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Journal of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, Spring 2011 Contents: • Editors' Summary • Buying Less but Shopping More: The Use of Nonmarket Labor during a Crisis By David McKenzie and Ernesto Schargrodsky • Workers' Remittances and the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate: Theory and Evidence By Adolfo Barajas, Ralph Chami, Dalia Hakura, and Peter Montiel • Do Political Budget Cycles Differ in Latin American Democracies? By Lorena G. Barberia and George Avelino • Recent Trends in Income Inequality in Latin America By Leonardo Gasparini, Guillermo Cruces, and Leopoldo Tornarolli