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Wage rigidity and disinflation in emerging countries [PDF]
This paper examines the consequences of rapid disinflation for downward wage rigidities in two emerging countries, Brazil and Uruguay, relying on high quality matched employer-employee administrative data.
Messina, Julian, Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anna
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Resistant estimates for high dimensional and functional data based on random projections [PDF]
, 2012 We herein propose a new robust estimation method based on random projections that is adaptive and automatically produces a robust estimate, while enabling easy computations for high or infinite dimensional data. Under some restricted contamination models,
Fraiman, Jacob Ricardo, Svarc, Marcela
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Sustainability Practices by the Banking Sector to Support Small Organizations Toward SDG 9
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The banking sector plays a critical role in fostering sustainability by directing capital toward environmentally and socially responsible projects. Yet, there is a perceived need for studies that shed some light on their activities in this field.
Walter Leal Filho +5 more
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Agricultural Institutions, Industrialization and Growth: the Case of New Zealand and Uruguay in 1870-1940 [PDF]
In this paper we apply a model of early industrialization to the case of New Zealand and Uruguay in 1870-1940. We show how di_erences in agricultural institutions may have produced di_erent development paths in two countries which were similar under many
Ennio Bilancini +3 more
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A Comprehensive Analysis on the Healthcare Systems in Latin America [PDF]
, 2019 This comprehensive report summarizes and analyzes the current state of healthcare in Latin America, specifically in the countries of Mexico, Brazil, the Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras), the Andean Region (Ecuador, Peru, and ...
Calderon, Melinda +5 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) play a critical role in protecting public health and the environment but are also contributors to carbon emissions. Improving the eco‐efficiency of WWTPs is essential for advancing sustainability in the sector.
Alexandros Maziotis +1 more
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After decades of being a marginal player in the GATT trade negotiations, Argentina decided to participate actively in the Uruguay Round. This chapter measures the imbalance between the concessions given and received and concludes that the value of the ...
Julio J. Nogues
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Balancing reliable energy supply, equitable access, and environmental sustainability is a central challenge of the global energy transition. This study examines how innovation influences the energy trilemma by shaping energy security, energy equity, and environmental sustainability across 115 countries from 2011 to 2023.
Kingsley Imandojemu +5 more
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More time is better : an evaluation of the fulltime school program in Uruguay [PDF]
This paper estimates the impact of the full-time school program in Uruguay on standardized test scores of 6th grade students. The program lengthened the school day from a half day to a full day, and provided additional inputs to schools to make this ...
Cerdan-Infantes, Pedro +1 more
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From armed roots to airline routes in South America: A dual imprinting perspective
Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Reserch Summary We propose that founding partner relationships can leave distinct imprints on organizations that differ in durability and in how they respond to subsequent changes involving the founding partner. Examining South American airlines founded between 1919 and 1984, we argue and find that such relationships simultaneously create an ...
Kunyuan Qiao +2 more
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