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On the evolution of TFP in Latin America

Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti; Pessôa, Samuel de Abreu; Veloso, Fernando A.

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Due to several policy distortions, including import-substitution industrialization, widespread government intervention and both domestic and international competitive barriers, there has been a general presumption that Latin America has been much less productive than the leading economies in the last decades. In this paper we show, however, that until the late seventies Latin American countries had high productivity levels relative to the United States. It is only after the late seventies that we observe a fast decrease of relative TFP in Latin America. We also show that the inclusion of human capital in the production function makes a crucial diference in the TFP calculations for Latin America.

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Tipo
Estudo
Ano
2011
Instituição
Fundação Getulio Vargas. Escola de Pós-graduação em Economia
Idioma
Inglês
Acesso
Não informado
Identificador
oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/8512

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