Human development, understood as a long-term synergism between technological, physiological and cultural improvements, is a decisive, long-term factor of economic growth. However, it is characterized by intergenerational traps that slow down economic growth. This characterization is useful to...

Human development is characterized by intergenerational traps that slow economic growth. Such a trap exists in Mexico, with increasing returns for education not accessed by most of the population. In addition, early child health and nutrition are strongly associated with later educational...

En este artículo se analiza la dinámica del valor agregado manufacturero per capita como proxy del ingreso per capita de los municipios de México y condados de los Estados Unidos. Específicamente, se busca determinar si existe convergencia (absoluta o condicional), divergencia o...