Alexandra Chong
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 303985 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Alexandra Chong |
| NOMBRES | Alexandra |
| APELLIDO | Chong |
| FIRMA | CHONG A |
| AFILIACIONES | Inter-American Development Bank |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5139-5386 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 39 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 327 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 39 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1999 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Electronic voting and invalid votes
State building and social control
High times and troubled relationships
Does Trade Liberalization Foster Intimate Partner Violence
We exploit unexpected and drastic unilateral tariff reductions in Peru during the 2000s. In districts where male employment was more vulnerable to these reductions, we observe a statistically significant increase in intimate partner violence relative to less vulnerable districts. Our findings show that several causal paths may be at play and appear to highlight the fact that these paths may complement and even exacerbate each other. Our findings …
Feeling the heat? Fear of failure and performance
We use new individual‐level data from MasterChef, a television show in the United States in order to objectively capture situations of fear of failure. We codify situations in which the contestants are on the verge of being eliminated from competition and situations where they explicitly express fear of failing. These new data have the distinct advantage of being purely objective. We cover ten seasons, from 2010 to 2020 and include nearly 200 obs…
Computers and Discretion
While it is known that the use of computers can increase productivity, it is also true that it may promote greater equality. We exploit two natural field experiments related to the renewal of national identification cards in Bolivia and show that applicants randomly assigned to a digital renewal process not only are more likely to successfully complete it but do so faster than when assigned to a manual process. We also show that the introduction …
Recreational marijuana laws and junk food consumption
Institutional persistence, income inequality, and individual attitudes
Urbanization Patterns, Information Diffusion, and Female Voting in Rural Paraguay
We use a field experiment to evaluate the impact of two informational get‐out‐the‐vote campaigns to boost female electoral participation in rural areas of Paraguay. We find that public rallies had a small and insignificant effect either on registration or voter turnout in the 2013 presidential elections. Households that received door‐to‐door canvassing treatment were 4.6 percentage points more likely to vote. Experimental variation on the intensi…
On the Preferences for Strong Leadership
Objectives This article aims to answer the question of who favors strong political leadership, with a few checks on its power. Methods First, we specify a formal model to generate testable hypotheses on the relationship between income and attitudes toward strong political leadership support. Then, we test these claims using a rich survey of individual attitudes across countries from 1999 to 2004. Results We present evidence indicating that the su…
Impact of Long Run Exposure to Television on Homicides
This paper focuses on the link between television coverage and violent crime, in particular, homicides in Brazil, a country where crime has grown dramatically in recent decades. Using Census data for the period 1980–2000, the paper finds that people living in areas covered by television signal have significantly lower rates of homicides. The effect is strongest for men of lower socioeconomic status
Postnatal Depression
Although breastfeeding has multiple benefits for baby and mother, including maternal mental well-being, many mothers terminate breastfeeding earlier than they desire. We examined two key factors in breastfeeding duration and maternal mental health––breastfeeding efficacy and family–work conflict. Specifically, we examined the moderating role of family–work conflict in the process of breastfeeding efficacy as a predictor of maternal depression by …
Emotional Support from Parents and In-Laws
Perceived Stigma of Postpartum Depression Symptoms in Low-Risk First-Time Parents
Perceived Fairness and Relationship Satisfaction During the Transition to Parenthood
The current study examined the influence of perceived fairness of household labor and childcare on relationship satisfaction among new parents. Emotional spousal support and negative spousal interactions were analyzed as potential mediators, using cross-sectional and longitudinal data from couples transitioning to parenthood ( N = 92). At 9 months postpartum, mothers' perceived fairness of household labor and childcare were related to their relat…
Does Corruption Information Inspire the Fight or Quash the Hope? A Field Experiment in Mexico on Voter Turnout, Choice, and Party Identification
Retrospective voting models assume that offering more information to voters about their incumbents’ performance strengthens electoral accountability. However, it is unclear whether incumbent corruption information translates into higher political participation and increased support for challengers. We provide experimental evidence that such information not only decreases incumbent party support in local elections in Mexico, but also decreases vot…
Trust and Reciprocity in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters
Beyond all the material and economic losses that natural disasters produce, post-disaster environments can alter the social capital of a community by affecting social norms, attitudes, and people’s behaviour. To analyse this issue, we empirically investigate the effect that the aftermath of a disaster can have on trust and reciprocity of people within communities. We do this by comparing outcomes of trust games conducted in earthquake-affected an…
Stated social behavior and revealed actions
Soap Operas and Fertility
We estimate the effect of television on fertility in Brazil, where soap operas portray small families. We exploit differences in the timing of entry into different markets of Globo, the main novela producer. Women living in areas covered by Globo have significantly lower fertility. The effect is strongest for women of lower socioeconomic status and in the central and late phases of fertility, consistent with stopping behavior. The result does not…
