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Public Investment in Infrastructure: Biases against and Procyclicality (Only in Spanish)

The relationship between managing public finances and the business cycle has attracted much interest to economic research. Studies on the matter…

Banco de la República’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic (Only in Spanish)

The Covid-19 pandemic caused an economic downturn and an unprecedented increase in the unemployment rate. In April 2020, when the impact of the…

Income and Unpaid Work Gaps within Households

Although the existence of wage gaps that favor men over women is well known and is explained by multiple factors, there is little discussion of…