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Contribution Of Education And Innovation To Productivity Among Mexican Regions: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis, Vicente German-Soto, Luis Gutiérrez Flores
Contribution Of Education And Innovation To Productivity Among Mexican Regions: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis, Vicente German-Soto, Luis Gutiérrez Flores
Vicente German-Soto
A dynamic panel data (DPD) model is estimated to assess the contribution of the average schooling years, the education expenditure and the inventive coefficient – as an approximation for innovation – to the increased productivity of the Mexican states. The potential difficulties of endogeneity and serial correlation are controlled by adopting system General Method of Moments (GMM) procedures. The findings are compatible with the theory. The importance of the lags is confirmed and the positive and significant impacts on productivity tend to vary according to the income level and the geographical location of the regions. Innovation is an important contributor …
Convergencia En Tecnología, Cinthya Caamal, Claudia Sánchez, Vicente German-Soto
Convergencia En Tecnología, Cinthya Caamal, Claudia Sánchez, Vicente German-Soto
Vicente German-Soto
Una de las preguntas más difíciles de contestar es: ¿por qué existen diferencias significativas en los niveles de bienestar de las economías a pesar de que el progreso tecnológico puede ser capitalizado por las empresas, sin importar su situación geográfica? Por ello, el propósito de este capítulo inicial es presentar un estudio que relacione la teoría de la convergencia, en términos de tecnología, y que sugiera cómo aplicarla a un conjunto de países.