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The economic integration of Spain: a change in the inflation pattern
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2016-03-02)
The behavior of Spanish inflation rates at the provincial level (consumption prices) differs over the two spans of time considered in our study (1955.1–1978.6, 1978.7–2014.4). We point to a long list of institutional and ...
The impact of pharmaceutical innovation on cancer mortality in Mexico, 2003–2013
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2017-10-17)
I assess the impact that pharmaceutical innovation had on cancer mortality in Mexico during the period 2003–2013, by investigating whether there were larger declines in the age-standardized mortality rate of cancer sites ...
New directions of trade for the agri-food industry: a disaggregated approach for different income countries, 1963–2000
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2014-06-05)
The principal objective of the present study is to explain the changes in the direction of agri-food trade flows during the second half of the twentieth century. Since the end of the Second World War, trade has tended to ...
Educational upgrading and returns to skills in Latin America: evidence from a supply–demand framework
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2019-12-11)
This paper documents the evolution of wage differentials and the supply of workers by educational level for sixteen Latin American countries over the period 1991–2013. We find a pattern of rather constant rise in the ...
Introduction: research at the policy frontier in Latin America (Volume II)
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2019-11-13)
The papers in this special issue take stock of the knowledge accumulated in certain areas—anti-poverty programs in the context of informality, crime, gender, urban transport systems, and road safety—and propose the next ...
Some elements of Peronist beliefs and tastes
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2018-02-02)
We study the beliefs and values of Peronism. Instead of a comprehensive approach, we focus on three elements. First, we study beliefs and values about the economic system present in Peron’s speeches during the period ...
Oil price, energy consumption and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions: insight into sustainability challenges in Venezuela
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2019-10-04)
This study provides insight into sustainability challenges in Venezuela by exploring the causal interactions between oil price, energy consumption and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in Venezuela. Economic growth, government ...
An analysis of economic incentives to encourage organ donation: evidence from Chile
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2019-07-10)
We perform a cost–benefit analysis on the introduction of monetary incentives for living kidney donations by estimating the compensation that would make an individual indifferent between donating and not donating a kidney ...