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Returns to higher education in Chile and Colombia

González-Velosa, Carolina; Rucci, Graciana; Sarzosa, Miguel - 2015

In the last decades, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have experienced a dramatic increase in the levels of higher education enrollment. Using administrative data from Chile and Colombia, we find that this phenomenon is not always associated with higher private individual returns. In...

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Effects of innovation on employment : an analysis at the firm level in Bolivia

Foronda, Carlos; Beverinotti, Javier - 2021

This study quantifies the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth in Bolivia by using microdata from a survey on innovation conducted in Bolivia in 2016. Following the model of Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse, and Peters (2008) and the adaptations for Latin America of Crespi...

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Special tax regimes in Latin America and the Caribbean : compliance, social protection, and resource misallocation

Azuara, Oliver; Azuero, Rodrigo; Bosch, Mariano; … - 2019

potentially cumulate into lower levels of aggregate productivity and GDP. In this paper, we exploit data from household surveys …

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Productivity, misallocation, and special tax regimes in the Dominican Republic

Azuero, Rodrigo; Bosch, Mariano; Cardoza, Marvin; … - 2019

This paper advances understanding of the relationship between tax policy and productivity, taking advantage of unique … data from the Dominican Republic to document a significant negative impact of tax regulations on total factor productivity … (TFP). It begins by estimating productivity using administrative records provided by the tax authorities. Then, it …

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Do imports of intermediate inputs generate higher productivity? : evidence from Ecuadorian manufacturing firms

Camino-Mogro, Segundo; Pinzón, Kathia; … - 2020

International trade has been stated as one of the most important mean of improving firms' productivity, being the … contribute to local firm's productivity performance by incorporating better inputs in their production processes. This paper … of manufacturing formal firms in Ecuador, and, the causal relationship between the import decision and firm productivity …

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Competition law and regulations : productivity impacts in Latin American manufacturing firms

Wong, Sara A.; Petreski, Marjan - 2025

This paper investigates the effects of competition laws and regulations on manufacturing firms productivity in Latin … study employs total factor productivity (TFP) measures to analyze the effects of competition laws on manufacturing … productivity through key mediators: firm size, distance to the frontier, and broader institutional arrangements. Utilizing various …

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Market power in Latin America in worldwide perspective : an empirical exploration

Heresi, Rodrigo - 2024

While there is widespread evidence of increasing markups in the United States and other developed economies in the last several decades, little is known about that evolution in developing economies, particularly Latin American countries. Using a harmonized dataset on listed firms from 70...

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Efectos de la innovación en el empleo : análisis a nivel de la empresa en Bolivia

Foronda, Carlos; Beverinotti, Javier - 2021

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The effects of financial aid and returns information in selective and less selective schools : experimental evidence from Chile

Busso, Matias; Dinkelman, Taryn; Martínez Alvear, Claudia - 2016

Schools that provide higher education often belong to either a merit-based selective system or an open-access less selective system. This paper presents the results of a field experiment that provided Grade 12 students in Chile with tailored information about financial aid and average earnings...

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Leaving no one behind in Ghana through university education : interrogating spatial, gender and class inequalities

Ayelazuno, Jasper Abembia; Aziabah, Maxwell A. - 2021

The number of higher education institutions in Ghana has soared in the last three decades and university enrolments have shot up in tandem. Yet the number of Ghanaians living in poverty is higher than ever before, and social inequality is on the rise. Against this backdrop, this paper critically...

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