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The Economic History Review, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 1110-1140, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Whereas manufacturing seems to hold the key to modern economic growth, the role of manufacturing in economy‐wide convergence across countries is debatable. One strand of scholarship argues that productivity levels in manufacturing tend to remain stable across countries, and that economy‐wide convergence takes place through structural ...
Cecilia Lara, Svante Prado
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Soils, scale, or elites? Biological innovation in Uruguayan cattle farming, 1880–1913
The Economic History Review, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 498-524, May 2023., 2023 Abstract This article examines the economics of innovation in livestock rearing during the first globalisation in Uruguay, the country with the most cattle per person in the world, both then and now. Using a new historical dataset of Uruguayan agriculture, the first one at a sub‐provincial level, I exploit regional differences in the adoption of cattle
Emiliano Travieso
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Urban–rural population changes and spatial inequalities in Sweden
Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 15, Issue 4, Page 878-892, May 2023., 2023 Abstract This paper documents regional population changes in Sweden since 1860 and investigates how these changes link to regional economic development (regional GDP). We combine long‐term decade population data for the historical counties (1860–2020) with detailed annual population observations for municipalities (1968–2021).
Martin Henning +2 more
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FDI and the growing wage gap in Mexican municipalities
Papers in Regional Science, Volume 101, Issue 6, Page 1411-1439, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Inward foreign direct investment (FDI) has generally been linked to higher wages, but evidence remains sparse on the overall effects of FDI on average wages, the wage gap between skilled and unskilled labour, and inter‐industry heterogeneity. We address these issues for Mexican municipalities and industries for a period of increasing FDI and ...
J. Eduardo Ibarra‐Olivo +1 more
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Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 319-339, Fall 2022., 2022 Abstract The involvement of faith‐based organizations in the provision of social welfare has been popular in discourse and policy over the last several decades. This policy is often recommended as a remedy to the underfunded and underdeveloped social welfare system in late industrializing countries.
Gamze Çavdar
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Obesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021 Resumen En el 2019, en seguimiento a un taller dirigido por el Global Health Studies del Fogarty International Center sobre el tema de la prevención de la obesidad infantil y las sinergias de investigación que surgen a través de las colaboraciones transfronterizas, convocamos a un grupo de expertos de Estados Unidos y Latinoamérica para que realizaran ...
Wei Perng +16 more
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Secuencia, 2022 Se analiza el impacto que tuvo la gestión, aprovechamiento del agua y el proceso de industrialización en el municipio de Jocotitlán, Estado de México, entre 1940-1980.
Antonio Rodríguez Sánchez
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H-Industri@, 2022 Los programas desarrollistas para Patagonia tuvieron un marcado componente estratégico-militar, que combinó el crecimiento de regiones económicamente “atrasadas”, con las pretensiones de seguridad de la “Revolución Argentina”.
Axel Binder
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Lecturas de Economía, 2014 El presente artículo muestra como se inicia el proceso de industrialización en Antioquia y define las condiciones económicas y sociales que se generaron para que se establecieran los prerrequisitos esenciales en pro de la industrialización antioqueña. De
Fernando Botero Herrera
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More than ore : modern Spanish steel, 1856-1936 [PDF]
, 2001 Contrasting the iron law of the principle of comparative advantages as the determinant of the international division of labour has attracted dissidents to the international trade paradigm over the years.
Houpt, Stefan
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