Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán

World Bank

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Washington, DC 20433

United States

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The Welfare Effects of Mobile Broadband Internet: Evidence from Nigeria

TPRC48: The 48th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 05 Jan 2021
GSMA Intelligence, GSMA Intelligence, World Bank, World Bank, GSMA Intelligence, Florida International University (FIU), World Bank and GSMA Intelligence
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Poverty, Household consumption, Mobile broadband, Digital inclusion, Nigeria

The Welfare Effects of Mobile Broadband Internet: Evidence from Nigeria

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13219
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 14 May 2020
GSMA Intelligence, GSMA Intelligence, GSMA Intelligence, World Bank, GSMA Intelligence, Florida International University (FIU), World Bank and World Bank
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poverty, household consumption, mobile broadband, Africa, Nigeria

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Income Inequality and Violent Crime: Evidence from Mexico's Drug War

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6935
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Ted Enamorado, Luis Felipe López-Calva, Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán and Hernan Winkler
Princeton University, Department of Politics, World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Crime and Society, Inequality, Gender and Law, Services & Transfers to Poor

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Mobile Broadband Internet, Poverty and Labor Outcomes in Tanzania

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14720
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 11 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 19 May 2022
GSMA Intelligence, GSMA Intelligence, GSMA Intelligence, World Bank, World Bank and University of Rochester
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Africa, consumption, labor force participation, welfare, Tanzania

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Understanding the Dynamics of Labor Income Inequality in Latin America

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7795
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 09 Sep 2016
Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán, Luis Felipe López-Calva, Nora Lustig and Daniel Valderrama
World Bank, World Bank, Tulane University and World Bank
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Economics of Education

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The (Non-) Effect of Violence on Education: Evidence from the 'War on Drugs' in Mexico

RAND Working Paper Series WR- 1082
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 11 Jun 2016
Fernanda Márquez-Padilla, Francisco Pérez-Arce and Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán
Princeton University, Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR) and World Bank
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Crime, Education, Fixed Effects, Mexico

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Broadband Internet and Household Welfare in Senegal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13658
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 09 Sep 2020
Takaaki Masaki, Rogelio Ochoa and Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán
World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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poverty, household consumption, mobile broadband, Africa, Senegal

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Pro-Growth Equity: A Policy Framework for the Twin Goals

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7897
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 30 Nov 2016
Luis Felipe López-Calva and Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán
World Bank and World Bank
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Public Sector Economics, Inequality, Macro-Fiscal Policy, Public Finance Decentralization and Poverty Reduction, Economic Adjustment and Lending

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Mobile Internet Adoption in West Africa

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14151
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Mar 2021
Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán, Rogelio Ochoa, Samantha Lach and Takaaki Masaki
World Bank, World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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Crime and Persistent Punishment: A Long-Run Perspective on the Links between Violence and Chronic Poverty in Mexico

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7706
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 19 Jul 2016
Adan L. Martinez-Cruz and Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán
Department of Forest Economics, SLU and World Bank
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Poverty Diagnostics, Small Area Estimation Poverty Mapping, Poverty Assessment, Poverty Impact Evaluation, Community Development and Empowerment, Poverty Monitoring & Analysis, Poverty Lines, Disability, Services & Transfers to Poor, Community Driven Development, Economic Assistance, Access of Poor to Social Services

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Living on the Edge: Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7165
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Alejandro de la Fuente, Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez and Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán
World Bank - Poverty and Equity Global Practice, UNDP - Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean and World Bank
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Social Protections & Assistance, Social Development & Poverty, Inequality, Economic Conditions and Volatility

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Conditionality as Targeting?: Participation and Distributional Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7940
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 Jan 2017
Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán
World Bank
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Inequality, Services & Transfers to Poor, Disability, Economic Assistance, Access of Poor to Social Services, Social Protections & Assistance

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Crime and Growth Convergence: Evidence from Mexico

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6730
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Ted Enamorado, Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán and Luis Felipe López-Calva
Princeton University, Department of Politics, World Bank and World Bank
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Crime and Society, Public Sector Corruption & Anticorruption Measures, Achieving Shared Growth, International Terrorism & Counterterrorism, Corruption & Anticorruption Law

The Effects of Local Market Concentration and International Competition on Firm Productivity: Evidence from Mexico

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 9210
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Apr 2020
World Bank, United Nations Development Programme and World BankUniversity of California, Davis
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The Effects of Local Market Concentration and International Competition on Firm Productivity: Evidence from Mexico

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13147
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Apr 2020
World Bank, World Bank and World BankUniversity of California, Davis
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productivity, market concentration, instrumental variables

Distributional Effects of Competition: A Simulation Approach

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8838
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 03 May 2019
World Bank, Université Laval - Département d'Économique, World Bank, World Bank and World Bank - Economic Development Institute
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Distributional Effects of Competition: A Simulation Approach

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14043
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Jan 2021
World Bank, Université Laval, World Bank, World Bank and World Bank - Economic Development Institute
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The (Non-) Effect of Violence on Education: Evidence from The"War on Drugs"In Mexico

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7230
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Fernanda Márquez-Padilla, Francisco Pérez-Arce and Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán
Princeton University, Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR) and World Bank
Downloads 86 (481,543)
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Educational Sciences, Conflict and Fragile States

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Urban Transport Infrastructure and Household Welfare: Evidence from Colombia

