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In this paper we carry out a first analysis of the behavior and determinants of the enrollment in the economics undergraduate program in Mexico for the years 1974-2004. Some characteristics of this behavior reflect trends in higher education in our country since the end of the 1970s, such as the...
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This paper examines changes in individual earnings during positive and negative growth periods in three Latin American economies: Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela. We ask whether those individuals who start in the best economic position are those who experience the largest earnings gains or the...
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En este trabajo analizamos si es posible incrementar el ahorro para el retiro por medio de alfabetismo financiero en México. Con información de la Encuesta Nacional de los Niveles de Vida de los Hogares 2005 (ENNVIH-2) construimos un índice de alfabetizo financiero siguiendo la metodología...
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El Gobierno Federal en México ha implementado el otorgamiento de una transferencia no contributiva bajo el programa "Pensión Universal", para todos aquellos trabajadores que no obtendrán una pensión por parte de los Programas Contributivos del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (SAR), como una...
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In an increasingly complex world, individuals have a more limited ability to take optimal decisions due to the lack of knowledge of basic financial concepts. This leads to severe mistakes in key decisions throughout an individual's life. Moreover, financial illiteracy is greater in the young...
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Wide concern between academics and policy makers in several countries has long existed on the question of whether individuals are saving enough for their retirement phase. Empirical evidence for developed countries, as well as the little evidence available for developing nations, shows that this...
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Uno de los objetivos del trabajo de la CEPAL es fortalecer la capacidad técnica de los gobiernos para el análisis de la evolución y perspectivas de las economías de la región y de las políticas para mejorar su desempeño. Parte importante de este esfuerzo es proveer asesoría en la...
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This paper uses structural vector autoregression (SVAR) models to characterize the dynamic impact of fiscal policy on national saving. SVARs have extensively been used in case of monetary policy. Data adjusted for inflation, capital flight, the value loss of debt and cyclical effects, is used...
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We estimate a small-scale macro model for the Mexican economy under the New Keynesian (NK) framework and alternative interest rate rules for Mexico. With these results we evaluate the performance of the Bank of Mexico against a set of optimality principles derived in the NK literature. We show...
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Uno de los principales argumentos esgrimidos en la reforma al sistema de pensiones en México fue su impacto positivo en el ahorro. Este trabajo realiza una primera cuantificación de este impacto. Para ello se estima una serie de ahorro contractual generado por este programa, así como la...
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