Convergencia Regional en América Latina: 1980-2000

Cabrera-Castellanos, Luis F. and Garcia Alamilla, Blanca (2003): Convergencia Regional en América Latina: 1980-2000. Published in: Anuario de la DCSEA No. No. 2 (2003): pp. 157-168.

Abstract

The objective of the work is to determine the existence of convergence (absolute and conditional) for the region of Latin America and to determine the main variables that affect the economic growth of these countries. The main results are the following ones: there is empirical evidence of absolute and conditional convergence in the period from study to a rate very similar to found by other studies for other groups of countries or regions of the interior of a same country (around the 2 percent).

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Regional Convergence in Latin America: 1980-2000
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: Convergencia; crecimiento economico; capital humano; America Latina; Latinoamerica
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O47 - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth ; Aggregate Productivity ; Cross-Country Output Convergence; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O54 - Latin America ; Caribbean

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