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External Shocks, Structural Change, and Economic Growth in Mexico 1979–2006

Blecker, Robert A. - 2008

NAFTA in 1994. Estimates of an investment function and other tests show that growth drives investment but not conversely, in … the short run. Inflows of foreign direct investment have positive effects on investment, but the coefficients are small …

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Trade, investment, and capital flows:Mexico's macroeconomic adjustment to the Great Recession

Ibarra, Carlos A. - Sobre México. Temas en economía - 2014

After a two-year deceleration, in 2009 the Mexican economy suffered a contraction only matched, in its modern history, by the one recorded in 1995, in the wake of the peso crisis of December 1994. As in the latter crisis, the economy immediately bounced back, posting positive growth in 2010....

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Labor markets in Latin America : a supply-side story

Duryea, Suzanne; Székely, Miguel - 1998 - Revised version, September 1998

One of the main concerns of Latin Americans today is the lack of adequate employment opportunities. This concern is based on the widespread perception that not enough employment is being generated, and that few individuals have access to well-remunerated jobs. This work asks whether there is a...

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Evidence-based gender equality policy and pay in Latin America and the Caribbean : progress and challenges

Bando Grana, Rosangela - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 28 (2019), pp. 1-23

This paper aims to identify the main contributing factors to the observed gender pay inequality in the last 10 years in Latin America and the Caribbean. It also aims to identify the main restrictions to design evidence-based policy. The average woman in the region works 25 h more per month than...

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Labor Markets in Latin America : A Supply-Side Story

Duryea, Suzanne; Szekely, Miguel - 2000

One of the main concerns of Latin Americans today is the lack of adequate employment opportunities. This concern is based on the widespread perception that not enough employment is being generated, and that few individuals have access to well- remunerated jobs. This work asks whether there is a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014159749

Labor markets in Latin America : a supply-side story

Duryea, Suzanne; Székely, Miguel - 1998

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Unions and Economic Performance in Developing Countries: Case Studies from Latin America

Rios-Avila, Fernando - 2014

productivity effects barely offset higher union compensation, and that unions are negatively related to investment in capital and R …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513036

Unions and Economic Performance in Developing Countries : Case Studies from Latin America

Rios-Avila, Fernando - 2014

productivity effects barely offset higher union compensation, and that unions are negatively related to investment in capital and R …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010235243

Investment gaps in IDB borrowing countries

Castellani, Francesca; Olarreaga, Marcelo; Panizza, Ugo; … - 2018

We estimate public investment gaps in a sample of developing countries using a public investment demand function. We … mortality and lower secondary school completion) to predict public investment needs in 2030 among IDB borrowing countries. Our … estimates suggest that in 2014 the total public investment gap of IDB borrowers was close to $170 billion (3.1 percent of the …

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"Unions and Economic Performance in Developing Countries: Case Studies from Latin America"

Rios-Avila, Fernando - Levy Economics Institute - 2014

productivity effects barely offset higher union compensation, and that unions are negatively related to investment in capital and R …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010737499