Esta investigación pretende revisar de manera exploratoria algunas variantes metodológicas en el tema del ahorro para México en el contexto internacional, a la vez que se mencionan episodios históricos relevantes y algunas características culturales en México, de tal manera que se logra un...

Las tasas de divorcio han crecido en México sostenidamente en las últimas décadas. Sin embargo, la investigación respectiva es escasa, por lo que se conoce poco la experiencia del divorcio en este país. Por ello, el objetivo de este estudio es explorar los factores que predicen el ajuste...

En este artículo se analiza la relación que existe entre la corrupción y el crecimiento económico, tanto a nivel teórico como empírico. A nivel teórico se presenta un modelo desarrollado por de Vaal y Ebben (2011) que estudia los efectos de la corrupción sobre el crecimiento económico...

A partir de los hechos estilizados de la economía mexicana del periodo 2003-2012, se prueba la validez en el corto y largo plazo de la Ley de Thirlwall, mediante la técnica econométrica del VAR estructural cointegrado. En el modelo desarrollado, se considera que el tipo de cambio real, es una...

Recent studies by economists exploring the nexus between culture and fertility have focused on cultural transmission from the origin country rather than the origin family. Our paper extends this avenue of research by investigating how family-specific ‘cultural transmission’ can affect...

With globalization, the size of migration and the value of ethnicity is rising. Also Cyprus undergoes a strong process of change while experiencing large inflows of migration. The paper investigates the challenges and the potentials of migration from a European Union perspective. It advocates...

The European Union’s strategy to raise employment is confronted with very low work participation among many minority ethnic groups, in particular among immigrants. This study examines the potential of immigrants’ identification with the home and host country ethnicity to explain that...

The structure of family relationships influences economic behavior and attitudes. We define our measure of family ties using individual responses from the World Value Survey regarding the role of the family and the love and respect that children need to have for their parents for over 70...

Several papers study the effect of trust by using the answer to the World Values Survey (WVS) question "Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people?" to measure the level of trust. Glaeser et al. (2000) question the...

Prince Edward Island's Economics, Statistics and Federal Fiscal Relations Division's 33rd Annual Statistical Review reports the total value of 2006 fish landings was CAD $166.6 MM. This paper discloses a preliminary finding that the actual total value of fish landings for 2006 was approximately...