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Misallocation and Productivity in Colombia’s Manufacturing Industries
Camacho, Adriana; Conover, Emily - 2010
Following Hsieh and Klenow (2009), this paper studies productivity dispersions in Colombian industrial establishments using the Colombian Annual Manufacturing Survey (AMS) from 1982 to 1998. The United States is used as a benchmark to estimate the reallocation of capital and labor to equalize...
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Agricultural Productivity Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean and Other World Regions: An Analysis of Climatic Effects, Convergence and Catch-up
Lachaud, Michée Arnold; Bravo-Ureta, Boris E.; Ludena, … - 2015
This study estimates Climate Adjusted Total Factor Productivity (CATFP) for agriculture in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries, while also providing comparisons with several regions of the world. Climatic variability is introduced in Stochastic Production Frontier (SPF) models by...
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Savings groups reduce vulnerability, but have mixed effects on financial inclusion
Frisancho Robles, Verónica; Valdivia, J. Martín - 2020
This paper evaluates the impact of the introduction of savings groups on poverty, vulnerability, and financial inclusion outcomes in rural Peru. Using a cluster randomized control trial and relying on both survey and administrative records, we investigate the impact of savings groups after more...
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Productivity and Resource Misallocation in Latin America
Busso, Matias; Madrigal, Lucia; Pages-Serra, Carmen - 2012
Total factor productivity (TFP) in Latin America has not increased since the mid- 1970s, and in many countries it has declined. Moreover, resource misallocation can lower aggregate TFP. This paper presents evidence based on firm-level data from 10 Latin American countries to quantify the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328079
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(In)Formal and (Un)Productive: The Productivity Costs of Excessive Informality in Mexico
Busso, Matias; Fazio, Maria Victoria; Algazi, Santiago Levy - 2012
The laws that regulate relations between firms and workers in Mexico distinguish sharply between salaried and non-salaried workers, and they are at the root of the existence of informality. This paper provides a clear definition of informality, distinguishing it from illegality. Using Mexico's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328129
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Pyramid capitalism: Cronyism, regulation, and firm productivity in Egypt
Diwan, Ishac; Keefer, Philip; Schiffbauer, Marc - 2016
expansion of crony activities into new, previously unconnected sectors. 4-digit sectors that experienced crony entry between … due to selection. Crony entry skewed the distribution of employment toward smaller, less productive firms; crony firms did … not enter into sectors that would have also grown more slowly even in the absence of crony entry; and they enjoyed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011786377
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How does market competition affect firm innovation incentives in emerging countries? Evidence from Chile and Colombia
Benavente H., José Miguel; Zuniga, Pluvia - 2022
competition law interventions improved market competition in sanctioned sectors while business entry reforms significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014518240
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The Productivity Gap in Latin America: Lessons from 50 Years of Development
Fernández Arias, Eduardo; Rodríguez-Apolinar, Sergio - 2016
This paper combines development accounting exercises with economic theory to assess the importance of total factor productivity and the accumulation of factors of production as engines of growth in Latin America. Using the new, drastically revised Penn World Table (PWT) and Barro-Lee datasets,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011535769
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Aggregate effects of a universal social insurance fiscal reform
Antón, Arturo; Leal, Julio - 2013
This paper analyzes the aggregate effects of a revenue neutral fiscal-cumsocial policy reform in a typical developing country that consists of two main changes: (1) the implementation of universal social insurance to replace the current dual social protection system (i.e., a reconfiguration of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314097
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On the Role of Productivity and Factor Accumulation in Economic Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Daude, Christian; Fernandez-Arias, Eduardo - 2010
This paper combines development and growth accounting exercises with economic theory to estimate the relative importance of total factor productivity and the accumulation of factors of production in the economic development performance of Latin America. The region's development performance is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328263