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Evaluating convergence with median-unbiased estimators in panel data
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 1999)
This paper extends Andrews' (1993) median-unbiased estimation for auto- regressive/unit root time series to panel data dynamic fixed effects models. It is shown that median-unbiased estimation applies straightforwardly to ...
Household saving, human capital accumulation and labor force participation changes in the Mexican rural sector
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 1999)
In this paper we analyze saving behavior of Mexican rural households using consumption and income surveys data. Our analysis emphasizes a link between fertility, education, labor force participation, and saving decisions. ...
Competition in innovation with public and private R&D in the pharmaceutical industry
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 1999)
In this paper we develop a model of competition in innovation tu evaluate the following statement made by members of the pharmaceutical industry in the United States. They say that the investment made by government in basic ...
The resistance to the gold standard adoption under the Porfirian regime: why the worst standard was preferred?
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 1998)
Why Mexico quit the silver standard until 1905 and not in 1873 as US and France did? Why the so-called 1873 crimes in US and France were not repeated in Mexico? In this paper, we focus on the answers found of contemporaneous ...
Does gender and birth order matter when parents specialize in child's nutrition?: evidence from Chile
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 1999)
Using household survey data from Chile the current paper presents evidence of how the nutritional status of the child reflects differences in parental preferences and child rearing technology within an intra-household ...
Regulation of gas marketing activities in Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 1999)
En este documento estudiamos la relación de los mercados mexicano y norteamericano de gas natural y las implicaciones de este vínculo en la comercialización eficiente del gas en México. Argumentamos que a PEMEX se le debería ...
A dynamic of household decision making: the Mexican case
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 1999)
In this paper we analyze the relationships between family structure, human capital accumulation and returns. labor force participation and household consumption and savings decisions for the Mexican households. We use as ...
La organización industrial, productividad y estrategias empresariales en México
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 1999)
Se adopta un análisis de la OI contemporánea que incluye una visión evolutiva a partir de las modalidades del progreso tecnológico entre sectores y los efectos de cambio en la productividad total de los factores. La primera ...
Living standards in Mexico: should we rely on a poverty line?
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 1999)
Using household survey data from Mexico, this paper analyses the change in the standards of living over the period of 1984 through 1994. Instead of applying conventional measures of welfare that rely on arbitrary poverty ...
Trade policy and integration among firms producing complementary products
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 1999)
This paper analyzes the role of an active trade or industrial policy on the relationships between finns producing goods that are perfect complements. Specifically, it studies the interaction between government and industry ...