This paper contains an analysis of the economic effects of human capital onproduction, measured as Gross Value Added per full-time equivalent worker. To thisend, a Cobb-Douglas type production function has been used, with Gross Value Added(GVA) a function of human capital and private and public...

Spanish Abstract: Este trabajo revisa la discusión sobre el método más adecuado para calcular la productividad. Toma en cuenta la productividad total de los factores, la productividad del capital y la productividad laboral, así como sus interpretaciones, alcances y relaciones. Además,...

Potential GDP and the NAIRU of Mexico are estimated using a Cobb-Douglas production function combined with a Kalman filter, under the assumption of three different behaviors of total factor productivity. A growth accounting exercise is carried out to identify the factor contribution of labor and...

This paper proposes a method for estimating the factor shares of labor and capital using cross sectional household survey data containing detailed information on household income by source. It then applies the method to the case of Mexico, a country where factor shares are almost the opposite of...

This study analyzes the effects of Venezuelan migration, including Colombian returnees, on wages in Colombia based on information from the Great Integrated Sample Survey for the period 2013-2019. Both migrants and natives were classified by educational level and labor experience. Since migrants...

Spanish Abstract: Este escrito analiza la hipótesis de convergencia y el impacto de las políticas sociales en el crecimiento económico de los seis países más grandes de América Latina entre 1980 y 2010. Los resultados indican que las políticas sociales han influido en el crecimiento...

Spanish Abstract: Este trabajo aborda el problema del impacto de las políticas sociales sobre el crecimiento económico y de manera no menos importante la hipótesis de convergencia en Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, México y Venezuela durante el periodo 1980 - 2010. Para ello se recurre a...

This study analyzes the effects of Venezuelan migration, including Colombian returnees, on wages in Colombia based on information from the Great Integrated Sample Survey for the period 2013-2019. Both migrants and natives were classified by educational level and labor experience. Since migrants...