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Re-Evaluating the Relationship Between Economic Development and Self-Employment, at the Macro-Level: A Bayesian Model Averaging Approach
We re-evaluate the relationship between stages of economic development and entrepreneurship, at the macro level. We first conduct a literature review of previous empirical research on cross-country determinants of ...
Determinants of income inequality reduction in the Latin American countries
(2018-12-17)
This article analyses patterns of income inequality and its determinants in the countries of Latin America in the period 2004–2013. First, income distribution in several countries is determined using the Theil index and ...
Legitimacy and context: Implications for public sector reform in developing countries
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2008-08-01)
This article examines the interplay between legitimacy and context as key determinants of public sector reform outcomes. Despite the importance of variables Such as legitimacy of public institutions, levels of civic morality ...
Sectoral and regional determinants of firm dynamics in developing countries: evidence for low-, mediumand high-tech manufacturing in Argentina
(2018-04)
This study analyses the determinants of firm dynamics in developing countries, using Argentina as an illustrative case. It explains firm entry and exit at the regional level, distinguishing three groups of manufacturing ...
Public debt sustainability in the Caribbean
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2008-09-04)
This paper analyses public debt in the most indebted Caribbean countries – i.e. Barbados,
Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, and St. Kitts and Nevis –
from the standpoint of its sustainability. ...
Association of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity with neck circumference in eight Latin American countries
(2019)
Abstract
Background
Physical activity is a cornerstone in the prevention and treatment of obesity. There are relatively few studies that explore the effect of accelerometer-determined ...