We analyse the evolution of Manufacturing Value-Added per inhabitant in 20 Latin American and Caribbean countries during the period 1980-2002, and present a comparison with more industrialized countries. We find that very few Latin American countries have experienced an increase in that variable...

We analyse the relationships between employment, population and regional development in Europe with a cross section sample, for year 2000, of 151 regions belonging to the 25 countries of EU after Enlargement of year 2004. Regional disparities in EU are higher than in the US, while the rate of...

This articles emphasizes the important role of human capital, manufacturing and imports to increase real income per inhabitant and non-agrarian employment. Some researchers specialized in economic growth analyse the export-led growth in many countries and insist upon the importance of openness...

En este estudio se analiza con detalle la evolución de la población de Galicia y sus perspectivas hasta el año 2011. Para eludir los escenarios más pesimistas y acercarnos a los más optimistas se precisa aumentar la tasa de natalidad en torno a un 20% y la tasa de empleo en torno a un 25%....

Introduccion; evolucion ; indices de competitividad; modelos econometricos de exportacion manufacturera ; conclusiones ; referencias bibliograficas ; anexo. <p> Una versión actualizada de este documento está disponible gratuitamente en la serie de documentos "Economic Development" de la Asociación...</p>

The European Union (EU) present lower average rates of employment and lower average wages than the United States of America, due to the lack of enough economic policies addressed to foster employment in private and public services in all their countries and regions, with a few positive...

The role of human capital, industry and tourism in regional development is analysed by means of econometric models with data of both EU15 and the ten countries of the 2004's Enlargement. The study points to the need to improve economic policies at EU level, in order to increase production in the...

Tourism is a very important sector for the economic growth and the employment. It is also important to stress that this relationships have not been studied enough, this is even more important if we take into account that we consider the economic impact, not the major determinants of tourist...