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34 publications found, searching for 'Fernando Rios-Avila '

• Working Paper No. 836
  April 13, 2015

  Direct Estimates of Food and Eating Production Function Parameters for 2004–12 Using an ATUS/CE Synthetic Dataset

  Kijong Kim, Tamar Khitarishvili, and Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  This paper evaluates the presence of heterogeneity, by household type, in the elasticity of substitution between food expenditures and time and in the goods intensity parameter in the household food…more

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• Working Paper No. 835
  March 12, 2015

  On the Determinants of Changes in Wage Inequality in Bolivia

  Fernando Rios-Avila and Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza
  Abstract

  In recent years, Bolivia has experienced a series of economic and political transformations that have directly affected the labor markets, particularly the salaried urban sector. Real wages have shown strong…more

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• Policy Note No. 3
  March 04, 2015

  A Decade of Declining Wages

  Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  In a recent policy note (A Decade of Flat Wages?) we examined wage trends since 1994, and found that while wages grew between 1994 and 2002, average real wages stagnated…more

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• Policy Note No. 3
  March 04, 2015

  Μια δεκαετία πτωτικής τάσης των μισθών

  Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  Σε ένα πρόσφατο κείμενο πολιτικής («A Decade of Flat Wages?») εξετάσαμε την εξέλιξη των μισθών από το 1994 και βρήκαμε ότι ενώ οι μισθοί αυξήθηκαν μεταξύ 1994 και 2002, ο…more

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• Working Paper No. 830
  January 22, 2015

  Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Using the Consumer Expenditure Survey 2011 and Annual Social Economic Supplement 2011

  Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  This paper describes the quality of the statistical match between the Current Population Survey (CPS) March 2011 supplement and the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX) 2011, which are used for the…more

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• Policy Note No. 4
  June 04, 2014

  A Decade of Flat Wages?

  Fernando Rios-Avila and Julie L. Hotchkiss
  Abstract

  In the late 1990s low unemployment rates, increases in the minimum wage, and improvements in labor productivity contributed to a boost in wages, which translated into 12.4 percent cumulative growth…more

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• Policy Note No. 4
  June 04, 2014

  Μια δεκαετία στασιμότητας των μισθών

  Fernando Rios-Avila and Julie L. Hotchkiss
  Abstract

  Στα τέλη της δεκαετίας του 1990, τα χαμηλά ποσοστά ανεργίας, οι αυξήσεις του κατώτατου μισθού και οι βελτιώσεις στην παραγωγικότητα της εργασίας συνέβαλαν στην άνοδο των μισθών, που μεταφράστηκε σε…more

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• Working Paper No. 798
  May 01, 2014

  Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Using the American Time Use Survey 2010, the Survey of Consumer Finances 2010, and the Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2011

  Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  This paper describes the quality of the statistical matching between the March 2011 supplement to the Current Population Survey and the 2010 American Time Use Survey and Survey of Consumer…more

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• Working Paper No. 787
  January 28, 2014

  Unions and Economic Performance in Developing Countries

  Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  This paper analyzes the economic impact of unions on productivity in the manufacturing sector across six Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Panama, and Uruguay. Using an augmented Cobb-Douglas…more

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• Working Paper No. 782
  December 12, 2013

  Feasible Estimation of Linear Models with N-fixed Effects

  Fernando Rios-Avila
  Abstract

  In this paper an alternative approach for the estimation of higher-order linear fixed-effects models is described. The strategy relies on the transformation of the data prior to calculating estimations of…more

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