CEPAL Review no. 129

Abstract

Competitiveness and its determinants: a systemic analysis for developing countries / Victor Medeiros, Lucas Gonçalves Godoi and Evandro Camargos Teixeira .-- The gross domestic product (GDP) shares of the agriculture sector and the hydrocarbon and mining sector in the countries of South America between 1960 and 2014 / Pedro Henrique de Abreu Paiva and Carlos José Caetano Bacha .-- Green jobs in Argentina: opportunities to move forward with the environmental and social agenda / Christoph Ernst, Ana Sofía Rojo Brizuela and Daniele Epifanio .-- Income elasticities and inequality of poverty in urban and rural areas of the Brazilian states: a spatial approach / Helson Gomes de Souza, Francisco José Silva Tabosa and Jair Andrade Araújo .-- A typology of precarious employment for Chile: precariousness as a cross-class phenomenon / Osvaldo Blanco and Dasten Julián .-- What is life like for our elderly? An empirical study of the quality of life of older people in Colombia / Bilver Adrián Astorquiza Bustos and Óscar Armando Chingal .-- Canton growth in Ecuador and the role of spatial heterogeneity / Nicola Pontarollo, Rodrigo Mendieta and Diego Ontaneda .-- Industrial growth and consumer goods inflation in Mexico: an econometric analysis / Víctor Manuel Cuevas Ahumada and Cuauhtémoc Calderón Villarreal .-- Fiscal disparities in Uruguay’s regions: the role of a new system of intergovernmental equalization transfers / Leonel Muinelo-Gallo, Joana Urraburu Bordon and Pablo Castro Scavone .-- The social and economic effects of introducing reverse mortgages in Chile / José Luis Ruiz, Pablo Tapia and José Donoso.