Looks at employment effects of multinationals involved in twin plant investment, which is a form of complementary production between firms operating in two or more country locations.

Recent developments in the vulnerability literature have contested the use of technical solutions as the sole adaptive strategies to reduce natural hazard impact; this literature emphasizes the need to attend to the wider everyday risks to which people are exposed and that aggravate hazard...

La Junta de Planificación de Puerto Rico clasifica las transferencias individuales en dos categorías: "transferencias devengadas" y "transferencias concedidas¿. El propósito de este trabajo es estimar los efectos económicos directos e indirectos de las transferencias federales y de otros...

In 2003, a trial National Assessment of Educational Progress mathematics assessment was administered in Spanish to public school students in grades 4 and 8 in Puerto Rico. On the basis of preliminary analyses of the 2003 data, changes were made in administration and translation procedures for...

This report for the National Center for Education Statistics presents results for the 2003 and 2005 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics assessment for fourth- and eighth-grade students in Puerto Rico. Because all jurisdictions receiving federal Title I funds are...

“Cancer survivorship” is an evolving concept that has been elaborated to a large extent in the mainland U.S. through the work of national advocacy organizations, and it has served as a source of cohesion for many people who have experienced cancer. However, anthropologists and other social...

This paper offers the history of the Banco Español de Puerto Rico from its creation in 1888 to its liquidation in 1913. The Banco Español was the sole note-issuing institution of the island until 1898, when Puerto Rico was transferred to the United States. The establishment of the Bank was...