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El alfabetismo financiero (AF) se entiende generalmente como un bien económico cuyo consumo el individuo decide sobre la base de su aporte esperado en la toma de decisiones financieras. Sin embargo, este marco conceptual no ha sido puesto a prueba empíricamente. En este trabajo se analiza la vari...


Castro, RubénFortunato, Andrés¿Se comporta el alfabetismo financiero como un bien económico?

The Human Development Index (HDI) is an indicator designed to track the development of countries in respect of three dimensions of development: health, education and income. Since it was first published in 1990, great efforts have been made to improve hdi, which, as has been stressed on numerous ...


Salas-Bourgoin, María AndreinaA proposal for a modified Human Development Index

This paper provides empirical evidence to assess the impact of socioeconomic and political variables on different measures of income inequality based on the 27 units of the Brazilian federation in the period from 1999 to 2008. The Brazilian experience is a good example for understanding the incom...


Ferreira de Mendonça, HelderMartins Esteves, DiogoIncome inequality in Brazil: What has changed in recent years?

En este artículo se descompone la productividad total de los factores (PTF) por sectores económicos utilizando los datos contenidos en las matrices de insumo-producto de Chile de los años 1996, 2003 y 2010. El análisis se enfoca en tres efectos: el efecto del cambio en la demanda sectorial; el ef...


Aroca, PatricioGarrido, NicolásDescomposición sectorial de la productividad total de los factores en Chile, 1996-2010

This paper estimates multidimensional poverty in Nicaragua between 2001 and 2009, using data from the three most recent standard of living surveys that are available (2001, 2005 and 2009), and mainly following the methodology proposed by Alkire and Foster (2007 and 2011). For that purpose, 10 dim...


Espinoza-Delgado, JoséLópez-Laborda, JulioNicaragua: trend of multidimensional poverty, 2001-2009

After reviewing the debate over the relative merits of universalism and targeting in social policy, this paper assesses the present state of and challenges to social protection systems in Latin America. It shows that these systems expanded broadly but unevenly across the region during the decade ...


Ocampo, José AntonioGómez-Arteaga, NatalieSocial protection systems, redistribution and growth in Latin America

This article studies the competitiveness of Colombian agricultural products relative to those of the United States, with a view to assessing the extent to which the free trade agreement between the two countries represents a risk or an opportunity for Colombia. Colombia’s revealed comparative adv...


Stellian, RémiDanna-Buitrago, Jenny PaolaColombian agricultural product competitiveness under the free trade agreement with the United States: analysis of the comparative advantages

This article decomposes total factor productivity (TFP) by economic sector, using data from the Chilean economy’s input-output matrices for 1996, 2003 and 2010. The analysis focuses on the effects of changes in three areas: sectoral demand; the production mix and cross-sectoral transactions; and ...


Aroca, PatricioGarrido, NicolásSectoral breakdown of total factor productivity in Chile, 1996-2010

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