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The seven largest emerging market economies -- China, India, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Indonesia, and Turkey …. Given their size and integration, growth in EM7 could have significant cross-border spillovers. The authors provide … empirical estimates of these spillovers using a Bayesian vector autoregression model. They report three main results. First …
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Using data from Mexico, the authors study empirically the link between trade policy and individual income risk and the … on workers to estimate time-varying individual income risk parameters in different manufacturing sectors in Mexico …
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The authors follow the Hellerstein, Neumark, and Troske (1999) framework to estimate marginal productivity differentials and compare them with estimated relative wages. The analysis provides evidence on productivity and nonproductivity-based determinations of wages. Special emphasis is given to...
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participation in various societal institutions on microfirm performance in Mexico. They find that firms that participate in credit …
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exploiting cross-municipality income and crime data for Mexico -- a country that experienced a high increase in crime rates over … municipal level for Mexico (2005-2010), the analysis finds evidence indicating that drug-related crimes indeed deter growth. It …
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The role of improved schooling, a central part of most development strategies, has become controversial because expansion of school attainment has not guaranteed improved economic conditions. This paper reviews the role of education in promoting economic well-being, focusing on the role of...
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Are natural resources a blessing or a curse? The authors present a model in which natural resources have a positive effect on the level of income and a negative effect on its growth rate. The positive and permanent effect on income implies a welfare gain. There is a growth effect stemming from a...
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Loening investigates the impact of human capital on economic growth in Guatemala during 1951-2002 using an error-correction methodology. The results show a better-educated labor force having a positive and significant impact on economic growth. Consistent with microeconomic studies for...
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This paper assesses the effects of knowledge on economic growth. By using an array of indicators, each of which represents an aspect of knowledge, as independent variables in cross-section regressions that span 92 countries for the period 1960 to 2000, they show that knowledge is a significant...
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The challenge of sustaining economic growth over the long term is one that only a few countries have been able to surmount. Slowing momentum in countries like Malaysia and Thailand has led analysts and policy makers to consider what it would take to lift them out of middle-income status, where...
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