Thirlwall (1979) argues that the development of a country depends of the rest of the world´s dynamics and the degree of imports openness, which implies that the growth is limited by the current account of the balance of payments. The aim of this study is to estimate the Thirlwall´s affirmation...

This paper estimates and decomposes wage differentials in Ecuador. Is corrected by self-selection bias with the two-step methodology proposed by Heckman (1979) and Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition (1973) is checked whether the differences found are due to the initial endowment of human capital or...

This article examines the effect of market access and human capital on regional wage disparities in Ecuador using the wage equation of the core-periphery model of the New Economic Geography and a multi-level model. Our results, based on cross-sectional data, suggest that market access has a...

The objective of this research is to examine the relationship between human capital and output in Ecuador through cointegration techniques. We use data compiled by the World Bank in the World Development Indicators (2017) and by Barro and Lee (2013) of the period 1982-2015. Despite the...

The objective of this research is to examine empirically the relationship between the current account balance and the real exchange rate for economies with different levels of development. We use data from the annual time series of the period 1980-2015 from the Development Indicators (2017) of...

The objective of this research is to examine the relationship between human capital and output in Ecuador through cointegration techniques. We use data compiled by the World Bank in the World Development Indicators (2017) and by Barro and Lee (2013) of the period 1982-2015. Despite the...

The objective of this research is to examine empirically the relationship between the current account balance and the real exchange rate for economies with different levels of development. We use data from the annual time series of the period 1980-2015 from the Development Indicators (2017) of...