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Determinantes de la productividad laboral en México: una aproximación desde la teoría del crecimiento endógeno con redes neuronales artificiales
(2020-04-20)
La adopción masiva de TIC ha incrementado la investigación sobre el vínculo entre estas y el crecimiento económico. Existe un impacto significativo del uso de TIC sobre el crecimiento, pero los estudios tienden a ignorar los determinantes del uso de tales tecnologías y las condiciones diferenciadas de las empresas, industrias y países que las adoptan. ...
Innovation and productivity in services and manufacturing firms: the case of Peru
(2017-04)
This article analyses the relationship between investment decisions, investment intensity, innovation outcomes and labour productivity for a sample of services and manufacturing firms from Peru in 2004, on the basis of an adjusted CDM model (Crepon, Duguet and Mairesse, 1998). The estimates of the model indicate that firm size was a key factor in the ...
Agricultural productivity: closing the gap between Brazil and the United States
(2016-04)
Since the 1970s, Brazilian agriculture has undergone far-reaching changes and has played a major role in agricultural production worldwide. This article assesses the structural heterogeneity prevailing in Brazilian and United States agriculture by studying total factor productivity (TFP), which has increased in both economies, mainly through technologies ...
The impact on wages, employment and exports of backward linkages between multinational companies and SMEs
(2017-12)
Policymakers often look for ways to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) by multinational corporations (MNCs). This paper estimates the impact of a programme, Costa Rica Provee, that seeks to increase backward linkages between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and MNCs in Costa Rica. The impacts were measured by reference to real average ...
Does public financial support stimulate innovation and productivity? An impact evaluation
(2015-04)
This paper contributes to the empirical literature that evaluates the effects of public financial support to innovation on innovation expenditures, innovation itself and productivity in developing countries. Propensity score matching techniques and data from Innovation Surveys are used to analyse the impacts of public financial support to innovation ...
Patterns of technical progress in the Brazilian economy, 1952-2008
(2014-08)
This article analyses the pattern of technical change in the Brazilian economy between 1952 and 2008. A Marx-biased pattern of labour-saving and capital-using change predominated in the period under study. Three phases in the dynamism of technical change can be distinguished, however. The first, from 1952 to 1973, was highly dynamic. In the second, ...
Descomposición sectorial de la productividad total de los factores en Chile, 1996-2010
(2017-08)
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 efecto del cambio en la receta de producción y las ...
The determinants of foreign direct investment in Brazil: empirical analysis for 2001-2013
(2017-04)
This article aims to analyse the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Brazil between 2001 and 2013. It uses a vector error correction (VEC) model to analyse both the long-term function and the impulse-response function. The results show that levels of economic activity, wages and productivity are positively related to FDI inflows, ...
Competitiveness and its determinants: a systemic analysis for developing countries
(2019-12-19)
This paper seeks to make a comparative and econometric analysis of competitiveness in developing countries, identifying its determinants and sources of variation. It uses the data envelopment analysis methodology to generate measures of competitiveness. The determinants of competitiveness are obtained through a Tobit model based on the systemic ...
La inversión productiva en el desarrollo económico de Chile: evolución y desafíos
(2019-04-15)
Se examina la evolución de la inversión en Chile y su vinculación con el crecimiento económico desde el golpe de Estado de 1973, documentándose cómo continúa siendo determinante principal del crecimiento. La innovación, por su parte, facilita la superación de rendimientos decrecientes de los recursos naturales; la inversión intensiva en tecnología, ...