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The age of productivity : transforming economies from the bottom up

Pagés, Carmen (contributor) - 2010 - 1. ed.

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Firm innovation and productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean : the engine of economic development

Grazzi, Matteo (ed.); Pietrobelli, Carlo (ed.) - 2016

This volume uses the study of firm dynamics to investigate the factors preventing faster productivity growth in Latin … examination of a different factor affecting firm productivity - innovation, ICT usage, on-the-job-training, firm age, access to … Innovation Dynamics and Productivity: Evidence for Latin America -- 3 Innovative Activity in the Caribbean: Drivers, Benefits …

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Wealth from health linking social investments to earnings in Latin America

Savedoff, William D. (ed.); Schultz, T. Paul (contributor) - 2000

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Firm innovation and productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean : the engine of economic development

Grazzi, Matteo (ed.); Pietrobelli, Carlo (ed.) - 2016

This volume uses the study of firm dynamics to investigate the factors preventing faster productivity growth in Latin … America and the Caribbean. Each chapter is dedicated to an examination of a different factor affecting firm productivity …

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Competition Regimes and Air Transport Costs: The Effects of Open Skies Agreement

Micco, Alejandro; Serebrisky, Tomás - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008

The relevance of transport costs has increased as liberalization continues to reduce artificial barriers to trade. Is it worthwhile to implement policies designed to increase competition in transport markets? Focusing on air transport, this paper quantifies the effects of liberalization of air...

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On the Distributive Costs of Drug-Related Homicides

Ajzenman, Nicolas; Galiani, Sebastian; Seira, Enrique - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

There are few reliable estimates of the effects of violence on economic outcomes. This study exploits the manifold increase in homicides in 2008-2011 in Mexico resulting from its war on organized drug traffickers to estimate the effect of drug- related homicides on housing prices. Using an...

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Innovation, Firm Size, Technology Intensity, and Employment Generation in Uruguay: The Microeconometric Evidence

Aboal, Diego; Garda, Paula; Lanzilotta, Bibiana; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between innovation and employment, in terms of both its quantity and quality, in Uruguay. The effect of product and process innovation on employment growth and on employment composition in terms of skills was studied, using data from...

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Employment Generation, Firm Size and Innovation: Microeconometric Evidence from Argentina

Elejalde, Sheila de; Giuliodori, David; Stucchi, Rodolfo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

This paper provides evidence about the relationship between innovation and employment in Argentina. In particular, it quantifies the impact of different types of innovations (process or product innovations) on employment growth and skill composition (skilled-unskilled labor) and the impact of...

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Employment Generation, Firm Size, and Innovation in Chile

Alvarez, Roberto; Benavente, José Miguel; Campusano, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

This paper compiles and analyzes several sources of information to shed light on the relationship between innovation and employment growth in the manufacturing industry in Chile in the last 15 years. Our overall conclusions are that process innovation is generally not found to be a relevant...

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Industrial and technological development

Teitel, Simón - 1993

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