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Mobility and Entrepreneurship in Ecuador: A Pseudo-Panel Approach

Ordeñana, Xavier; Villa, Ramon - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

Does entrepreneurship contribute to improving social mobility in Ecuador? This paper constructs a pseudo-panel to … analyze the dynamic effect of entrepreneurship on Ecuadorian household incomes during the period 2002-2010. Using three … estimation scenarios, the paper finds a significant level of unconditional mobility and an important effect of entrepreneurship …

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Paradox and perception : measuring quality of life in Latin America // Inter-American Development Bank

Graham, Carol (contributor); Lora, Eduardo (contributor); … - 2009

Improves our understanding of the determinants of well-being in Latin America using a broad "quality-of-life" concept that challenges standard assumptions in economics, including those about the relationship between happiness and income. Builds upon new economic approaches related to the study...

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Innovative and Entrepreneurial Universities in Latin America

OECD; Inter-American Development Bank - 2022

The review examines how higher education institutions are supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in their …

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Middle-Class Entrepreneurship and the Effect of Social Capital

Ordenana, Xavier; Arteaga, Elizabeth - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

This paper surveys Ecuadorian entrepreneurs to ascertain the differences between middle-class and upper-class entrepreneurs and identify the variables associated with the “success” of a business. The paper also explores the variables that can determine the probability of upward...

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Latin American Middle-Class Entrepreneurs and their Firms: A Regional View and International Comparison

Kantis, Hugo D.; Federico, Juan S.; Trajtenberg, Luis A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

Based on a cross-country comparison of dynamic new firms, this paper attempts to characterize Latin American middle-class entrepreneurs and their firms. In general, Latin American middle-class entrepreneurs tend to face more difficult conditions in terms of resources and skills acquisition than...

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Argentina's Distributional Failure: The Role of Integration and Public Policy

Gasparini, Leonardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003

This paper documents the income distribution changes experienced by Argentina during the last decades. Inequality substantially increased, and despite economic growth during some periods, poverty also went significantly up. Two types of episodes have shaped Argentina's income distribution: deep...

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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

This paper presents the evaluation of the Enterprise Restructuring Support Program in Argentina. The aim of the program was to increase the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises by cofinancing technical assistance that can be classified as either support for process innovation or...

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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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