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Innovation, R&D Investment And Productivity In Chile
October 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper uses two sources of information and different methodologies to analyze the causal effect of product and process innovation on productivity in the Chilean manufacturing industry during...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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The Politics Of Financial Development: The Role Of Interest Groups And Government Capabilities
September 23, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Although financial development is good for long-term growth, not all countries pursue policies that render full financial development. This paper builds on an extensive political economy...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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Innovation, R&D Investment and Productivity: Uruguayan Manufacturing Firms
August 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Uruguay's inability to sustain high levels of economic growth cannot be fully explained by external shocks, the prevailing institutional setting or the level of human capital accumulation....
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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Innovation And Productivity In The Argentine Manufacturing Sector
August 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper adapts the Crepon, Duguet, and Mairesse (1998) approach to estimate the relationship between innovation and productivity and the realities of innovative activities in developing...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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Investment Climate And Employment Growth: The Impact Of Access To Finance, Corruption And Regulations Across Firms
October 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The paper focuses on how the impact of the investment climate varies across sizes of firms. The differences across size categories come from two sources. First, objective conditions of the...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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Informality And Productivity In The Labor Market: Peru 1986 - 2001
July 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Peru has one of the highest informality rates in Latin America, with almost 60 percent of the urban labor force working at the margins of labor market legislation or in microenterprises that lack...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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Monetary Policy Challenges In Emerging Markets: Sudden Stop, Liability Dollarization, And Lender Of Last Resort
December 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
The paper argues that Emerging Market Economies (EMs) face financial vulnerabilities that weaken the effectiveness of a domestic Lender Of Last Resort (LOLR). As a result, monetary policy is...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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The Political Economy Of Fiscal Policy: Survey
October 1, 2006, 12:00am PDT
This paper surveys the recent literature on the political economy of fiscal policy, in particular the accumulation of government debt. The authors examine three possible determinants of fiscal...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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Becoming An Entrepreneur
March 1, 2007, 12:00am PST
Using the 1996-2001 Chilean CASEN Panel Survey, this paper analyzes the impact on income of the switch from salaried employment to entrepreneurship (self-employment and leadership of...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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No Education, No Good Jobs? Evidence On The Relationship Between Education And Labor Market Segmentation
October 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
This paper assesses labor market segmentation across formal and informal salaried jobs and self-employment in three Latin American and three transition countries. It looks separately at the...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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An Experimental Study Of Labor Market Discrimination: Gender, Social Class And Neighborhood In Chile
May 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The objective of this paper is to study the Chilean labor market and determine the presence or absence of gender discrimination. In order to transcend the limitations of earlier works, an...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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Innovation, R&D and Productivity In The Costa Rican ICT Sector: A Case Study
June 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper addresses the relationships between innovation, Research and Development (R&D) and productivity in domestic ICT firms in Costa Rica. Factors considered were the types of innovation...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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Notes On Optimal Growth, Climate Change Calamities, Adaptation And Mitigation
September 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
A strategy of inclusion of adaptation and mitigation expenses in a model of optimal growth under threat of climate change calamities is discussed in these exploratory notes. Calamity is the result...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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Methodology And Implementation Of Value-At-Risk Measures In Emerging Fixed-Income Markets With Infrequent Trading
January 1, 2007, 12:00am PST
This paper deals with the issue of calculating daily Value-at-Risk (VaR) measures within an environment of thin trading. The authors' approach focuses on fixed income portfolios with low frequency...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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The Multilateral Response To The Global Crisis: Rationale, Modalities, And Feasibility
June 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The paper reviews the case for a strong multilateral response to the global crisis in Emerging Markets (EMs). It discusses modalities and feasibility of intervention and its associated risks,...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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Revisiting Economic Growth In Colombia - A Microeconomic Perspective
September 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This paper revisits economic growth in Colombia using the growth diagnostics methodology proposed by Hausmann, Rodrik and Velasco (2005), to identify the most binding constraints for economic...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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The Great Recession, 'Rainy Day' Funds, And Countercyclical Fiscal Policy In Latin America
June 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper examines the fiscal policy options that were available to Latin American countries at the onset of the current global economic crisis. It concludes that most of the major countries in...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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Mobile Health: The Potential of Mobile Telephony to Bring Health Care to the Majority
February 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
