Poverty, Income Fluctations and Work: Argentina 1991-2002

GUILLERMO CRUCES

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Lugar: Morrisville, North Carolina, Estados Unidos; Año: 2006 p. 260

This thesis presents results on the economics of poverty and labour markets, using data from Argentina in the 1991-2002 period for empirical applications. The first Part concentrates on poverty and the effects of income fluctuations on well-being. The 1995-2002 period in Argentina was characterised by recurring economic crises. The empirical applications of this Part rely on a rotating panel dataset from the Greater Buenos Aires. This first Part defines a family of indicators of well-being, based on the theory of choice under uncertainty, that account for the negative impact of income fluctuations on household welfare. Part II deals with fertility and women’s labour supply from an empirical perspective, and uses data from the 1991 Argentine Census for its applications. It presents a theoretical and econometric framework employed to deal with the endogeneity of the fertility decision. This identification strategy exploits parental sex preferences as instrumental variables for further child-bearing.