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Este trabajo procura analizar las pautas de la desigualdad de renta y los factores determinantes de su evolución en países de América Latina durante el período 2004-2013. Inicialmente, se determina la desigualdad en el reparto del ingreso en algunos países de América Latina mediante el índice de ...

Dado el aumento de la participación de China en la agenda comercial de América del Sur desde 2001, el crecimiento de aquel país adquirió una enorme importancia para las economías sudamericanas. Se procura analizar el efecto derrame del crecimiento de China en el crecimiento de las principales eco...

This study explores how deindustrialization is influencing the labour market in El Salvador. The variables under analysis are disaggregated by sex in order to permit an analysis of the differences in the ways that women and men react to deindustrialization. The results indicate that deindustriali...

This paper investigates the effects of health-care expenditures on child mortality rates using a simultaneous-equation model for 93 developed and developing countries with data spanning the period 1995–2012. The findings show that health expenditure has a positive effect on reducing child mortali...

In recent decades, Latin American countries have adopted more flexible exchange-rate regimes and set inflation targets. Several authors argue that some countries’ monetary and exchange-rate policies suffer from a procyclical bias, whereby central banks are reluctant to reduce interest rates when ...

Se ha hablado mucho sobre posibles síntomas del síndrome holandés en Colombia, luego de un pronunciado aumento de los precios de los productos básicos y una apreciación real significativa de la moneda nacional. En este estudio se examina si el tipo de cambio efectivo real tuvo un impacto en la in...

En este artículo se examinan la productividad total de los factores (PTF) y su descomposición en América Latina durante el período 1960-2010. El modelo de frontera estocástica utilizado incluye variables macroeconómicas de ineficiencia técnica relativas a una selección de países de América Latina...

This paper examines the interdependence between expectations and growth by analysing Uruguayan manufacturing industry, divided for the purpose into four industry groupings differentiated by trade participation and production specialization. The study shows that there is a long-run relationship be...

This article builds series of wage shares in gross domestic product (GDP) for 15 Latin American economies individually and as a group for the period 1950-2010. Using different methodologies, it is established that wage share is non-linear and has undergone two major cycles. The article discusses ...

Much has been said about possible symptoms of Dutch disease in Colombia in the wake of a marked upsurge in commodity prices and the significant real appreciation of the national currency. This paper examines whether the real effective exchange rate had an impact on industry during the period 2000...