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Alfabetismo financiero y matemáticas: un estudio entre jóvenes preparatorianos en México
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2015)
Este trabajo analiza la incidencia de las habilidades matemáticas en el alfabetismo financiero en jóvenes mexicanos entre 15 y 18 años de edad asistiendo a la escuela en la Ciudad de México y el Estado de México. Nuestros ...
Does trade imply convergence?: analyzing the effect of NAFTA on the local convergence in Mexico
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2015)
Regional Economics and Economic Growth focus on the question of whether trade leads to a greater concentration of economic activity. Yet little empirical work has assessed the regional convergence impacts of trade. Therefore ...
Inclusión financiera y el desarrollo económico de México
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Economicas, División de Economía, 2015)
There is a historical relationship between economic development and a proper access to financial services. In this paper we test the hypothesis that the positive relationship among the number of financial institutions, the ...
Does access to free health insurance crowd-out private transfers?: evidence from Mexico’s Seguro Popular
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2015-09-24)
This study examines whether Seguro Popular, a free-of-charge publicly provided health insurance program for otherwise uninsured households, crowdedout private transfers in Mexico. Using data from the National Household ...
Innovación, competitividad y rentabilidad en los sectores de la economía mexicana
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Division de Economía, 2015)
After a brief review of contemporary Mexican policy on science and technology we locate innovation experiences of firms in the context of innovation systems and market failures. Given the purpose of competitiveness as ...
Is crime in Mexico a disamenity?: evidence from a hedonic valuation approach
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Economicas, División de Economía, 2015)
Since Roback (1982)’s seminal work, the literature has evaluated the role of the amenities to equilibrate the regional differentials of nominal wages and prices. While these studies generally find evidence for traditional ...
Implicit redistribution within Argentina’s social security system: a micro-simulation exercise
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2015-03-22)
The intra-generational redistribution in the Argentinean pension program is assessed in a lifetime basis. Using household surveys, the lifetime flows of labor income, contributions and retirement benefits are simulated. ...
Climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean: policy options and research priorities
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2015-11-11)
Although climate change is filled with uncertainties, a broad set of policies proposed to address this issue can be grouped in two categories: mitigation and adaptation. Developed countries that are better prepared to cope ...
On intergenerational (im)mobility in Latin America
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2015-10-28)
This paper studies intergenerational mobility in Latin America and shows that, in addition to the well-documented fact that the Latin American income distribution is highly unequal, profound differences in opportunities ...
Introduction to research at the policy frontier in Latin America
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2015-11-10)