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The sensitivity of the Gini to changes in group sizes and mean incomes : an extension of ANOGI applied to Brazil
Loureiro, Pedro Mendes - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 23 (2022) 1, pp. 123-142
indicators are applied to labour-market data from Brazil, contrasting the results to others available in the literature. Findings … labour formalisation in Brazil was an inequality-reducing process between 2002 and 2011, contrary to previous incorrect … the example of labour formalisation in Brazil. Contrary to the existing literature, it is shown how this was a progressive …
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Synchronized Factories: Latin America and the Caribbean in the Era of Global Value Chains
Blyde, Juan S. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
The objective of this report is to examine the extent to which countries in Latin America and the Caribbean participate in global value chains and what are the drivers of such participation. Production processes have been increasingly fragmented worldwide. For example, the production of the...
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Policies to attract R&D-related FDI in small emerging countries : aligning incentives with local linkages and absorptive capacities in Chile
Guimón, José; Chaminade, Cristina; Maggi, Claudio; … - In: Journal of international management 24 (2018) 2, pp. 165-178
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Reflections on the Role of Agriculture in Pro-Poor Growth
Valdés, Alberto; Foster, William - In: World Development 38 (2010) 10, pp. 1362-1374
Summary This paper assesses the importance of agriculture poverty reduction, largely through its impact on overall economic growth, drawing on evidence from Latin America and other developing regions. The econometric evidence strongly suggests that the sector contributes to growth more than its...
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Direct and Indirect Effects of Lockdown Policies on Poverty and Inequality in Latin America
Álvarez, Andrés; Becerra, Oscar; Bernal, Catalina; … - 2021
to prevent the rapid expansion of the Coronavirus. Additionally, for a sub-sample of 6 countries (Brazil, Chile, Colombia …, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru) we use Input-Output linkages to estimate direct and indirect shocks to consider how the differences … of the productive structures, economic linkages, and labor market characteristics of each country could result in …
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Growth agglomeration effects in spatially interdependent Latin American regions
Rosero, Grace Carolina Guevara - 2015
Theoretical approaches have been developed to examine the effect of agglomeration on growth. However, the understanding of the mechanisms of agglomeration in developing countries remains unaddressed. This paper aims to give empirical evidence of the role of agglomeration on the growth of Latin...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400520
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Growth agglomeration effects in spatially interdependent Latin American regions
Guevara, Carolina - 2015
Theoretical approaches have been developed to examine the effect of agglomeration on growth. However, the understanding of the mechanisms of agglomeration in developing countries remains unaddressed. This paper aims to give empirical evidence of the role of agglomeration on the growth of Latin...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480257
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Urban Transport Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean : Challenges and Lessons Learned
Yañez-Pagans, Patricia - 2018
This paper discusses the transportation challenges that urban areas in Latin America and the Caribbean face and reviews the causal evidence on the impact brought by different urban transport system interventions implemented around the world. The objective is to highlight the main lessons learned...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910748
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A Monthly Regional Indicator of Economic Activity : An Application for Latin America
Vidal Alejandro, Pavel - 2017
The study developed by Stock and Watson (1991) has served as a catalyst for the construction of monthly indicators of economic activity. However, its application has been focused on national statistics. In this article we develop a new empirical strategy of three steps to build regional economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943035
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Urban transport systems in Latin America and the Caribbean : lessons and challenges
Yañez-Pagans, Patricia; Martinez, Daniel; Mitnik, Oscar A. - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 28 (2019), pp. 1-25
This paper discusses the transportation challenges that urban areas in Latin America and the Caribbean face and reviews the causal evidence on the impact brought by different urban transport system interventions implemented around the world. The objective is to highlight the main lessons learned...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012256071