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The Equity and Income Distribution Inequality Nexus: An Assay to Reduce Poverty in MENA Countries 公平与收入分配不平等关系:中东和北非国家减少贫困的分析

Latin American Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2017-11-11 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3069672

Badry Hechmy

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Mexico Economic Outlook (2017-2019) 墨西哥经济展望(2017-2019)

Latin American Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2017-10-01 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.3050900

A. Coutiño

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Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean: Coverage and Investment Trends 拉丁美洲和加勒比的有条件现金转移支付方案:覆盖面和投资趋势

Latin American Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2017-09-15 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.3037640

S. Cecchini, Bernardo Atuesta

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引用次数: 22

Pensions and Fertility: Micro-Economic Evidence 养老金和生育率:微观经济证据

Latin American Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2017-08-29 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8173

Alexander Danzer, Lennard Zyska

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An Index of Regulatory Practices for Financial Inclusion in Latin America: Enablers, Promoters and Preventers 拉丁美洲普惠金融监管实践指数:推动者、促进者和预防者

Latin American Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2017-08-11 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.3039159

L. Rojas-Suárez, Lucia Pacheco

引用次数: 7

Political Economics and Possibilism: Towards an Open Notion of Development 政治经济学与可能性主义:走向开放的发展观

Latin American Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2017-07-06 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3007763

Andres Guiot

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Reconversión industrial en Colombia necesaria para la adecuada inserción en el mercado internacional (Industrial Restructuring Required in Colombia for Adequate Insertion in the International Market) 哥伦比亚为充分融入国际市场所需要的工业结构调整(哥伦比亚为充分融入国际市场所需要的工业结构调整)

Latin American Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2017-07-01 DOI: 10.1016/J.SUMNEG.2017.11.001

Carolina Henao-Rodríguez

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La Libre Competencia Económica en El Régimen de Los Servicios Públicos (Economic Competition in the Public Utilities Law Regime) 公共事业法律制度中的经济竞争(公共事业法律制度中的经济竞争)

Latin American Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2017-06-30 DOI: 10.18601/21452946.n18.10

S. Barreto

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Understanding the Impact of Windstorms on Economic Activity from Night Lights in Central America 从中美洲的夜间灯光了解风暴对经济活动的影响

Latin American Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2017-06-27 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8124

O. Ishizawa, J. Miranda, Hongrui Zhang, Oscar Anil Ishizawa Escudero, Juan Jose Miranda Montero

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引用次数: 8

Managing Skill Premium Through Firm Structure 通过公司结构管理技能溢价

Latin American Economics eJournal Pub Date : 2017-06-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2983991

Enoch Hill, David Perez-Reyna

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