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Una década de reformas estructurales en América Latina : el crecimiento, la productividad y la inversión, ya no son como antes
Lora, Eduardo; Barrera, Felipe - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000641107
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Health Perceptions in Latin America
Lora, Eduardo - 2011
This is the first study that uniformly analyzes health perceptions in all of Latin America and tests in a systematic way their relation to economic conditions at the country, income group and individual levels. The study uses three types of health self-assessment questions: i) health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328183
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Health Perceptions in Latin America
Lora, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This is the first study that uniformly analyzes health perceptions in all of Latin America and tests in a systematic way their relation to economic conditions at the country, income group and individual levels. The study uses three types of health self-assessment questions: i) health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547935
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Is entrepreneurship a channel of social mobility in Latin America?
Castellani, Francesca; Lora, Eduardo - 2013
This paper provides a summary of the findings contained in a forthcoming issue of the Latin American Journal of Economics on entrepreneurship in Latin America as a vehicle for upward social mobility, especially for the middle class. The income persistence coefficients estimated with pseudo-panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314101
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The conflictive relationship between satisfaction and income
Lora, Eduardo; Chaparro, Juan Camilo - 2008
This paper makes use of the 2006 Gallup World Survey, which includes opinions on satisfaction with various aspects of life in 130 countries. Although a very solid relationship is found between satisfaction and income (both across and within countries), raising doubts regarding the well-known...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278209
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Public investment in infrastructure in Latin America: Is debt the culprit
Lora, Eduardo - 2007
investment in infrastructure in the period 1987-2001. Debt increases are associated with higher public infrastructure investment … evidence of complementarity between public and private investment and of the negative effect of IMF adjustment loans on … infrastructure expenditures. No evidence is found that debt defaults affect public investment in infrastructure. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278283
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A new way of monitoring the quality of urban life
Lora, Eduardo; Powell, Andrew - 2011
A growing number of cities around the world have established systems of monitoring the quality of urban life. Many of those systems combine objective and subjective information and attempt to cover a wide variety of topics. This paper introduces a simple method that takes advantage of both types...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280086
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Inflación y estabilización en América Latina : nuevos modelos estructuralistas
Lora, Eduardo (contributor); Amadeo, Edward J. (contributor) - 1990
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000807547
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La legislación laboral en el proceso de reformas estructurales de América Latina y el Caribe
Lora, Eduardo; Pagés, Carmen - 1997 - Vers. revisada
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000626054
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The conflictive relationship between satisfaction and income
Lora, Eduardo (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper makes use of the 2006 Gallup World Survey, which includes opinions on satisfaction with various aspects of life in 130 countries. Although a very solid relationship is found between satisfaction and income (both across and within countries), raising doubts regarding the well-known...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778789