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This paper uses cost accounting to estimate some of the costs associated with criminal activity and violence in Uruguay. Among the costs being considered are those of security and crime prevention; justice; incarceration and rehabilitation of prisoners; stolen goods; health care and loss of life...
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At the beginning of the 21st century, Bolivia presented improvements in the indicators of poverty and monetary inequality following the trend of Latin America. The analysis of the evolution of the Unsatisfied Basic Needs Index (NBI) also shows a positive trend. However, significant differences...
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El enfoque de las capacidades es un marco conceptual apropiado para identificar no la felicidad o satisfacción de las personas, sino más bien, lo que estas pueden o no ser o hacer. En consecuencia, el enfoque de las capacidades se centra en la libertad real de las personas y se aleja (sin...
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La pobreza y la desigualdad de los ingresos laborales y familiares en Argentina han experimentado un sostenido incremento a lo largo de la última década. Como es sabido el ingreso laboral es el producto entre el salario y las horas trabajadas. Si bien importantes resultados han surgido al...
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This working paper is a review of the conceptual framework of the economic-productive sphere and of gender equality, the aim of which is to establish theoretical-practical lines allowing progress in engaging these two spheres. In this context, equality in opportunities and in rights can be...
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La “paradoja del crecimiento infeliz” que encuentran tanto Lora y Chaparro (2008) como Deaton (2008) en la Encuesta Mundial Gallup (EMG) de 2006 es inconsistente con la literatura en términos del impacto del ingreso sobre el bienestar en el corto plazo. Este trabajo incorpora...
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En las ultimas décadas, los paises de America Latina experimentaron una reduccion en el numero de hijos promedio por hogar, lo cual no se dio en forma uniforme a lo largo de la distribucion del ingreso. Este trabajo busca cuantificar el impacto distributivo de los cambios en las decisiones de...
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This is a critical - hermeneutic and historical - comparative study of Political Economy on the evolution of the tourism sector in Europe, with special attention to the Spanish case. Despite t he economic importance of tourism and the deep changes stimulated by globalization and digitization,...
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The general objective of the study is to quantify the economic potential of 98 municipalities in the province of Seville in 2007 and 2012 from empirical research based on the application of the Rasch model. This will allow us to design a generic analytical framework or frame of reference for the...
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