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Economic Integration, Inequality and Growth: Latin America Versus the European Economies in Transition

cornia, giovanni andrea - In: Review of Economics and Institutions 2 (2011) 2

The paper first summarizes the theoretical and empirical literature on the growth and inequality impact of the … liberalization of trade, FDI, portfolio flows, and migration. It then compares the inequality and growth performance of Latin America … experienced also greater instability and a rise in income inequality which instead declined in most of Latin America. The paper …

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Action Research and Participatory Research: An Overview

Thiollent, Michel - In: International Journal of Action Research 7 (2011) 2, pp. 160-174

constantly be renewed in order to evolve and always be a rich source of knowledge and critical thinking. …

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The Propensity to Remit : Macro and Micro Factors Driving Remittances to Central America and the Caribbean

Bidawi, Hussein; Aliperti F. Domingues, Paola; Fratto, … - 2022

In contrast to expectations, remittances to Central America and the Caribbean (CAC) surprised positively during 2020 and 2021. This study revisits the key macro indicators driving remittances, looks at the heterogeneous impacts of the global financial crisis (GFC) and COVID shocks, then uses...

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Effects of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Education on Economic Growth

Loening, Josef Ludger - 2005

This paper investigates the impact of human capital on economic growth in Guatemala during 1951-2002 using an error-correction methodology. The results show a better-educated labor force having a positive and significant impact on economic growth. Consistent with micro studies for Guatemala,...

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Education, Governance and Trade-Related Technology Diffusion in Latin America

Schiff, Maurice; Wang, Yanling - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper examines the impact on TFP of North-South trade-related technology diffusion in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). North-South R&D flows are constructed based on industry-specific R&D in the North, North-South trade patterns, and input-output relations in the South. The main...

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La violencia en Latinoamérica y sus efectos sobre la inversión y la educación/Violence in Latin America and its Effects in Investment an Education

OSPINA PLAZA, NATALIA; GIMÉNEZ ESTEBAN, GREGORIO - In: Estudios de Economía Aplicada 27 (2009) Diciembre, pp. 781-781

La región de América Latina se caracteriza por tener las tasas más elevadas de violencia criminal. La elevada violencia, además de traducirse en graves consecuencias sociales, conlleva efectos económicos trascendentales. El presente trabajo trata de profundizar en estos efectos. El mismo...

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"Illiteracy" Revisited: What Ortega and Rodríguez Read in the Household Survey

Rosnick, David; Weisbrot, Mark - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2008

This paper challenges the conclusions of an econometric analysis by Daniel Ortega and Francisco Rodríguez on the effects on literacy of the Misión Robinson program in Venezuela. Their analysis concludes "most of our estimates of program impact represent qualitatively small and rarely...

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Intergenerational Schooling Mobility and Macro Conditions and Schooling Policies in Latin America.

Behrman, J.R.; Birdsall, N.; Szekely, M. - 1999

This paper explores some dimensions of the strength of the association of family background with child schooling and whether the strength of this association is related to some major macro and aggregate school policy variables.

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REVISITING THE EXPORT-OUTPUT NEXUS FOR WESTERN AFRICA COUNTRIES: A MARKOV SWITCHING CAUSALITY APPROACH

AKA, Bédia F. - In: Applied Econometrics and International Development 8 (2008) 1, pp. 155-166

This paper examines the empirical relationships between exports growth and economic performance for western Africa countries using a non-linear Markov Switching VAR model in contrast with previous linear time series studies. We could not find causality from exports to GDP and vice versa in...

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THE SAVING-INVESTMENT RELATIONSHIPS: A MARKOV SWITCHING CAUSALITY ANALYSIS OF COTE D´IVOIRE AND GHANA

AKA, Bedia F. - In: Applied Econometrics and International Development 7 (2007) 2, pp. 155-162

This paper investigates the empirical saving-investment relationships for Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana over the period 1960–1998, using a Markov Switching VAR model. We find regime-dependent causality from saving to investment in Côte d’Ivoire but not in Ghana. In terms of Feldstein and...

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