This paper studies how status competition for marriage partners can generate surprising effects on the real exchange rate (RER). In theory, a rise in the sex ratio (increasing relative surplus of men) can generate a decline in the RER. The effect can be quantitatively large if the biological...

This paper presents an analysis of the evolution of the competitiveness in the traded goods sectors in six Latin American countries. Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Results for Brazil are ambiguous.