Language nuances, trust and economic growth
Political and institutional environment and privatization prices
Language Nuances and Socioeconomic Outcomes
While language enables communication, it also provides a reassuring quality more closely related with issues linked with trust, social capital, and cultural identification. Research on the role of language as a learning process is widespread but there is little evidence on its role as a signal for cultural affinity. We pursue this latter avenue of research and show that subtle language affinity is positively linked with change in socioeconomic ou…
Privatised Firms and Labour Outcomes in Emerging Markets
A recent large firm-level dataset is analysed to compare labour indicators of privatised, private, and public firms around the world, in particular differences relating to wages, benefits, labour composition, education and training, unionisation, and quality of management. We find that labour productivity and the ratio of permanent to temporary workers increase after privatisation
Can foreign aid reduce income inequality and poverty
Labor market institutions and income inequality
Does Corruption Information Inspire the Fight or Quash the Hope? A Field Experiment in Mexico on Voter Turnout, Choice, and Party Identification
Retrospective voting models assume that offering more information to voters about their incumbents’ performance strengthens electoral accountability. However, it is unclear whether incumbent corruption information translates into higher political participation and increased support for challengers. We provide experimental evidence that such information not only decreases incumbent party support in local elections in Mexico, but also decreases vot…
What determines foreign aid? The donors' perspective
Institutional Quality and Income Distribution
Perceived Fairness and Relationship Satisfaction During the Transition to Parenthood
The current study examined the influence of perceived fairness of household labor and childcare on relationship satisfaction among new parents. Emotional spousal support and negative spousal interactions were analyzed as potential mediators, using cross-sectional and longitudinal data from couples transitioning to parenthood ( N = 92). At 9 months postpartum, mothers' perceived fairness of household labor and childcare were related to their relat…
Can foreign aid reduce income inequality and poverty
Poverty and Inequality in Bosnia and Herzegovina After the Civil War
Emotional Support from Parents and In-Laws
Urbanization Patterns, Information Diffusion, and Female Voting in Rural Paraguay
We use a field experiment to evaluate the impact of two informational get‐out‐the‐vote campaigns to boost female electoral participation in rural areas of Paraguay. We find that public rallies had a small and insignificant effect either on registration or voter turnout in the 2013 presidential elections. Households that received door‐to‐door canvassing treatment were 4.6 percentage points more likely to vote. Experimental variation on the intensi…
Labor market institutions and income inequality
Perceived Stigma of Postpartum Depression Symptoms in Low-Risk First-Time Parents
Language Nuances and Socioeconomic Outcomes
While language enables communication, it also provides a reassuring quality more closely related with issues linked with trust, social capital, and cultural identification. Research on the role of language as a learning process is widespread but there is little evidence on its role as a signal for cultural affinity. We pursue this latter avenue of research and show that subtle language affinity is positively linked with change in socioeconomic ou…
Development and Efficiency of the Financial Sector and Links with Trust
On the Preferences for Strong Leadership
Objectives This article aims to answer the question of who favors strong political leadership, with a few checks on its power. Methods First, we specify a formal model to generate testable hypotheses on the relationship between income and attitudes toward strong political leadership support. Then, we test these claims using a rich survey of individual attitudes across countries from 1999 to 2004. Results We present evidence indicating that the su…
Stated social behavior and revealed actions
Language nuances, trust and economic growth
Electronic voting and invalid votes
Institutional persistence, income inequality, and individual attitudes
Streamlining and Privatization Prices in the Telecommunications Industry
We study the link between state‐owned restructuring before privatization and privatization sales prices for the telecommunications industry. We use new data to cover 84 telecommunications privatizations, which account for nearly 80% of the sector in terms of value. We focus on streamlining policies and regulatory issues prior to privatization and find that, while most labour streamlining measures have no bearing on privatization prices, the prese…
Inward-Looking Policies, Institutions, Autocrats, and Economic Growth in Latin America
Structural reform, institutions and earnings
Reforms undertaken in Peru in the early 1990s might have resulted in a slight reduction of the informal sector. Costs associated with becoming and staying informal, and benefits of becoming formal might have increased. This, when a legalistic definition of informality is used. Earnings differentials between formal and informal self-employed workers are negligible although they persist between formal and informal salaried workers. Skilled workers …
Institutional Quality and Income Distribution
Poverty and Inequality in Bosnia and Herzegovina After the Civil War
Development and Efficiency of the Financial Sector and Links with Trust
Inequality, Institutions, and Informality
This paper presents theory and evidence on the determinants of the size of the informal sector. We propose a simple theoretical model in which the informal sector's size is negatively related to institutional quality and positively related to income inequality. These predictions are then empirically validated using different proxies of the size of the informal sector, income inequality, and institutional quality. The results are shown to be robus…
