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En Route to Modern Growth: Latin America in the 1990s: Essays in Honor of Carlos Díaz-Alejandro Title: Hacia un crecimiento moderno: Ensayos en honor de Carlos Díaz-Alejandro

Camargo, José Márcio; Scheinkman, José A.; Werneck, … - Inter-American Development Bank

This book addresses questions of international trade policy and the relationship between growth, distribution, and human resource development in the Latin American region.Abstract: Este libro presenta un análisis de cuestiones sobre comercio internacional y la relación entre crecimiento,...

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Beyond Tradeoffs: Market Reform and Equitable Growth in Latin America

Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Birdsall, Nancy; Naím, Moisés; … - Inter-American Development Bank

Latin American experts demonstrate how market-friendly measures in key policy areas can promote greater equity and efficiency. By identifying win-win strategies, the authors challenge the conventional wisdom that there is always a tradeoff between these two objectives. This volume shows how...

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The Microeconomics of Changing Income Distribution in Malaysia

Fields, Gary S.; Soares, Sergei - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002

This study uses data from Malaysia's Household Income and Expenditure Surveys to quantify the importance of different factors in accounting for the changes in Malaysia's income distribution between 1984 and 1989 ("Period 1") and between 1989 and 1997 ("Period 2"). The analysis is therefore...

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Progress, Poverty and Exclusion: An Economic History of Latin America in the 20th Century Title: Progreso, pobreza y exclusión: Una historia económica de América Latina en el siglo...

Thorp, Rosemary - Inter-American Development Bank

What did the Latin American economies achieve in the course of a hundred years and how has this affected standards of living? This comprehensive history examines the political and economic forces that have shaped Latin America's development process.Abstract: Esta historia económica revisa las...

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Income Inequality and Economic Growth: Evidence from the American Data

Panizza, Ugo - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

Cross-country studies have found a negative relationship between income inequality and economic growth. The main problem with the cross-country analyses is the poor quality of the data on income distribution. This paper tests the robustness of the cross-country results to the use of a more...

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Income Distribution, Factor Endowments, and Trade Openness

Spilimbergo, Antonio; Londoño, Juan Luis; Székely, Miguel - Inter-American Development Bank - 1997

This paper studies the empirical links among factor endowments, trade, and personal income distribution. The motivation is that many developing countries have implemented radical trade reforms in recent years. These reforms have changed relative prices, induced a reallocation of resources, and...

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The 1990s in Latin America: Another Decade of Persistent Inequality

Székely, Miguel; Hilgert, Marianne - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

This paper argues that there is no country in Latin America where we can confidently say that income inequality improved during the 1990s. We document this fact for the 15 countries where comparable household surveys, covering most of the population, are available. What we observe are genuine...

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What Drives Differences in Inequality across Countries?

Székely, Miguel; Hilgert, Marianne - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

This paper presents microeconomic simulation techniques to examine what drives differences in inequality across countries. The simulation decomposes cross-country inequality differences into the importance of individual decisions, such as fertility, mating, labor force participation, and...

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What's Behind the Inequality We Measure: An Investigation Using Latin American Data

Székely, Miguel; Hilgert, Marianne - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

The use of income distribution indicators in the economics literature has increased considerably in recent years. This work relies on household surveys from 18 LAC countries to take a step back from the use of these indicators, and explore what's behind the numbers, and what information they...

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Revista Integración & Comercio: Año 7 : No. 18 : Enero-junio, 2003 Title: Integration & Trade Journal: Volume 7 : No. 18 : January-June, 2003

Ivanic, Maros; Decreux, Yvan; Dee, Philippa; Preckel, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003

(IDB) on the "Impact of Trade Liberalization Agreements on Latin America and the Caribbean." This second issue of papers … from the conference, No. 18, includes the following articles: Trade Liberalization and Employment in Developing Economies … of the Americas; Trade and Relative Wages: What Can We Learn from CGE Models?; Multilateral Trade Liberalization and …

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