The paper investigates the effect of agglomeration economies on the manufacturing sector of the larger cities of Mexico. It is assumed that economic globalization is determining a trend toward the re-localization of manufacturing activities towards the northern border region. As a result, an...

This working paper is a review of the conceptual framework of the economic-productive sphere and of gender equality, the aim of which is to establish theoretical-practical lines allowing progress in engaging these two spheres. In this context, equality in opportunities and in rights can be...

This article analyzes the relation between GDP per capita (CPIBpc) and access to tertiary education, seen from the perspective of growth rate of the number of enrollments (TCMes) in higher education in Colombia for the period (1971-2016). By using a VEC model and assuming everything else...

The objective of this article is to illustrate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Dominican economy. To do this, an OA and DA model is developed for the medium term, and an IS-RM model for the short term, within the framework of the new Keynesian economy with monetary policy...

This paper aims to find the effects of public investment in the education sector (infrastructure) on economic activity. It is evident from the stylized facts that economic activity and public resources show a pro-cyclical and lagged relationship. The positive effect found through a general...

This review of the book by Thomas Piketty, the capital in the XXI century, presents the central themes of the work and exposes its scope on the relationship between inequality and wealth. In particular a positive reflections on the progressive tax is added.

The literature that study the positive relation between openness and growth is extensive, but the discussion about it isn´t close. That’s why, it deserves a deeper analysis that takes into account the level of development of the countries and the influence of the openness´ channels. The...

This paper attempts to explain the effect of exports in local economies with the use of the economic performance analysis of the State of Baja California Sur, Mexico. The objective is to analyze the role of exports on economic growth at the municipal level and apply the economic base model and...

This paper examines the relationship between stock market development and economic growth in case of Argentina's economy. Apply Granger causality and exogeneity tests based on VEC (vector error correction) models with monthly data covering the period 1993:1-2010:8. The results show that the...

Between 2006 and 2014, Bolivia experimented an economic boom period driven mainly by high international prices of commodities. Paradoxically, in the same period, social demands increased and concerns related to the high levels of corruption in public administration did not ease, thus suggesting...