In this paper, using cross sectional data and following the methodology proposed by Chaudhuri et al. (2002), an estimation of household vulnerability to poverty in Nicaragua is made. The household vulnerability is assessed as the probability that the expected value of the logarithm of...

This paper discusses why Nicaragua is today one of the poorest countries in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean. Lack of sustained economic growth is viewed as the main cause of poverty in the country. The effects of political conflicts on the breaks of the long term growth path are...

We combine the ideas of the trimmed mean and the Edgeworth index to construct an alternative measure of core inflation named "Trim of Most Volatile Components (TMVC)". At each point of time this measure trims away the components of the price index, which have been most volatile in the past. TMVC...

From 2001 the fiscal policy in Chile has been based on a structural surplus rule. Under this rule, the government is committing itself to maintain its expenditures equal to the structural revenue minus the target for the structural surplus, which is expressed in terms of the GDP. The calculation...

We combine the ideas of the trimmed mean and the Edgeworth index to construct an alternative measure of core inflation named Trim of Most Volatile Components (TMVC). At each point of time this measure trims away the components of the price index, which have been most volatile in the past. TMVC...

From 2001 the fiscal policy in Chile has been based on a structural surplus rule. Under this rule, the government is committing itself to maintain its expenditures equal to the structural revenue minus the target for the structural surplus, which is expressed in terms of the GDP. The calculation...

Routine work‐process, lack of self‐management, and long work‐hours have traditionally been the main topics of discussion within the occupational stress literature, constituting the primary factors that make people breakdown and burn out. But within the last couple of years, this discussion...