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This paper tests the hysteresis hypothesis in unemployment for 13 Latin American countries covering the period 1980-2005. The tests exploit the time series and the cross sectional variation of the series, and allows for cross section dependence and a different number of endogenously determined...
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process (PMP) and productivity. Bolivia’s PMP has shifted from a formal representative democracy to a “participative and … dominant. While reforms have increased productivity, they have failed to secure the political support necessary to assure long …-term sustainability. In contrast, counter-reforms have so far enjoyed extensive political support, but productivity has stagnated since …
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Total factor productivity (TFP) in Latin America has not increased since the mid- 1970s, and in many countries it has … 10 Latin American countries to quantify the heterogeneity of firm productivity and the degree of resource misallocation … within countries. Productivity heterogeneity and resource misallocation are found to be much larger than in the United States …
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This paper attempts to establish a formal relationship between innovation and productivity using Colombian firm … sales and Total Factor Productivity (TFP). Innovation in processes likewise improves firms` productivity and sales. Finally …
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This paper analyzes total factor productivity growth in agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1961 and … results show that among developing regions, Latin America and the Caribbean shows the highest agricultural productivity growth … policies and external shocks on agricultural productivity; policies that do not discriminate against agricultural sectors and …
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This paper examines the short and long-run average causal impact of catastrophic natural disasters on economic growth by combining information from comparative case studies. The counterfactual of the cases studied is assessed by constructing synthetic control groups, taking advantage of the fact...
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This paper estimates the impact of financial development on industry-level total factor productivity (TFP) growth using …
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effective. The result appears to be robust across different specifications and estimation techniques. In particular, new methods …
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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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productivity losses due to distortions that misallocate resources, the paper finds that one peso of capital and labor allocated to … informality reduce total factor productivity. …
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