movements by specific ...
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[PDF] Nontradable goods, protectionism and political divergence

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S Galiani, N Schofield… - 2009 - artsci.wustl.edu
Abstract We propose a political economic model of a small open economy with nontradable
and local public goods, and we apply it to study change, and stability of trade policy. The
presence of nontradable goods leads to potential distributional tensions between rural ...
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Targeted Interventions in Healthcare: The Role of Facility Placement*

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M Fernández, S Galiani… - Fiscal Studies, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Page 1. FISCAL STUDIES, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 373–395 (2006) 0143-5671 © 2006
The Authors Journal compilation © Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2006. Published by
Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 ...
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[CITATION] Evaluatingthe Impact of School Decentralization on Education Quality

S Galiani… - WorkingPaper, SSRN, 2001
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The Costs and Benefits of Privatization in Argentina: A Microeconomic Analysis

F Sturzenegger, E Schargrodsky, S Galiani… - 2003 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: Since the beginning of the 1980s, the world has undergone a major shift in thinking
about the appropriate economic role of the state. Privatization of state-owned enterprises
(SOEs) has been at the heart of this change. The track record on privatization, however, is ...
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Duration and risk of unemployment in Argentina

H Hopenhayn… - 2002 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: After a decade of structural reforms, unemployment rates have tripled in Argentina.
This paper is concerned with the measurement of unemployment risk and its distribution. We
show the importance of considering re-incidence in the measurement of unemployment ...
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