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Minimum wage policy and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Globalization and inequality in Latin America

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We survey the recent literature studying the effects of globalization on inequality in Latin America. Our focus is on research emerging from the late 2000s onward, with an emphasis on empirical work considering new mechanisms, studying new dimensions of inequality, and developing new...

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Female labour force participation in some selected Asian and Latin American countries

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Market positioning of varieties in world trade : is Latin America losing out on Asia?

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The incidence of recent child health improvements in Africa

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Gone with the wind : demographic transitions and domestic saving

Cavallo, Eduardo A.; Sánchez, Gabriel; Valenzuela, Patricio - 2016

longevity increase domestic saving rates. However, these effects are statistically robust only in Asia. In particular, Latin … in saving rates as Asia. The paper highlights that the potential dividends arising from a favorable demographic …

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Bad investments and missed opportunities? : capital flows to Asia and Latin America, 1950-2007

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Origins of Latin American inequality

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How deep are the roots of Latin America's economic inequalities? In this chapter we survey both the history and the …

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Origins of Latin American inequality

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