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Agricultural markets in OECD countries have long been highly distorted by government policies. Traditional weighted average aggregates of the price distortions involved, such as producer and consumer support estimates can be poor indicators of the trade restrictiveness and economic welfare...
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This paper focuses on the sluggish growth of world trade relative to income growth in recent years. The analysis uses an empirical strategy based on an error correction model to assess whether the global trade slowdown is structural or cyclical. An estimate of the relationship between trade and...
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examine whether the PROGRESA program of Mexico affects adult participation in the labor market and overall adult leisure time …
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Inflation persists at moderate rates (15-30 percent) in all the countries that successfully reduced triple-digit inflation in the 1980s. Several other countries--for example, Colombia--have experienced moderate inflation for prolonged periods. The authors introduce types of theories of...
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procedures. The program was implemented in Mexico in different municipalities at different dates. Authors estimates suggest that …
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This paper uses the OECD's Program for International Student Assessment student-level achievement database for Mexico …
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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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of total household inequality in Mexico is attributable to incomes derived from entrepreneurial activities, an income … Mexico during the 1990s. Moreover, the proportion of inequality attributable to education endowments increases during stable …
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The authors examine the role of migration networks in determining self-selection patterns of Mexico-U.S. migration … from Mexico, the authors then show that the probability of migration is increasing with education in communities with low … by lower returns to education in the U.S. than in Mexico …
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effect of the NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was to help induce Wal-Mart to enter Mexico. Once there, Walmex … and processes from their headquarters to Mexico. Finally, although Mexican detergent exports captured an increasing share …
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