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The Frisch elasticity in the Mercosur countries : a pseudo-panel approach
González, Roberto; Sala, Hector - 2011
This paper provides estimates for the Mercosur countries of the Frisch elasticity - i.e., the elasticity of …, with estimated elasticities ranging from 12.8 in Argentina to -13.1 in Paraguay. Brazil and Uruguay are in between, both … main reason behind the negative estimates found in Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The heterogeneity of these estimates is …
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Revisiting economic assimilation of Mexican and Central Americans immigrants in the United States
Peri, Giovanni; Rutledge, Zachariah - 2020
Using data from the United States spanning the period between 1970 and 2017, we analyze the economic assimilation of subsequent arrival cohorts of Mexican and Central American immigrants, the more economically disadvantaged group of immigrants. We compare their wage and employment probability to...
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The distribution of income in Central America
Gindling, Thomas; Trejos, Juan Diego - 2013
We document changes in income and earnings inequality in the five Central American countries from the early 1990s to 2009. In the 1990s Costa Rica had the most equal distribution of income in Central America, and one of the most equal distributions of income in Latin America. At the other...
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The effects of COVID-19 on employment, labour markets and gender equality in Central America
Webster, Allan D.; Khorana, Sangeeta; Pastore, Francesco - 2021
This study considers the economic impact of Covid-19 on enterprises in four Central American countries – El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. At the time of the analysis neither the pandemic nor its economic consequences had fully run their course. It is not, therefore, a definitive...
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Violence, development and migration waves : evidence from Central American child migrant apprehensions
Clemens, Michael A. - 2017
A recent surge in child migration to the U.S. from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala has occurred in the context of high rates of regional violence. But little quantitative evidence exists on the causal relationship between violence and international emigration in this or any other region....
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When emotion regulation matters : the efficacy of socio-emotional learning to address school-based violence in Central America
Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Egana-delSol, Pablo; Martínez … - 2024
After-school programs (ASP) that keep youth protected while engaging them in socio-emotional learning might address school-based violent behaviors. This paper experimentally studies the socio-emotional-learning component of an ASP targeted to teenagers in public schools in the most violent...
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Suffrage, labour markets and coalitions in colonial virginia
Nikolova, Elena; Nikolova, Milena - 2016
We study Virginia's suffrage from the early 17th century until the American Revolution using an analytical narrative and econometric analysis of unique data on franchise restrictions. First, we hold that suffrage changes reflected labour market dynamics. Indeed, Virginia’s liberal institutions...
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The relationship between economic growth and democracy : alternative representations of technological change
Heshmati, Almas; Kim, Nam-Seok - 2017
This study investigates the relationship between economic growth and democracy by estimating a nation's production … shifters model enabled this study to find possible known channels between economic growth and democracy. Empirical results … based on a panel data of 144 countries observed for 1980-2014 show that democracy had a robust positive impact on economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704213
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Voting up? : the effects of democracy and franchise extension on human stature
Batinti, Alberto; Costa-Font, Joan; Hatton, Timothy J. - 2019
new instrument for democracy and the extension of the franchise, the effect of decolonisation on democracy in the … colonising country's democratisation to identify the causal effect of democracy on heights. We find robust evidence of a link … between democratic quality and human stature. The results indicate that the transition to democracy increased average male …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012028804
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Do leaders' characteristics and regime transitions in Africa matter for citizens' health status?
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Sackey, Frank Gyimah - 2016
Africa's quest to achieving improved health status and meeting the Millennium Development Goals targets cannot be effectively achieved without examining the quality of leadership, transitions and regimes and how they impact on the decisions and the policy effectiveness that bring about improved...
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