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Weak parties and the inequality trap in Latin America
Lupu, Noam - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014530056
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Growing resources for growing cities density and the cost of municipal public services in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Mexico
Libertun de Duren, Nora; Guerrero Compeán, Roberto - 2015
per square kilometer. In this study of approximately 8,600 municipalities in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Mexico, 85 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485025
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Unemployment insurance in Chile : lessons from a high inequality developing country
Sehnbruch, Kirsten; Carranza, Rafael; Contreras … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012696080
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Poverty traps and affluence shields : modelling the persistence of income position in Chile
Prieto, Joaquin - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012792942
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The interaction of economic and political inequality in Latin America
Fergusson, Leopoldo; Robinson, James A.; Torres, Santiago - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014495921
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The interaction of economic and political inequality in Latin America
Fergusson, Leopoldo; Robinson, James A.; Torres, Santiago - 2024
We investigate how economic inequality can persist in Latin America in the context of radical falls in political inequality in the last decades. Using data from Colombia, we focus on a critical facet of democratization - the entry of new politicians. We show that initial levels of inequality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014536269
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Innovation and productivity : evidence from six Latin American countries
Crespi, Gustavo; Zuñiga, Pluvia - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009305976
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The effect of temporary contracts on human capital accumulation in Chile
Carpio, Susana; Giuliodori, David; Rucci, Graciana; … - 2011
permanent and temporary workers in Chile. We use data from the Social Protection Survey, EPS, which allow us to construct a … Chile reduces the probability of receiving employer-paid training. We also find that this deficit is not compensated by … an open-ended contract is low. Second, the productivity growth in Chile after 1997 is practically zero and human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011302127
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The impact of export promotion institutions on trade : is it the intensive or the extensive margin?
Volpe Martincus, Christian; Carballo, Jerónimo; Gallo, … - 2010
This paper provides evidence on the channels through which export promotion institutions affect bilateral trade using a sample of Latin American and Caribbean countries over the period 1995-2004. We find that these institutions have a larger impact on the extensive margin of exports, especially...
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Current account deficits and capital flows in East Asia and Latin America : are the nineties different from the early eighties?
Milesi-Ferretti, Gian Maria; Razin, Asaf - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000965590