Luis Felipe López-Calva

World Bank

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Scholarly Papers (25)

1.

Deconstructing the Decline in Inequality in Latin America

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6552
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Nora Lustig, Luis Felipe López-Calva and Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez
Tulane University, World Bank and UNDP - Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
Downloads 565 (78,458)
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Inequality, Poverty Impact Evaluation, Labor Markets, Population Policies, Labor Policies

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The Decline in Inequality in Latin America: How Much, Since When and Why

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 21 Jul 2012
Nora Lustig, Luis Felipe López-Calva and Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez
Tulane University, World Bank and UNDP - Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
Downloads 451 (103,242)
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Income inequality, wage gap, government transfers, Latin America

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Child Labor, School Attendance, and Indigenous Households: Evidence from Mexico

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Jan 2005
Harry A. Patrinos, Luis Felipe López-Calva and Rosangela Bando G.
World Bank, World Bank and University of the Americas, Puebla
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Child labor, Mexico, Indigenous, Conditional cash transfers

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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
Princeton University, Department of Politics, World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
Downloads 280 (174,779)
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Crime and Society, Inequality, Gender and Law, Services & Transfers to Poor

A Vulnerability Approach to the Definition of the Middle Class

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5902
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Luis Felipe López-Calva and Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez
World Bank and UNDP - Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Inequality, Regional Economic Development, Urban Partnerships & Poverty, Services & Transfers to Poor

A Vulnerability Approach to the Definition of the Middle Class

López-Calva, Luis F. and Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo, A Vulnerability Approach to the Definition of the Middle Class, Journal of Economic Inequality, Forthcoming
Posted: 01 Feb 2014
Luis Felipe López-Calva and Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez
World Bank and UNDP - Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean

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Middle class, income distribution, poverty, vulnerability, panel data

Declining Inequality in Latin America in the 2000s: The Cases of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6248
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Nora Lustig, Luis Felipe López-Calva and Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez
Tulane University, World Bank and UNDP - Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Inequality, Poverty Impact Evaluation, Labor Policies, Labor Markets

Declining Inequality in Latin America in the 2000s: The Cases of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 307
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 01 Mar 2013
Nora Lustig, Luis Felipe López-Calva and Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez
Tulane University, World Bank and UNDP - Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
Downloads 90 (452,518)
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income inequality, skill premium, government

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Measuring the Distribution of Human Development: Methodology and an Application to Mexico

Journal of Human Development, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 5-29, March 2005
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 17 Jun 2011
Miguel Székely, James E. Foster and Luis Felipe López-Calva
Center for Education and Social Studies, George Washington University and World Bank
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Human Development , Well-Being, Inequality, Generalized Means

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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
World Bank, World Bank, Tulane University and World Bank
Downloads 146 (317,000)
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Economics of Education

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Is There Such a Thing as Middle Class Values?: Class Differences, Values and Political Orientations in Latin America

Center for Global Development Working Paper No. 286
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 23 Feb 2012
Luis Felipe López-Calva, Jamele Rigolini and Florencia Torche
World Bank, New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and New York University (NYU) - Department of Sociology
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Middle class, income, values, political orientations

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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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Is the Baby to Blame? An Inquiry into the Consequences of Early Childbearing

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6074
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
João Pedro Azevedo, Luis Felipe López-Calva and Elizaveta Perova
World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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Population Policies, Adolescent Health, Gender and Health, Gender and Law, Reproductive Health

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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
Downloads 94 (436,483)
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Crime and Society, Public Sector Corruption & Anticorruption Measures, Achieving Shared Growth, International Terrorism & Counterterrorism, Corruption & Anticorruption Law

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Economic Crises, Maternal and Infant Mortality, Low Birth Weight and Enrollment Rates: Evidence from Argentina's Downturns

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6096
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Nov 2011
Guillermo Cruces, Pablo Alfredo Gluzmann and Luis Felipe López-Calva
Universidad Nacional de La Plata - Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS), Centro de Estudios Economicos Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS) - Universidad Nacional de La Plata and World Bank
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crisis, infant mortality, maternal mortality, low birth weight, poverty, Argentina

