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Are the Mexican States and the United States business cycles synchronized?: evidence from the manufacturing production
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Ecónomicas, 2011)
This paper analyses the degree of synchronization between the Mexican states and the US business cycles by using a growth cycle approach for the period 1997-2007. The business cycle indicators are obtained from seasonally-adjusted ...
Latin American private pension funds’ vulnerabilities
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Ecónomicas, 2011)
In the last years, we have been witnesses of significant large rates of return in most Latin-American private pension fund institutions (PPF). This outstanding performance of funds can be explained by an economic boom in ...
Estimation of a multiple equilibrium game with complete information: husband and wife labor force participation in Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2011)
Econometric models under complete information environment with game
theoretic foundations are used in this work to analyze husband and wife
labor force participation in Mexico. A mechanism of equilibrium's selection
was ...
Technical efficiency in the Mexican manufacturing sector: a stochastic frontier approach
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2011)
This paper analyzes the technical efficiency in the Mexican manufacturing
sector in which determinants and changes of the efficiency since NAFTA
(North American Free Trade Agreement) are studied using the Panel ...
Poverty dynamics in rural Mexico: an analysis using four generations of poverty measurement
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2011)
Drawing on four generations of poverty measurement, this paper uses panel
data from the 2002-2007 period to analyze rural poverty in Mexico. The
results show that almost three fifths of the surveyed households
experienced ...
El acceso a la información gubernamental en América Central y México: diagnóstico y propuestas
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Administración Pública, 2011)
Con base en la experiencia reciente de análisis del sistema de acceso a la información en los gobiernos subnacionales de México (Métrica de la Transparencia 2010), en este documento analizamos los sistemas de acceso a la ...
Procesos y prácticas del acceso a la información: un ejercicio de usuario simulado
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Administración Pública, 2011)
Based on the results of Métrica de transparencia 2010, this study analyses how citizens exercise their right to access to information in Mexico. We present the methodology —done with a “Simulated User”. We analyze the ...
Closing the gap: the link between social capital and microfinance services
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Administración Pública, 2011)
Social capital has strengthened the solidarity funds when the legal mechanisms and institutions for monitoring and assistance are not present. The aim of this paper is to analyze the effect of social capital on productivity ...
Efectos de corto plazo de los shocks en los precios internacionales de los productos agrícolas en México
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Ecónomicas, 2011)
Se formula un modelo de precios insumo-producto para analizar los efectos de corto plazo de los shocks en los precios internacionales de los bienes agrícolas en México. El modelo considera 51 sectores productivos (agricultura ...
Teenage pregnacy in Mexico: evolution and consequences
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2011)
We analyze the consequences of a teenage pregnancy event in the short and
long-run in Mexico. Using longitudinal and cross-section data, we match
females who got pregnant and those that did not based on a propensity
score. ...