This article examines how Colombian universities integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into their strategies, comparing them with the strategies of universities and companies around the world. Using qualitative methodology and content analysis, the article identifies the presence of SDGs in university strategies and related business actions in Colombia and...
This paper reinterprets the Yasuní‑ITT Initiative from a critical geographical perspective, using world‑systems theory at various scales. Ecuador sought to promote sustainable economic development by involving the international community, but the initiative was perceived as challenging the capitalist world‑economy. Fear of setting a precedent that would threaten the core...
This study evaluates the effects of the cumulative increase in the minimum wage since 2018 on employment in Mexico, treating the country as a single unit. To this end, two methodologies were employed. First, the synthetic control method was used to compare Mexico with similar Latin American countries that did not experience a sustained increase in the minimum wage. Second, we...
This study uses an ordered logit model to examine how the educational assortative mating of parents influences the academic achievement of their children in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. The results show that, compared to parents with only a primary education or no education, children whose mother has a higher level of education than their father are between 12 and 15...
This study aims to investigate the causal relationship between digitalization and economic growth in Mexico by constructing a Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) at the state level from 2015 to 2023. The results suggest that a 1% increase in the DESI boosts total GDP by 0.058%. This effect is double in states with greater economic progress, reaching 0.134%. The results also...
This study examines the relationship between investment in higher education, Science, Technology and Innovation, the training of Specialized Human Capital, digitalization and economic growth in Latin America (2000-2019). Three fixed-effects panel data models linked to the Progressive Structural Change model are estimated. Investment in research and development (R&D) and tertiary...
This paper aims to demonstrate that the dynamic properties of unemployment in Mexico can be explained from the point of view of hysteresis, showing that movements in demand caused unemployment rates to deviate from their long-term trend. Unit root tests were performed on two variables which allowed us to understand unemployment. First, in accordance with conventional literature...
This paper proposes an original composite index, the Global Economic Deve lopment Index (GEDI), uniquely integrating economic, social, and institutional factors. GEDI distinguishes emerging from developed economies, identifying specific economic, social, and institutional challenges and opportunities. It examines 129 economies, re presenting approximately 95% of global GDP in...
This study examines innovation patterns among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries using data from the 2023 Global Innovation Index. It contributes to the field by applying exploratory factor analysis combined with hierarchical cluster analysis using Ward’s method, which provides an informed taxonomy of innovative ecosystems in developed...
This study analyzes the effect of the Crédito de Desarrollo Humano (CDH) program on entrepreneurship and living conditions among the beneficiaries of the Bono de Desarrollo Humano (BDH), which is aimed at reducing the poverty rate and promoting the development of human capital. A Propensity Score Matching approach was used to estimate the causal effect of this program. The...
This paper examines the trade relationship between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries and Brazil through the Marxist perspectives of depen dency and deindustrialization. Since the 1990s, Brazil has undergone a deindustrializa tion process that has increased its reliance on exports of inputs and basic commodities, driven by the growth and boom of global...
Based on Claudia Goldin’s analysis of the incorporation of women into the labor market in the United States, this article will study the historical process of women’s insertion into the labor market in Mexico. The comparison allows us to contrast Goldin’s approach (1990, 2006 and 2021) -with its strong neoclassical components- with other perspectives that consider power relations...
This research measures the impact of economic growth, poverty incidence and high school enrolment in Peru on national income inequality using an annual time series for the period 1985-2022, applying the Kuznets curve theory. A dynamic autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model is used. The conclusion is that if economic growth increases by 1%, income inequality decreases by 1...
This study seeks to determine the factor and personal income distribution structures by decile between 2019 and 2022. It finds that during the covid-19 pandemic, the share of wages in GDP decreased in all economies except Mexico, where it increased. In analyzing the different components of value added by production sector, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru show different behaviors...
This article analyzes the socio-economic and demographic determinants of financial inclusion in Mexico. Using microdata from the 2021 National Survey of Financial Inclusion (ENIF, for its acronym in Spanish), a financial inclusion index is created that includes the following products: credit card, savings account, investment fund, mortgage loan, insurance and pension fund. The...
This study analyzes the impact of regulatory and other barriers on digital services (DS) exports from Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries at the intraregional level and to third-party markets. Reducing disparities in DS trade regulations among LAC countries could increase intraregional trade in these services by up to 8%. On the other hand, the existence of trade...
This article explores the learning mechanisms of knowledge-intensive small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in contexts with a high density of multinational companies. Based on a sampling survey in the northern region of Mexico, two primary sources of learning for innovation are identified: relationships with customers and suppliers and endogenous learning actions, notably...
The male family wage (hereafter “family wage”) has been widely discussed as an institution that organizes the division of labor based on gender. This research evaluates the current impact of the family wage on gender-based differences in unpaid domestic work in Mexican wage-earning households. According to time-usage data, an indicator is created to measure gender inequality in...
This research aims to identify the socio-demographic and economic factors influencing the probability of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption (SSBC) in Mexican households between 1992 and 2022. Logit econometric models and data from the National Household Income and Expenditure Survey (ENIGH, for its acronym in Spanish) are used. The results show that the probability of SSBC...
This article examines how individual characteristics influence the likelihood of choosing entrepreneurship over other employment options and provides insight into the diversity of entrepreneurs. Four occupational categories are considered: employers, subordinates and salaried workers, unpaid workers and the self-employed. The methodology used is multiple choice, allowing us to...
This paper assesses the impact of nearshoring on manufacturing, employment and foreign direct investment (FDI) in Mexico between 2020 and 2023. Nearshoring is attributed to factors such as the trade conflict between the United States and China, the disruption of supply chains due to the Covid-19 health crisis and the entry into force of the Mexico-United States-Canada Agreement...
Argentina’s energy matrix is highly dependent on hydrocarbons, but domestic production has not been able to supply the domestic market, resulting in trade deficits and permanent foreign exchange outflows. In this context, the Kirchner administrations conducted several economic reforms, one of the axes of which was the recovery of the leading role of the State in order to achieve...
This study examines the methods of extracting surplus value in Mexico. Marxist theory identifies two: absolute and relative, assuming that the latter is capitalist. In the case of Mexico, however, it is concluded that the relative mechanism dominates during periods of higher accumulation and the absolute mechanism dominates during periods of lower growth. In order to confirm this...
This paper investigates the impact of land tenure security on household labour supply in Vietnam, where the State owns all land and grants usufruct rights to individuals. The 1993 Land Law set usage rights for annual land at 20 years and perennial land at 50 years. In 2013, with usage rights for annual plots approaching expiration, the government passed the 2013 Land Law...
This research aims to estimate and analyze the influence of intergenerational transmission of informality, formal-informal wage differentials, and individual characteristics such as educational attainment, occupational category, sex, and age on the probability of being an informal worker. Using microdata from the National Survey of Occupation and Employment (ENOE) survey, we...