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

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Inequality and Teenagers’ Educational Aspirations in Urban Mexico

Documento de Trabajo, No. 7-2010
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 Apr 2011
Aniel Altamirano, Luis Felipe López-Calva and Isidro Soloaga
affiliation not provided to SSRN, World Bank and Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México
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Inequality, Aspirations, Capabilities, Mexico

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The Unfairness of (Poverty) Targets

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6361
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Melanie Allwine, Jamele Rigolini and Luis Felipe López-Calva
George Washington University, New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and World Bank
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Achieving Shared Growth, Regional Economic Development, Rural Poverty Reduction, Poverty Monitoring & Analysis, Services & Transfers to Poor

The Unfairness of (Poverty) Targets

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7194
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 02 Feb 2013
Melanie Allwine, Jamele Rigolini and Luis Felipe López-Calva
George Washington University, New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and World Bank
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initial conditions, targets, poverty reduction

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Is There Such Thing as Middle Class Values? Class Differences, Values and Political Orientations in Latin America

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5874
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Luis Felipe López-Calva, Jamele Rigolini and Florencia Torche
World Bank, New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and New York University (NYU) - Department of Sociology
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Inequality, Economic Theory & Research, Social Inclusion & Institutions, Labor Policies, Access & Equity in Basic Education

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A Decade of Declining Earnings Inequality in the Russian Federation

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7392
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Paula Calvo, Luis Felipe López-Calva and Josefina Posadas
World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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Inequality, Social Protections & Assistance, Educational Sciences

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Declining Wages for College-Educated Workers in Mexico: Are Younger or Older Cohorts Hurt the Most?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7546
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Raymundo M. Campos-Vazquez, Luis Felipe López-Calva and Nora Lustig
El Colegio de Mexico - Centro de Estudios Economicos, World Bank and Tulane University
Downloads 62 (553,002)
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Work & Working Conditions, Labor Policies, Youth and Government, Labor Markets, Tertiary Education

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Arithmetics and Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8029
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Apr 2017
Kimberly Blair Bolch, Lidia Ceriani and Luis Felipe López-Calva
World Bank, Bocconi University - Department of Policy Analysis and Public Management and World Bank
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Public Finance Decentralization and Poverty Reduction, Macro-Fiscal Policy, Inequality, Public Sector Economics, Quality of Life & Leisure, Social Analysis, Economic Adjustment and Lending, Youth and Governance, Government Policies, National Governance, Taxation & Subsidies

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Is There Such Thing as Middle Class Values? Class Differences, Values and Political Orientations in Latin America

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6292
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 04 Feb 2012
Luis Felipe López-Calva, Jamele Rigolini and Florencia Torche
World Bank, New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics and New York University (NYU) - Department of Sociology
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middle class, income, values, political orientations

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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
Downloads 34 (706,055)
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income, inequality, convergence, poverty convergence elasticity, small area estimation

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The Governance Game

Background Paper for the World Development Report 2017
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 May 2019
University of East Anglia (UEA) - School of Economic and Social Studies, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank and The World Bank
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Governance, public sector, public goods, contribution, policy

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Inequality and Human Development in Latin-America: A Long-Run Perspective

Posted: 12 Apr 2017
Nora Lustig, Luis Felipe López-Calva and Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez
Tulane University, World Bank and UNDP - Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean

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Stability and Vulnerability of the Latin American Middle Class

Florencia Torche & Luis F. Lopez-Calva, Oxford Development Studies (2013): Stability and Vulnerability of the Latin American Middle Class, Oxford Development Studies, DOI: 10.1080/13600818.2013.831060
Posted: 01 Feb 2014
Luis Felipe López-Calva and Florencia Torche
World Bank and Department of Sociology, New York University

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Middle class, income distribution, poverty, vulnerability