Inequality and Institutions
This paper presents theory and evidence on the relationship between inequality and institutional quality. We propose a model in which the two dynamically reinforce each other and set out to test this relationship with a broad array of institutional measures. We establish double causality between better institutional quality and a more equal distribution of income, but also demonstrate that the link from the latter dominates the former. These resu…
Inward-Looking Policies, Institutions, Autocrats, and Economic Growth in Latin America
On Compulsory Voting and Income Inequality in a Cross-Section of Countries
Privatization in Latin America
Streamlining and Privatization Prices in the Telecommunications Industry
We study the link between state‐owned restructuring before privatization and privatization sales prices for the telecommunications industry. We use new data to cover 84 telecommunications privatizations, which account for nearly 80% of the sector in terms of value. We focus on streamlining policies and regulatory issues prior to privatization and find that, while most labour streamlining measures have no bearing on privatization prices, the prese…
Inequality and Institutions
This paper presents theory and evidence on the relationship between inequality and institutional quality. We exhibit a model in which the two may dynamically reinforce each other and set to test this relationship with a broad array of institutional measures. The double causality between institutional strength and a more equal distribution of income is empirically established using dynamic panel and linear feedback analysis
What determines foreign aid? The donors' perspective
Current Account Deficits in Africa
This article analyzes the behavior of current account deficits in Africa. The findings are that deficits are (i) not very persistent; (ii) positively linked with domestic growth; (iii) strongly linked with public (and private) savings, suggesting that fiscal consolidation in IMF‐supported programs may be relatively effective; (iv) linked with aid flows, so as to close the external gap; and (v) linked with currency depreciation and the terms of tr…
Privatised Firms and Labour Outcomes in Emerging Markets
A recent large firm-level dataset is analysed to compare labour indicators of privatised, private, and public firms around the world, in particular differences relating to wages, benefits, labour composition, education and training, unionisation, and quality of management. We find that labour productivity and the ratio of permanent to temporary workers increase after privatisation
Can foreign aid reduce income inequality and poverty
Labor market institutions and income inequality
Access to Telephone Services and Household Income in Poor Rural Areas Using a Quasi‐natural Experiment for Peru
We take advantage of a quasi‐natural experiment in Peru in which a privatized telecommunications company was required by the government to randomly install and operate public pay phones in small rural towns throughout the country. Using an especially designed household survey for a representative sample of rural towns, we are able to link access to telephone services with household income. We find that, regardless of income measurement, most char…
Language nuances, trust and economic growth
Political and institutional environment and privatization prices
Language Nuances and Socioeconomic Outcomes
While language enables communication, it also provides a reassuring quality more closely related with issues linked with trust, social capital, and cultural identification. Research on the role of language as a learning process is widespread but there is little evidence on its role as a signal for cultural affinity. We pursue this latter avenue of research and show that subtle language affinity is positively linked with change in socioeconomic ou…
Soap Operas and Fertility
We estimate the effect of television on fertility in Brazil, where soap operas portray small families. We exploit differences in the timing of entry into different markets of Globo, the main novela producer. Women living in areas covered by Globo have significantly lower fertility. The effect is strongest for women of lower socioeconomic status and in the central and late phases of fertility, consistent with stopping behavior. The result does not…
Stated social behavior and revealed actions
Trust and Reciprocity in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters
Beyond all the material and economic losses that natural disasters produce, post-disaster environments can alter the social capital of a community by affecting social norms, attitudes, and people’s behaviour. To analyse this issue, we empirically investigate the effect that the aftermath of a disaster can have on trust and reciprocity of people within communities. We do this by comparing outcomes of trust games conducted in earthquake-affected an…
Does Corruption Information Inspire the Fight or Quash the Hope? A Field Experiment in Mexico on Voter Turnout, Choice, and Party Identification
Retrospective voting models assume that offering more information to voters about their incumbents’ performance strengthens electoral accountability. However, it is unclear whether incumbent corruption information translates into higher political participation and increased support for challengers. We provide experimental evidence that such information not only decreases incumbent party support in local elections in Mexico, but also decreases vot…
Postnatal Depression
Although breastfeeding has multiple benefits for baby and mother, including maternal mental well-being, many mothers terminate breastfeeding earlier than they desire. We examined two key factors in breastfeeding duration and maternal mental health––breastfeeding efficacy and family–work conflict. Specifically, we examined the moderating role of family–work conflict in the process of breastfeeding efficacy as a predictor of maternal depression by …
Economics (30 obras) · Political science (18 obras) · Law (12 obras) · Psychology (12 obras) · Demographic economics (10 obras) · Inequality (10 obras) · Business (9 obras) · Sociology (9 obras) · Economic growth (8 obras) · Public economics (8 obras)