This paper develops a methodology using business intelligence (data warehouse) and OLAP tools (Online Analytical Processing) to match individuals from a household survey data to a census one. In order to geo-reference the household data, the method takes advantage of the geographical information...

This research begins with the following questions: Is there consistency between the identification of development and the economic structure that is possessed?; are there similarities among economies identified with differences in their levels of development?; and, are there non-developed...

Does the timing of the transition into informal self-employment follow a life-cycle pattern where credit-constrained workers first accumulate capital in the formal sector? Or does self-employment correspond better to a traditional safety-net for the unemployed? Gonzalez and Maloney derive a...

This book explores the macroeconomic changes in Chilean economics, complementing this with detailed sectoral evaluation and an analysis of the impacts at regional level. Evidence suggests a need to explore the degree to which economic development has or has not contributed to reducing...

Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part II. Theoretical Framework -- Chapter 2. Political Discontent: Specificity, Trajectory, and Discontent -- Chapter 3. The Unique Problem of Political Disaffection -- Chapter 4. Digital Platforms and their Democratic Role -- Chapter 5....

Part of the rationale for the North American Free Trade Agreement was that it would increase trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) flows, creating jobs and reducing migration to the United States. Since poor data on illegal migration to the United States make direct measurement difficult,...

This article employs established techniques from the spatial economics literature to identify regional patterns of income and growth in Mexico and to examine how they have changed over the period spanned by trade liberalization and how they may be linked to the income divergence observed...