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Trade Patterns Among Industrial Countries; Their Relationship to Technology Differences and Capital Mobility
Saito, Mika - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
measures differences in labor productivity (the Ricardian measure), and the other differences in total factor productivity (the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825862
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Productive Development Policies and Innovation Spillovers through Labor Force Mobility: The Case of the Brazilian Innovation Support System
Maffioli, Alessandro; Stucchi, Rodolfo; Júnior, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
through the labor mobility channel, whether resulting from direct support programs or indirect support via tax incentives. For …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240383
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Is the Growth Momentum in Latin America Sustainable?
Sosa, Sebastian; Tsounta, Evridiki; Kim, Hye S - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
standard (Solow-style) growth accounting methodologies. We find that factor accumulation (especially labor), rather than growth … of capital accumulation and some natural constraints on labor, the strong growth momentum is unlikely to be sustainable …
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Job Creation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent Trends and Policy Challenges
Pagés-Serra, Carmen; Scarpetta, Stefano; Pierre, Gaëlle - Inter-American Development Bank
; labor markets show lackluster performance, with low participation rates, high and persistent informality, and, in some cases … examination of the labor market trends in the region in recent decades and assesses the role that labor demand and labor supply …
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What Difference Do Unions Make?: Their Impact on Productivity and Wages in Latin America
Murillo, Maria Victoria; Carmen Urízar H.; … - Inter-American Development Bank
The subject of labor unions in Latin America provokes a variety of diverse and strongly held views. While some see …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772517
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Maximizing public value for subsidized non-profit firms: a mathematical economic model
Blank, Jos - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 40 (2013) 2, pp. 173-183
usability of the model is demonstrated by an application to Social Labor Services in the Netherlands. Copyright Springer Science …
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Barbados: Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness in the 21st Century
Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Poon, Auliana; Thomas, Desmond; … - Inter-American Development Bank
The material within these pages shows that Barbados, a Caribbean country with just over a quarter of a million people, embodies many of the classic vulnerabilities of an island with a small open economy, yet aspires to developed-country status, and is already well advanced on the road to...
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Barbados: Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness in the 21st Century
Thomas, Desmond; Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Poon, Auliana; … - Inter-American Development Bank
The material within these pages shows that Barbados, a Caribbean country with just over a quarter of a million people, embodies many of the classic vulnerabilities of an island with a small open economy, yet aspires to developed-country status, and is already well advanced on the road to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943497
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Job Creation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent Trends and Policy Challenges
Pagés-Serra, Carmen; Scarpetta, Stefano; Pierre, Gaëlle - Inter-American Development Bank
; labor markets show lackluster performance, with low participation rates, high and persistent informality, and, in some cases … examination of the labor market trends in the region in recent decades and assesses the role that labor demand and labor supply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943514
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What Difference Do Unions Make?: Their Impact on Productivity and Wages in Latin America
Murillo, Maria Victoria; Carmen Urízar H.; … - Inter-American Development Bank
The subject of labor unions in Latin America provokes a variety of diverse and strongly held views. While some see …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943600