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a regional scope. This work analyzes the economic inequality among Mexican states by means of a convergence methodology … convergence, which has been diminishing during recent years. We also estimate the magnitude and direction of this relationship …, and find that the lack of convergence agrees with trade openness in the country. Spatial dependence indexes point out a …
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This paper analyzes the relationship between human capital and convergence with a model that takes into account the … different effects of human capital accumulation on regional convergence. As an input, human capital produces convergence due to … convergence rate has been relatively small. The results indicate the potential role of educational policy in order to achieve a …
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The economic slowdown experienced in Colombia since 1980 is explained by the structural stagnation of the national economy and the escalation of violence associated with the expansion of drug trafficking. The available data do not reject this hypothesis. The article sustains that...
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Following the basic hypothesis of the a new approach in the analysis of the economic development, the principal reason for the actual gap in the per capita income between developed and developing countries (former European colonies) is the original wealth concentration. In this paper we tested a...
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The aim of this paper, which is part of a broader research project, is to analyse the fluctuations of output in a framework of imperfect competition based on the stylised facts. We conclude that these movements can be originated by supply or demand shocks, or simply by the adjustment of the...
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This paper explores the relationship between economic growth in reference to atmospheric pollution and air quality (CO2 and SO2, respectively) in Uruguay (a small-open economy) through the XX century. Departing from the theory behind the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC), a linear relationship...
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This paper contains an analysis of the economic effects of human capital onproduction, measured as Gross Value Added per full-time equivalent worker. To thisend, a Cobb-Douglas type production function has been used, with Gross Value Added(GVA) a function of human capital and private and public...
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