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8341
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Feb 2018
Tobias Pfutze, Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán and Daniel Valderrama Gonzalez
Florida International University (FIU), World Bank and Georgetown University
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Inequality Stagnation in Latin America in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7146
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
World Bank, World BankUniversity of California, Davis, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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Equity and Development, Employment and Shared Growth, Industrial Economics, Economic Theory & Research, Economic Growth, Inequality, Social Protections & Assistance, Achieving Shared Growth, Economic Conditions and Volatility, Pro-Poor Growth

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Tracing the Local Impacts of Exports on Poverty and Inequality in Mexico

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13610
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 Aug 2020
Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán, Emmanuel Vazquez and Hernan Winkler
World Bank, affiliation not provided to SSRN and World Bank
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international trade, exports, poverty, labor markets, migration

Distributional Effects of Intergovernmental Transfers in Mexico

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 9209
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 13 Apr 2020
Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán, Kiyomi E. Cadena and Laura Liliana Moreno Herrera
World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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Distributional Effects of Intergovernmental Transfers in Mexico

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13148
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2020
Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán, Kiyomi E. Cadena and Laura Liliana Moreno Herrera
World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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fiscal federalism, earmarked transfers, decentralization, poverty, Mexico

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The Poverty Effects of Market Concentration

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7515
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán
World Bank
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Competitiveness and Competition Policy, Poverty Diagnostics, Poverty Impact Evaluation, Poverty Lines, Inequality, Poverty Monitoring & Analysis, Poverty Assessment, Small Area Estimation Poverty Mapping, Competition Policy

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Can a Small Social Pension Promote Labor Force Participation? Evidence from the Colombia Mayor Program

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7516
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Tobias Pfutze and Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán
Florida International University (FIU) and World Bank
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Labor Management and Relations, Services & Transfers to Poor, Economic Assistance, Disability, Social Protections & Assistance, Access of Poor to Social Services

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Weather Shocks and Health at Birth in Colombia

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7081
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
University of Melbourne, World Bank, University of Rochester, World Bank and World Bank
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Climate Change and Health, Educational Sciences, Climate Change and Environment, Inequality, Science of Climate Change, Social Protections & Assistance

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Unpacking the Mpi: A Decomposition Approach of Changes in Multidimensional Poverty Headcounts

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7514
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Jorge Perez Perez, Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán, Jose Daniel Trujillo and Daniel Valderrama
Brown University, World Bank, Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística - DANE and World Bank
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Poverty Assessment, Poverty Impact Evaluation, Poverty Lines, Poverty Diagnostics, Small Area Estimation Poverty Mapping, Poverty Monitoring & Analysis

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Poverty Convergence in a Time of Stagnation: A Municipal-Level Perspective from Mexico (1992-2014)

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 9038
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Nov 2019
Luis-Felipe Lopez-Calva, Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez and Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán
United Nations Development Programme, Department of International Development and World Bank
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Inequality, Economic Growth, Industrial Economics, Economic Theory & Research, Disability, Services & Transfers to Poor, Economic Assistance, Access of Poor to Social Services, Poverty Reduction Strategies, International Trade and Trade Rules

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Is Uruguay More Resilient this Time? Distributional Impacts of a Crisis Similar to the 2001/02 Argentine Crisis

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6849
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
World BankUniversity of California, Davis, World Bank, World Bank - Economic Policy Unit, World Bank and World Bank - Economic Policy Unit
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Achieving Shared Growth, Services & Transfers to Poor, Inequality, Economic Theory & Research

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Global Job Quality: Evidence from Wage Employment Across Developing Countries

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15565
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 22 Sep 2022
World Bank, World Bank, George Washington University, World Bank and World Bank
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job quality, working conditions, wage employment, private sector, global

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Job Quality and Poverty in Latin America

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7927
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 22 Dec 2016
Peter Brummund, Christopher Ryan Mann and Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán
University of Alabama - Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies, University of Nebraska at Lincoln and World Bank
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Small Area Estimation Poverty Mapping, Poverty Monitoring & Analysis, Poverty Impact Evaluation, Poverty Lines, Poverty Assessment, Poverty Diagnostics, Inequality

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The Effects of Climate Change in the Poorest Countries: Evidence from the Permanent Shrinking of Lake Chad

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16396
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 22 Aug 2023
Remi Jedwab, Federico Haslop, Román Zárate and Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán
New York University (NYU) - New York University, George Washington University, World Bank and World Bank
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climate change, aridification, shrinkage of lakes, natural disasters, environment, water supply, land supply, rural decline, agricultural sectors, adaptation, land use, Africa

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Within-Country Poverty Convergence: Evidence from Mexico

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13577
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 10 Aug 2020
Luis Felipe López-Calva, Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez and Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán
World Bank, Department of International Development and World Bank
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income, inequality, convergence, poverty convergence elasticity, small area estimation

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Competition Reform and Household Welfare: A Microsimulation Analysis of the Telecommunication Sector in Ethiopia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14044
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Jan 2021
Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán, Abdelkrim Araar, Eduardo Malásquez and Rogelio Ochoa
World Bank, Université Laval, World Bank and World Bank
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Labor Informality and Market Segmentation in Senegal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15564
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 22 Sep 2022
Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán and Emmanuel Jose Vazquez
World Bank and Universidad Nacional de La Plata - Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS)
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labor informality, segmentation, labor markets, Senegal