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Revolución en la comercialización y producción de textiles en México durante el porfiriato
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2001)
In the United States and Europe, the coming of modern transportation and comummications brought about a major transformation in the institutions of capitalism during the second half of the nineteenth century, when enterprises ...
Convergence clubs in cross-country life expectancy dynamics
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2001)
I model life expectancy in terms of physical and human capital and technology, the fundamental economic variables described by economic growth theories. For concreteness, the Solow model and a convergence club growth model ...
Food for thought: basic needs and persistent educational inequality
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2001)
We give evidence that accumulation of educational capital by the poor is only possible if a minimum level of health and well-being has been attained. Credit restrictions may thus imply the existence of low-health, low-income ...
Incentives for expansion of electricity supply and capacity reserves in the Mexican electricity sector
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2001)
We have constructed a model to analyze the incentives for expansion of electricity supply in the spot market and the capacity in the long run reserve market. With this model we also analyze the incentives for collusion in ...
The long-term impact of health on economic growth in Mexico: 1950-1995
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2001)
We report on a study of the effects of life expectancy and mortality by age and gender groups on economic growth in Mexico, 1950-1995, using a Granger causality test in economic growth equations. Results indicate stronger ...