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Learning from Latin America's Experience : Europe's Failure in the 'Lisbon Process'
Tausch, Arno - 2010
The current paper investigates the cross-national relevance of Latin American "dependencia theory" for five dimensions of development (democracy and human rights, environment, human development and basic human needs satisfaction, gender justice, redistribution, growth and employment) on a global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147371
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China's Emergence in the World Economy and Business Cycles in Latin America
Pesaran, M. Hashem - 2011
vividly illustrated. This paper investigates how changes in trade linkages between China, Latin America, and the rest of the … world shows that the long-term impact of a China GDP shock on the typical Latin American economy has increased by three … to Latin America and the rest of emerging Asia (excluding China and India) GDP has not undergone any significant change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121741
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Financial Development and the Distribution of Income in Latin America and the Caribbean
Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Rioja, Felix K. - 2021
One of the central concerns in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been the reduction of poverty and inequality so prevalent in the continent. Using large world samples, the literature has found that financial development increases economic growth, increases the income of the poor, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324873
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Schooling, Cognitive Skills, and the Latin American Growth Puzzle
Hanushek, Eric Alan - 2009
Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153506
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Risk, Institutions and Growth : Why England and Not China?
Greif, Avner - 2011
model incorporating England's and China's distinct pre-modern risk-sharing institutions. The model predicts a transition in … England and not China even with equal levels of risk sharing. Under the clan-based Chinese institution, the relatively risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127725
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New Perspectives on Inequality in Latin America
Fernández, Manuel; Serrano, Gabriela - 2022
was not enough to counteract demand-side trends. At the turn of the century, improved external conditions, driven by China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014080122
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Active Labour Market Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean : Evidence from a Meta Analysis
Escudero, Verónica - 2017
We present a systematic collection and assessment of impact evaluations of active labour market programmes (ALMP) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The paper delineates the strategy to compile a novel meta database and provides a narrative review of 51 studies. Based on these studies,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012946587
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The Magnitude and Predictors of Overeducation and Overskilling in Latin America : Evidence from PIAAC
Castro, Juan; Ortega, Lorena; Yamada, Gustavo; Mata, David - 2022
Occupational mismatch, defined as a discrepancy between workers' qualifications or skills and those required by their job, is a highly debated phenomenon in developed countries, but rarely addressed in developing economies from a comparative perspective. This study investigates the magnitudes of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014030830
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Evolution of Gender Wage Gaps in Latin America at the Turn of the Twentieth Century : An Addendum to 'New Century, Old Disparities'
Ñopo, Hugo - 2010
This paper complements the findings of Atal, Ñopo and Winder (2010) on gender and ethnic wage gaps for 18 Latin American countries circa 2005 by analyzing gender wage gaps for the same countries between circa 1992 and circa 2007. During this span the overall gender earnings gaps dropped about 7...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139674
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New Century, Old Disparities : Gender and Ethnic Wage Gaps in Latin America
Ñopo, Hugo - 2010
This paper surveys gender and ethnic wage gaps in 18 Latin American countries, decomposing differences using matching comparisons as a non-parametric alternative to the Blinder-Oaxaca (BO) decomposition. It is found that men earn 9-27 percent more than women, with high cross-country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139680