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This paper studies the behavior of investment during demographic transitions. In particular, I focus on the period …, Asia, and Oceania investment rates are higher 15 years before and during the window than in other periods, whereas in Latin … America they are lower. To understand the relation between investment and a demographic window, I build an overlapping …
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Investment in machinery is a key aspect in the analysis of long-term economic growth during the era of the spread of …. This article offers continuous (annual) and consistent series on the magnitude of this investment in all of the Latin …
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Latin American countries during the period 1995 to 2002, which analyses the relationship between violence and investment in … physical and human capital. This analysis confirms that violence affects negatively to investment in physical capital, and …
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NAFTA in 1994. Estimates of an investment function and other tests show that growth drives investment but not conversely, in … the short run. Inflows of foreign direct investment have positive effects on investment, but the coefficients are small …
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One of the main concerns of Latin Americans today is the lack of adequate employment opportunities. This concern is based on the widespread perception that not enough employment is being generated, and that few individuals have access to well-remunerated jobs. This work asks whether there is a...
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This paper aims to identify the main contributing factors to the observed gender pay inequality in the last 10 years in Latin America and the Caribbean. It also aims to identify the main restrictions to design evidence-based policy. The average woman in the region works 25 h more per month than...
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One of the main concerns of Latin Americans today is the lack of adequate employment opportunities. This concern is based on the widespread perception that not enough employment is being generated, and that few individuals have access to well- remunerated jobs. This work asks whether there is a...
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productivity effects barely offset higher union compensation, and that unions are negatively related to investment in capital and R …
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productivity effects barely offset higher union compensation, and that unions are negatively related to investment in capital and R …
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