Acute and emerging epidemiological challenges are encouraging public sector to welcome and support the development of increasingly innovative health care initiatives. Given that nearly 70 out of...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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Mobile Health: The Potential of Mobile Telephony to Bring Health Care to the Majority
February 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
Acute and emerging epidemiological challenges are encouraging public sector to welcome and support the development of increasingly innovative health care initiatives. Given that nearly 70 out of...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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White Papers
The Great Recession, 'Rainy Day' Funds, And Countercyclical Fiscal Policy In Latin America
June 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper examines the fiscal policy options that were available to Latin American countries at the onset of the current global economic crisis. It concludes that most of the major countries in...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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White Papers
Revisiting Economic Growth In Colombia - A Microeconomic Perspective
September 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This paper revisits economic growth in Colombia using the growth diagnostics methodology proposed by Hausmann, Rodrik and Velasco (2005), to identify the most binding constraints for economic...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
-
White Papers
The Multilateral Response To The Global Crisis: Rationale, Modalities, And Feasibility
June 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The paper reviews the case for a strong multilateral response to the global crisis in Emerging Markets (EMs). It discusses modalities and feasibility of intervention and its associated risks,...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
-
White Papers
Methodology And Implementation Of Value-At-Risk Measures In Emerging Fixed-Income Markets With Infrequent Trading
January 1, 2007, 12:00am PST
This paper deals with the issue of calculating daily Value-at-Risk (VaR) measures within an environment of thin trading. The authors' approach focuses on fixed income portfolios with low frequency...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
-
White Papers
Notes On Optimal Growth, Climate Change Calamities, Adaptation And Mitigation
September 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
A strategy of inclusion of adaptation and mitigation expenses in a model of optimal growth under threat of climate change calamities is discussed in these exploratory notes. Calamity is the result...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
-
White Papers
Innovation, R&D and Productivity In The Costa Rican ICT Sector: A Case Study
June 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper addresses the relationships between innovation, Research and Development (R&D) and productivity in domestic ICT firms in Costa Rica. Factors considered were the types of innovation...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
-
White Papers
An Experimental Study Of Labor Market Discrimination: Gender, Social Class And Neighborhood In Chile
May 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The objective of this paper is to study the Chilean labor market and determine the presence or absence of gender discrimination. In order to transcend the limitations of earlier works, an...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
-
White Papers
No Education, No Good Jobs? Evidence On The Relationship Between Education And Labor Market Segmentation
October 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
This paper assesses labor market segmentation across formal and informal salaried jobs and self-employment in three Latin American and three transition countries. It looks separately at the...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
-
White Papers
Becoming An Entrepreneur
March 1, 2007, 12:00am PST
Using the 1996-2001 Chilean CASEN Panel Survey, this paper analyzes the impact on income of the switch from salaried employment to entrepreneurship (self-employment and leadership of...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
-
White Papers
The Political Economy Of Fiscal Policy: Survey
October 1, 2006, 12:00am PDT
This paper surveys the recent literature on the political economy of fiscal policy, in particular the accumulation of government debt. The authors examine three possible determinants of fiscal...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
-
White Papers
Monetary Policy Challenges In Emerging Markets: Sudden Stop, Liability Dollarization, And Lender Of Last Resort
December 1, 2006, 12:00am PST
The paper argues that Emerging Market Economies (EMs) face financial vulnerabilities that weaken the effectiveness of a domestic Lender Of Last Resort (LOLR). As a result, monetary policy is...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
-
White Papers
Informality And Productivity In The Labor Market: Peru 1986 - 2001
July 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Peru has one of the highest informality rates in Latin America, with almost 60 percent of the urban labor force working at the margins of labor market legislation or in microenterprises that lack...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
-
White Papers
Investment Climate And Employment Growth: The Impact Of Access To Finance, Corruption And Regulations Across Firms
October 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The paper focuses on how the impact of the investment climate varies across sizes of firms. The differences across size categories come from two sources. First, objective conditions of the...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
-
White Papers
Innovation And Productivity In The Argentine Manufacturing Sector
August 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper adapts the Crepon, Duguet, and Mairesse (1998) approach to estimate the relationship between innovation and productivity and the realities of innovative activities in developing...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
-
White Papers
Innovation, R&D Investment and Productivity: Uruguayan Manufacturing Firms
August 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Uruguay's inability to sustain high levels of economic growth cannot be fully explained by external shocks, the prevailing institutional setting or the level of human capital accumulation....
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
-
White Papers
The Politics Of Financial Development: The Role Of Interest Groups And Government Capabilities
September 23, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Although financial development is good for long-term growth, not all countries pursue policies that render full financial development. This paper builds on an extensive political economy...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
-
White Papers
Innovation, R&D Investment And Productivity In Chile
October 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
This paper uses two sources of information and different methodologies to analyze the causal effect of product and process innovation on productivity in the Chilean manufacturing industry during...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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