We study the provision of a public project that globally behaves as a public good but locally behaves as a private bad. This scenario imposes two problems: (i) finding a […]

The effect of regulation on the proliferation of informal settlements is unclear. While stricter regulations can provide policy makers with tools for control them (welfare economic approach), they can also […]

El presente capítulo se centra en un espacio geográfico específico, el Barrio Minuto de Dios. Desde una perspectiva histórica se puede observar su construcción paulatina gracias a la visión del […]

En este artículo se presenta una revisíon en la que se identifican cuatro ramas distintas de la modelación de la economía informal en la literatura, a saber: modelos duales, modelos […]

This paper studies the factors associated with differential prices in segmented housing markets. Despite the breadth of the literature addressing this issue, a gap remains in the investigation of differential […]

Developing countries have a vast informal sector generally associated with low levels of productivity. The persistence of informality could be a response to rigidities in the labor market, associated with […]

An essential tool in the fight against poverty is the generation of decent jobs through an equitable and inclusive labor market. To achieve this, two fronts of struggle must be […]

Provision of new subsidized housing projects has proven to be an effective alternative to reduce the high level of quantitative housing deficit in developing countries. However less is known about […]