(Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico) during the period 1980-2010. Wages are highly pro-cyclical during the 1980s and early …

productivity leaving aside other effects that arise through the market selection process. Additionally, most studies have focused … on tariff barriers as the only obstacle to international trade and integration. In this paper we use data from Brazil and … Chile to analyze how trade affects aggregate productivity through the process of resource reallocation and to explore not …

in Brazil's agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) growth, which has accelerated at one of the world's fastest … potential employment generation. Brazil offers an interesting case study because of its wide spectrum of farm sizes and the …

This paper explores the link between Brazil's political institutions and its disappointing productivity and growth in … and cuts in unprotected expenditures, which put a drag on productivity and growth. In a context of robust checks and … distortions that conspire against its realization. While some improvements in productivity and growth have occurred in the past …

This paper presents and comparatively analyzes three case studies of productive development agencies (PDAs) in Brazil …