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Progress and challenges in achieving an evidence-based education policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2015-11-11)
This paper reviews the progress economists have made towards achieving an evidence-based educational policy, and highlights challenges that remain. The five main findings are: (1) over the past two decades, much effort has ...
Mass production and competition
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2014)
I evaluate the optimality properties of a two sector market economy consisting of a mass
production sector with market power and a competitive sector with small scale production.
Adam Smith's results hold: the presence ...
Do industries pollute more in poorer neighborhoods?: evidence from toxic releasing plants in Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2015)
This paper provides the first, direct evidence that poorer communities in Mexico are associated with higher toxics pollution releases. We utilize previously unused, self-reported, plant-level annual database (from 2004 to ...
El proceso de convergencia regional en México: un análisis de la dinámica de transición bajo heterogeneidad estatal y temporal
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2016)
Este estudio utiliza la metodología de Phillips y Sul (2007) a fin de determinar si el PIB percápita de los Estados de la República Mexicana converge al sendero de crecimiento nacional y si es posible encontrar grupos o ...
El efecto del alfabetismo financiero en el ahorro para el retiro en México
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2014)
In this paper, we analyze whether it is possible to increase the retirement saving through financial literacy in Mexico. With information from the Mexican Family Life Survey 2005 (MxFLS-2) we build a financial literacy ...
Does the commodities boom support the export led growth hypothesis?: evidence from Latin American countries
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2016-10-20)
Commodity prices are characterized by boom and bust cycles. In this article, the impact of the commodity boom of the 2000s on Latin American and Caribbean economies is studied by analyzing four categories of commodity ...
Urbanization as a fundamental cause of development
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2011)
I review the current theoretical and econometric literature on the economic
dynamics of urbanization and its relation to economic growth. I then report
research results on the short- and long-term impacts of urbanization ...
Urban infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean: public policy priorities
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2015-11-11)
Latin America and the Caribbean is the most urbanized region in the developing world. Its urbanization rate of almost 80 % is comparable to that of high-income countries. However, cities in the region are struggling to ...
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 ...
Impact of U.S. biofuel policy in the presence of drastic climate conditions
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2014)
We analyze the impact of total and partial waivers of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) under uncertain changes in climate conditions that affects crop yields distributions. The main model results show that reducing ...