This paper focuses on women’s participation in the Chilean labor market at a regional level. Traditional methods use region-by-region analyses based on assumptions that perturbances are uncorrelated across regions and, most often , that they share identical determinants. Our research shows...

This paper deals with the use of differential equations and finite difference methods for solving several problems in the field of Economics and Business Administration. Economics usually needs to study the evolution of the values which are taken by a given variable in different moments. If the...

This paper analyzes Bolivian Global Value Chains (GVC) for 2002, 2005 and 2011, using the Vertical Specialization Index (EV) of Hummels et al. (2001) and the measure of Upstreamness of Antràs y Chor (2011) (cited by Antràs et al., 2012b). Indicators show that trade patterns are represented by...

The aim of this presentation is to develop a composite indicator, which should be consistent and reliable, to evaluate the physiological conditions of a group of patients on dialysis therapy. The composite indicators are developed based on key performance indicators. They have the advantage of...

Quality in education is a recurring theme in this society where the training of competent professionals is an essential element for their progress and development in the face of growing market demands. The competitiveness given by the multivariety of educational offerings, together with the...

Decision-making has a relevant incidence on firms results, which has led to develop novel methods that allow assessing subjective and rational elements under uncontrollable conditions. In this sense, the main aim of this work is to study aggregation operators in decision-making in uncertain...

The assessment of tourism potential allows delimiting the attractiveness of tourism destinations, constituting the basis for the design of tourism products and experiences. To date, several studies have been conducted to measure destination attractiveness from a synthetic approach. However,...

Las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones han contribuido significativamente al desarrollo económico y social de la sociedad actual. La comunidad científica internacional está debatiendo sobre los efectos negativos y positivos de éstas y su r elación con el medio ambiente y...

Facing an hypothetical, but increasingly, case of default risk on a mortgage or a fall in interest rates, an important issue raised by the borrower is the possibility of minimizing that risk by selecting the best refinancing option. In this paper, a mortgage refinancing model is presented,...