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Challenges and policy lessons for the growth-employment-poverty nexus in developing countries

Fields, Gary S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-24

Of the world’s 6.7 billion people (as of 2008), 1.3 billion lived on less than $1.25 Purchasing Power Parity dollars per person per day and another 1.7 billion lived on between $1.25 and $2.50 PPP dollars (Chen and Ravallion, 2012). The scourge of absolute economic misery among billions of the...

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Determinación de las bases para construir un modelo de explicación de la deslocalización empresarial a través de la revisión de los principales trabajos empíricos

Lampón Caride, Jesús F. - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 17 (2011) 3, pp. 173-190

Location Theory and its different approaches have been the support of the empirical studies on relocation in the last years. However, this support has been exclusively implicit with frequency. This is because most of the works have ignored the neoclassical, behavioural or institutional...

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The China price : evidence and some implications

Álvarez, Roberto; Claro, Sebastián - In: Estudios de economía 33 (2006) 2, pp. 117-139

China's import penetration in Chilean markets is higher in unskilled-labor intensive sectors as predicted by traditional endowment-based theories of comparative advantage. However, there is also evidence of within-industry specialization. In particular, high-income countries receive higher...

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The attractiveness of Polish cities for attracting outsourcing and the analysis of benefits for the region

Kornet, Katarzyna - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 1, pp. 23-36

In western countries outsourcing has been an integral part of many enterprises for a long time. In Poland it is increasingly seen as a part of a long-term development strategy. Although Poland is only beginning to mark its presence in this area, it is quite often listed as one of the countries...

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Optimal work effort, income and wage

Todorova, Tamara - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 1, pp. 121-137

We study work effort with its various determinants such as the educational level of the worker, the minimum or start-up salary as well as the initial endowment of the worker. By means of optimization we find that optimal work effort depends directly on the initial income available to the worker,...

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Estabilidad en la desigualdad : Chile 1990 - 2003

Larrañaga, Osvaldo; Valenzuela, Juan Pablo - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 295-329

This study measures the impact of changes in the income determinants on inequality in the 1990 to 2003 period, in order to answer the question of why income distribution as a whole has not changed. The methodology utilized are micro-simulations of income distribution, which is the most...

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Examinando la prominente posición de Chile a nivel mundial en cuanto a desigualdad de ingresos : comparaciones regionales

Valenzuela, Juan Pablo; Duryea, Suzanne - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 259-293

In the Latin American context, Chile has the highest level of per capita income and the human development index, though … the distribution of income is quite unequal. Unlike Uruguay, Chile has one of the more unequal income distributions of the … region. In 2003, Chile had Gini Coefficient of 8.5 points higher than Uruguay. Using micro/simulations, the analysis shows …

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Financial reforms, interest rate behaviour and economic growth in Nigeria

Obamuyi, Tomola M.; Olorunfemi, Sola - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 1 (2011) 4, pp. 39-55

The paper examines the implications of financial reform and interest rate behaviour on economic growth in Nigeria. The cointegration and error correction model were used on time series data from 1970-2006. The results demonstrate that financial reform and interest rates have significant impact...

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Apertura económica y producto sectorial : alguna evidencia para la economía Argentina

Lanteri, Luis N. - In: Atlantic review of economics 2 (2011), pp. 1-28

Orthodox and heterodox economists have promoted different liberalization measures in the economy in accordance with its vision for agriculture and manufacturing sectors. In this paper, we try to determine the impact of external terms of trade and domestic (the latter considers foreign trade...

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La riqueza de los pobres : los microahorros

Chirino, José Boza; Zabaleta, José Ignacio - In: Atlantic review of economics 1 (2012)

People who do not have access to the financial system also saved. In this work we explain the most commonly used forms of savings who have no access to formal banking. As we shall see, the form of savings varies from one culture to another, from one country to another and from one circumstance...

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