In this work we analyse the links between exports and its destination to high income countries and the demand for skilled labour. The theoretical literature argues that exporting to high-income countries leads to quality upgrading that is skill intensive, and which requires additional skill...

The connection of innovation and exporting is of major interest to developing countries aiming to achieve higher growth and wellbeing. This study analyzes whether different types of innovation affect export behavior at the firm level for an unbalanced panel of Uruguayan manufacturing firms....

Usually, in public discussion and academia, there is concern about increased integration in the world economy and its impact on employment. While there is a number of studies for developed countries for developing economies these studies are scarce.The aim of this work is to analyze the evidence...

La crisis internacional que se desencadenó en el segundo semestre de 2008 llevó a la adopción de medidas proteccionistas por parte de diversos países, principalmente para evitar problemas de balanza de pagos, potenciar el mercado interno como alternativa de crecimiento y lidiar con el...

This paper explores the effect of religious observance and affiliation to the dominant religion (Catholicism) on trust in institutions, towards others and market attitudes. The analysis is performed using a Latin American database of twenty thousand respondents from 2004 by means of ordered...

In recent years empirical research about economic growth’s determinants has tended to incorporate political and social factors as explanatory variables, motivated by the evidence arisen from traditional analysis that the differences in countries’ economic performance can not be explained...

This paper explores the effect of religious observance and affiliation to the dominant religion (Catholicism) on trust in institutions and toward others, and market attitudes. The analysis is performed using a Latin American database of 20,000 respondents from 2004 by means of ordered probit...