Documents et rapports
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(Ineffective) messages to encourage recycling : evidence from a randomized evaluation in Peru (anglais)
There is growing interest in using messaging to drive prosocial behaviors, which contribute to investment in public goods. The authors worked with a leading nongovernmental organization in Peru to randomize...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6548 Date du document: 1 juillet 2013 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Chong Lam,Alberto Elias,Karlan,Dean S.,Shapiro,Jeremy,Zinman,Jonathan
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Discrimination in Latin America : an economic perspective : Discriminacion en America Latina : una perspectiva economica (espagnol)
The chapters presented in this volume adopt a variety of these methodological tools in order to explore the extent to which discrimination against women and demographic minorities is pervasive in Latin...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 52098 Date du document: 2 octobre 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Nopo Aguilar,Hugo Rolando,Chong Lam,Alberto Elias,Moro, Andrea
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Discrimination in Latin America : an economic perspective (anglais)
The chapters presented in this volume adopt a variety of these methodological tools in order to explore the extent to which discrimination against women and demographic minorities is pervasive in Latin...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 52098 Date du document: 3 décembre 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Nopo Aguilar,Hugo Rolando,Chong Lam,Alberto Elias,Moro, Andrea
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Investor protection and corporate governance : Firm-level evidence across Latin America (anglais)
This book holds that the crucial failure of corporate governance is the expropriation of outside investors, be they shareholders or creditors, by those who are in control of firms. The problem of expropriation...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 40517 Date du document: 1 janvier 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Chong Lam,Alberto Elias,Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio
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Do separation packages need to be that generous? Simulations for government employees in Guinea-Bissau (anglais)
Separation packages may be needed to overcome resistance to public sector downsizing, and can be justified on fairness grounds. But what is the right amount of compensation? This paper offers a practical...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 34505 Date du document: 28 juillet 2000 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Chong Lam,Alberto Elias,Rama,Martin G.