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Barbados: Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness in the 21st Century
Thomas, Desmond; Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Poon, Auliana; … - Inter-American Development Bank
The material within these pages shows that Barbados, a Caribbean country with just over a quarter of a million people, embodies many of the classic vulnerabilities of an island with a small open economy, yet aspires to developed-country status, and is already well advanced on the road to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943497
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Barbados: Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness in the 21st Century
Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Poon, Auliana; Thomas, Desmond; … - Inter-American Development Bank
The material within these pages shows that Barbados, a Caribbean country with just over a quarter of a million people, embodies many of the classic vulnerabilities of an island with a small open economy, yet aspires to developed-country status, and is already well advanced on the road to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895474
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Public Programs, Innovation, and Firm Performance in Chile
Alvarez, Roberto; Crespi, Gustavo; Cuevas, Conrado - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
productivity, but the impact is heterogeneous across programs and indicators of firm performance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651824
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Public Programs, Innovation, and Firm Performance in Chile
Alvarez, Roberto; Crespi, Gustavo; Cuevas, Conrado - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
productivity, but the impact is heterogeneous across programs and indicators of firm performance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653084
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Innovation and Employment Growth in Costa Rica: A Firm-level Analysis
Monge-González, Ricardo; Rodríguez-Álvarez, Juan Antonio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
demand characteristics (skills and gender). In particular the research focuses on the differential effects of product and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009357896
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Innovation and Employment Growth in Costa Rica: A Firm-level Analysis
Monge-González, Ricardo; Rodríguez-Alvarez, Juan A.; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
demand characteristics (skills and gender). In particular the research focuses on the differential effects of product and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653224
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Does the Stopler-Samuelson Theorem Explain the Movement in Wages?: The Linkage between Trade and Wages in Latin American Countries
Shinkai, Naoko - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
prices and wages of certain types of workers (specific factors in industries) when they are not used intensively. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944237
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Innovation Policy and Employment: Evidence from an Impact Evaluation in Argentina
Castillo, Victoria; Maffioli, Alessandro; Rojo, Sofía; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
the wages paid by firms to their employees. To control for self-selection into the program, propensity score matching and …-related activities, the program was able to create more and better jobs. The effect on wages was also found to be higher when supporting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644852
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Effects of Economic Globalisation on Employment Trend and Wages in Developing Countries: Lessons from Nigeria Experiences
Elijah, Obayelu Abiodun - Agecon Search - 2007
globalization on employment and wages in Nigeria. The effects of globalization have been difficult to isolate and evaluate … employeesâ wages by looking at what happened before, during and after globalization in Nigeria. Information and data were mainly … created in informal sectors are insecure despite there higher pay compared to wages in the formal sector. There is the need …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004989066
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Innovation Policy and Employment: Evidence from an Impact Evaluation in Argentina
Castillo, Victoria; Maffioli, Alessandro; Rojo, Sofía; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
the wages paid by firms to their employees. To control for self-selection into the program, propensity score matching and …-related activities, the program was able to create more and better jobs. The effect on wages was also found to be higher when supporting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653454