This paper shows how the ideas of Raúl Prebisch, from his early analysis of the Argentine business cycle to his in-depth view of the structural conditioning factors of growth in peripheral countries, have been guided by comprehensiveness and historical perspective. These two principles have...

Argentina was the second largest destination country during the Age of Mass Migration, receiving nearly six million migrants. In this article, we first summarize recent findings characterizing migrants' long-term economic assimilation and their contributions to local economic development. The...