This article looks at the impact of crime and institutions on FDI into Latin America and the Caribbean during the 1996-2010 period. FDI is disaggregated into primary, secondary and tertiary sectors and three variables related to violent crime are used: homicides, crime victimization, and...

This issue of the Hispanic Economic Outlook includes three articles: Hispanic Economic Employment Conditions by Marie Mora, Hispanic homeowners and worries about housing by Mark Hugo Lopez, the current state of workers' remittances by Isabel Ruiz and Carlos Vargas

This article uses high-frequency exchange rate data for a group of 13 Latin American countries in order to analyse volatility co-movements. Particular interest is posed on understanding the existence of a common volatility process during the 1995-2008 period. The analysis relies on bivariate...

Esta investigación tiene como objetivo identificar la relación existente entre la demanda por educación superior y variables relacionadas a su financiación. En particular, se analiza como la financiación pública y privada, y además las señales del mercado laboral explican las matrículas...