Using diverse techniques and indicators, and statistics regarding the productive and export structure of Peru and two regions (Piura and Loreto), this paper estimates the 1994 set of industrial complexes of the Peruvian economy. It also identifies a set of export products (i.e., tariff lines) in...

The evidence at the micro level shows, that in the booming period, the rate of growth of labor productivity of the manufacturing sector is mainly explained by the labor productivity rate of growth of formal medium and large size firms rather than for nonfarm informal microenterprises of the...

This paper takes a macro and micro levels of analysis with the purpose to understand the dynamic of labor productivity in Peru throughout period 1997-2007 wherein two sub-periods are identified: a deceleration or ‘recession’ period, 1997-2001 of slow GDP economic growth and decreasing terms...

Based upon a standard Crepon, Duguet and Mairesse (1998), CDM, model and data at firms’ level, this paper analyzes the interrelationship between firms’ science, technology and innovation (STI) activities and their labor productivity in Peru for the year 2004. The effects of some constraints...

This paper assesses the institutional setting and productive impact of selected productive development policies (PDPs), institutions, and programs implemented in Peru during the period 1990-2007. The assessment is based on a simple, basic framework of a series of economic or market failures that...

This paper proposes a straightforward methodology to assess and estimate the impact of trade barriers on exports from the Peruvian economy. The results of the application of this methodology indicate that most favored nation (MFN) and/or generalized system of preferences (GSP) tariff rates...

El presente trabajo resume la política TIC en el Perú en el período liberal 1990-2010 y presenta la evolución de los principales indicadores TIC a nivel del Perú, hogares y empresas. Esta política al igual que otros países de América Latina se ha enfocado en ofrecer y promover la...