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The Effect of Temporary Contracts on Human Capital Accumulation in Chile
Carpio, Susana; Giuliodori, David; Rucci, Graciana; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
temporary workers that obtain an open-ended contract is low. Second, the productivity growth in Chile after 1997 is practically … zero and human capital accumulation is one of the factors that might help to recover the path of productivity growth. …
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Innovación agropecuaria en América Latina y el Caribe: Escenarios y mecanismos institucionales
Trigo, Eduardo; Mateo, Nicolás; Falconi, César - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
La agricultura y la alimentación enfrentan un reposicionamiento en el contexto de los desafíos asociados a los objetivos del Milenio. También desde la perspectiva del desarrollo se considera central identificar el rol que el sector debe desempeñar en el combate a la pobreza en un mundo cada...
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Identification and Governance Policies: The Legal, Technical, and Institutional Foundations that Influence the Relations and Interactions of the Citizen with the Government and Soc...
Harbitz, Mia Elisabeth; Axt, Iván Arcos - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This IDB technical note seeks to highlight the relationship that exists between a country's level of governance, the success of digital government strategies, and the identification policies that government implements, as well as the interdependence between them. Belgium, Chile, and Mexico were...
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Life Skills, Employability and Training for Disadvantage Youth: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation Design
Ibarrarán, Pablo; Ripani, Laura; Taboada, Bibiana; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper presents an impact evaluation of a revamped version of the Dominican youth training program Juventud y Empleo. The paper analyzes the impact of the program on traditional labor market outcomes and on outcomes related to youth behavior and life style, expectations about the future and...
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(In)Formal and (Un)Productive: The Productivity Costs of Excessive Informality in Mexico
Busso, Matias; Fazio, Maria Victoria; Algazi, Santiago Levy - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
informality reduce total factor productivity. …-salaried workers, and they are at the root of the existence of informality. This paper provides a clear definition of informality … informality and illegality increased in the period 1998-2008. Using a simple model of monopolistic competition to measure the …
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The Role of Foreign Technology and Indigenous Innovation in the Emerging Economies: Technological Change and Catching Up
Fu, Xiaolan; Pietrobelli, Carlo; Soete, Luc - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This article explores in depth the role of indigenous and foreign innovation efforts in technological change and catching up in emerging economies. It also looks at the interaction between indigenous and foreign innovation. The article presents original evidence and argues that, despite the...
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Global Value Chains Meet Innovation Systems : Are There Learning Opportunities for Developing Countries?
Pietrobelli, Carlo; Rabellotti, Roberta - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This paper addresses two research questions: How do learning mechanisms operate in different types of global value chains? What is the supporting role of the innovation system in GVC-driven learning and innovation processes? Empirical evidence is used from the authors' research as well as...
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Innovation and Productivity in Services: Evidence from Chile
Alvarez, Roberto; Zahler, Andrés; Ortega, Claudio Bravo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper analyzes empirically the relationship between innovation and productivity in the Chilean services sector … extensions we find similar roles for technological and non-technological innovation in labor productivity and for determinants … is associated with improvements in productivity in both sectors. Since we do not find clear-cut differences, it might be …
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Technological and Nontechnological Innovation and Productivity in Services vis a vis Manufacturing in Uruguay
Aboal, Diego; Garda, Paula - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
-technological innovation), and productivity in services and manufacturing are explored using innovation survey data from Uruguay. This is the …) innovations are positively associated to productivity gains in services, but nontechnological innovations have a more important … role. The reverse happens for manufacturing; technological innovations are the relevant ones for productivity. …
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The Organization of Public-Private Cooperation for Productive Development Policies
Cornick, Jorge - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
Productive development policies (PDPs), what used to be called industrial policies, are increasingly recognized as an essential part of the development toolkit, and the need for public-private cooperation is increasingly viewed as a key element for the successful design and implementation of...
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