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Innovation Strategies and Employment in Latin American Firms

Crespi, Gustavo; Zuñiga, Pluvia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

This study examines the impact of innovation strategies on employment growth in four Latin American countries … model proposed by Harrison et al. (2008), we relate employment to three innovation strategies: make only (R&D), buy only … employment; the "make and buy" strategy comes in second. Similar results are found for small firms. These results highlight the …

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Effects of Innovation on Employment in Latin America

Crespi, Gustavo; Tacsir, Ezequiel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

This study examines the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth and composition in Argentina …. (1998), employment growth is related to process innovations and to the growth of sales separately due to innovative and … with employment growth at the firm level. No evidence of displacement effects due to the introduction of product …

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Principales retos de la negociación de un tratado de libre comercio con Estados Unidos : disciplinas en materia de inversión

Zabludovsky, Jaime; Lora, Sergio Gómez - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005

El Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN) incluyó, por primera ocasión en un tratado de libre comercio (TLC), disciplinas de amplio alcance en materia de inversión, además de un mecanismo a través del cual un inversionista puede demandar a un Estado por violación del nivel...

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Does a Mature AIDS Epidemic Threaten Growth?

Cuesta, José A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008

This paper models the impact on economic growth of HIV/AIDS when the epidemic is in a mature phase, in contrast with previous studies focused on periods of expansion, as in African countries. Simulations for Honduras, the epicenter of the epidemic in Central America, show that AIDS is not likely...

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Etnicidad y acumulación de capital humano en México Urbano

Ñopo, Hugo; Winder, Natalia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008

Se analiza la movilidad social y la acumulación de capital humano entre minorías étnicas en zonas urbanas de México, se exploran los cambios en el logro académico y la situación en el mercado laboral y se emplean datos de panel provenientes de la Encuesta sobre la Vida de la Familia...

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Ethnicity and Human Capital Accumulation in Urban Mexico

Ñopo, Hugo; Winder, Natalia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008

This study analyzes social mobility and human capital accumulation among ethnic minorities in Mexican urban areas, exploring changes in educational attainment and labor market status and using panel data from the Mexican Family Life Survey (MFxLS). The results indicate important ethnic...

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Diaspora Direct Investment Policy: Options for Development

Rodríguez-Montemayor, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

In today's globalized world, goods and capital are flowing as never before. The movement of people across borders has also enlarged significantly. About 215 million people live away from their home country and many members of such Diasporas are prospering abroad and are eager to extend such...

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Logros, perspectivas y desafíos de la cooperación hemisférica

Iannelli, Norberto - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

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International remittances and development : existing evidence, policies and recommendations

López-Córdova, José Ernesto; Olmedo, Alexandra - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

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Globalization, migration and development : the role of Mexican migrant remittances

López-Córdova, José Ernesto - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

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