Consequences of Financial Crises on Income Distribution and Poverty in Latin America

organized by ITAM, the University of Alcalà, and sponsored by Banco de Santander

Conference Information:

Organizers:        Marco Del Negro (ITAM) and Elisabeth Huybens (World Bank and ITAM)

Date:            May 19-20, 2000

Place:                           Auditorio Campus Santa Teresa, ITAM
                                     Av. Camino a Santa Teresa #930
                                     México, D.F.
                                     Tel. (52-5) 628 4197

Preliminary Program

Participants:

Miguel Székely and Marianne Hilgert, Inter-American Development Bank
"The 1990s in Latin America: Another Decade of Persistent Inequality"

Gladys Lopez Acevedo,The World Bank (LCSPE);  and Angel Salinas,  The World Bank (LCC1C)
"The Financial Crisis Impact on the Income Distribution in Mexico"

Andrés Erosa and Gustavo Ventura, University of Western Ontario
"On Inflation As a Regressive Consumption Tax"

Ishac Diwan, World Bank
"Labor Shares and Financial Crises"

Wendy Cunningham, The World Bank (LCSPR/Gender) and William F. Maloney, The World Bank (LAC Poverty)
"Measuring Vulnerability: Who Suffered in the 1995 Mexican Crisis?"

Graciela Teruel, Universidad Iberoamericana
"Household Budgets, Household Composition and the Crisis in Indonesia: Evidence from Longitudinal Household Survey Data"

Bernardo Pena Trapero, Fco. Javier Callealta Barroso, and José Javier Núñez Velázquez, Universidad de Alcalá
“Encuestas de Presupuestos Familiares, Renta de las familias y estudio de la distribución personal de la renta: una experiencia española”
appendix1, appendix2

Wendy Cunningham, The World Bank (LCSPR/Gender)
"Breadwinner versus Caregiver: Labor Force Participation and Sectoral Choice over the Mexican Business Cycle"

Elizabeth Villagómez, Fundación Tomillo and  Inmaculada Cebrián López, Universidad de Alcalá
“Un análisis de los efectos de la crisis económica sobre la oferta de trabajo en los hogares mexicanos”

Susan Parker, PROGRESA; and Emmanuel Skoufias, IFPRI
"Job Loss, Change in Marital Status and the Allocation of Time Within Families: Evidence from Urban Mexico"

Gonzalo Hernández Licona, ITAM
"Labour Market Transitions in Mexico: Household businesses during economic crises"

Sylvain Dessy, Universite Laval; John Knowles, Univeristy of Pennsylvania
"Why Is Child Labor Illegal?"

Félix Varela Parache, Universidad de Alcalá
“Crisis Monetarias y Financieras: Experiencias Recientes con especial referencia a las Economías Latinoamericanas”

Fernando Aportela, Banco de Mexico
"Financial Reform and Financial Crisis, Credit Boom and Credit Crunch: Impact on Households’ Saving Behavior, a Fragmented Economy Case"
 
 

Centro de Investigación Económica