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Papers by Ame Bergés

Research paper thumbnail of The Standard of Living in Latin America during the Twentieth Century

Research paper thumbnail of The Standard of Living in Latin America during the Twentieth Century

Institute of Latin American Studies, 2005

Assessing the economic development of Latin America during the twentieth century requires reliabl... more Assessing the economic development of Latin America during the twentieth century requires reliable estimates of living standards as measured by per capita income, life expectancy, and literacy. New comparable series for Latin America suggest that these three indicators made the greatest strides during the period from 1940 to 1980. This progress is probably related to state-led industrialisation, improvements in public health, and urbanisation. Comparison with US levels reveals that while average per capita income has generally remained steady, relative living standards (measured by a composite welfare index) have risen gradually as life expectancy in the two regions has converged.

Research paper thumbnail of Trade Liberalization and Market Access: Analyzing Dominican Export Performance during the Twentieth Century

This paper examines the effect of state-led industrialisation, trade liberalisation, economic ref... more This paper examines the effect of state-led industrialisation, trade liberalisation, economic reform and world demand on the growth and composition of Dominican exports during the twentieth century. This involved construction of long-run time series for the real value, volume and market prices of total exports from 1905-2000, and of FTZ exports from 1976-2000, including disaggregated FTZ exports by commodity group when possible. Despite the common assertion that trade liberalisation has spearheaded export growth and diversification in developing countries, the process in the Dominican Republic has been driven largely by US trade policy, suggesting that trade liberalisation in the developing country cannot guarantee export growth unless it is accompanied by improved market access in the destination market(s). Furthermore, evidence of export diversification in the Dominican Republic is more apparent than real, with sugar continuing to dominate primary exports and FTZs dominating manuf...

Research paper thumbnail of Cocoa production in the Dominican Republic: sustainability, challenges and opportunities

Manchester University of Manchester 2011, 2011

Please note: For simplicity and readability, names/acronyms in capital letters such as FUPAROCA a... more Please note: For simplicity and readability, names/acronyms in capital letters such as FUPAROCA and CONACADO, have been changed to lower case with a capital first letter. Throughout the English version of the report the names of regions have also been anglicised (e.g. NorthEast for Nordeste).

Research paper thumbnail of 書評 小畑進『詩篇講録』

Research paper thumbnail of Cocoa production in the Dominican Republic: sustainability, challenges and opportunities

Manchester University of Manchester 2011, 2011

Please note: For simplicity and readability, names/acronyms in capital letters such as FUPAROCA a... more Please note: For simplicity and readability, names/acronyms in capital letters such as FUPAROCA and CONACADO, have been changed to lower case with a capital first letter. Throughout the English version of the report the names of regions have also been anglicised (e.g. NorthEast for Nordeste).

Research paper thumbnail of Las raíces históricas de la exclusión en América Latina

La Lucha Contra La Exclusion Social En America Latina Una Mirada Desde Europa 2009 Isbn 978 99954 1 183 1 Pags 19 40, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Crecimiento endógeno y choques exógenos en América Latina durante el siglo XX

Documentos Cidob America Latina, 2005

Research paper thumbnail of Productivity Growth in Latin America Over the Long Run

Review of Income and Wealth, 2011

The low pace of Latin American productivity growth in recent decades, despite extensive economic ... more The low pace of Latin American productivity growth in recent decades, despite extensive economic reforms, has yet to be understood in a longer-run context where factors such as demographic changes, structural shifts, and investment levels can be taken fully into account. The OxLAD database provides comparable sectoral output and workforce series over 1900-2000 for the six leading economies in the region for the first time. Our analysis of this new dataset shows that: intersectoral resource reallocation reduced aggregate productivity growth in all three periods; total factor productivity growth was low throughout the century, and even negative in the closing three decades; and thus factor accumulationinvestment in fixed capital and skilled labor-was the main source of productivity growth in Latin America during the twentieth century.

Research paper thumbnail of The standard of living in Latin America during the twentieth century

The Economic History Review, 2005

, respectively; literacy: the percentage of the population aged 15 and above able to read and wri... more , respectively; literacy: the percentage of the population aged 15 and above able to read and write a simple statement about everyday life; life expectancy: the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of birth remained unchanged throughout his/her lifetime; convergence: measured by the annual average standard deviation of growth rates.

Research paper thumbnail of Vertical and Horizontal Inequalities in Human Capital: Educational Attainment and Literacy in Latin America during the Twentieth Century

Working Paper presented at the Mini-Conference «A …, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Productivity growth in Latin America during the twentieth century

Oxford University Economic …, 2003

Downloadable! Analysis of new comparable series on output and employment between 1900 and 2000 fo... more Downloadable! Analysis of new comparable series on output and employment between 1900 and 2000 for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela indicates that productivity growth was significantly higher and less volatile during the middle decades of the century ...

Research paper thumbnail of Endogenous growth and exogenous shocks in Latin America during the twentieth century

Oxford University Economic …, 2005

Downloadable! Using a new database for the whole 1900–2000 period, this paper estimates the relat... more Downloadable! Using a new database for the whole 1900–2000 period, this paper estimates the relative contribution of endogenous and exogenous factors in GDP and productivity growth in each of the six larger Latin American economies with multivariate annual models, and ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Standard of Living in Latin America during the Twentieth Century

Research paper thumbnail of The Standard of Living in Latin America during the Twentieth Century

Institute of Latin American Studies, 2005

Assessing the economic development of Latin America during the twentieth century requires reliabl... more Assessing the economic development of Latin America during the twentieth century requires reliable estimates of living standards as measured by per capita income, life expectancy, and literacy. New comparable series for Latin America suggest that these three indicators made the greatest strides during the period from 1940 to 1980. This progress is probably related to state-led industrialisation, improvements in public health, and urbanisation. Comparison with US levels reveals that while average per capita income has generally remained steady, relative living standards (measured by a composite welfare index) have risen gradually as life expectancy in the two regions has converged.

Research paper thumbnail of Trade Liberalization and Market Access: Analyzing Dominican Export Performance during the Twentieth Century

This paper examines the effect of state-led industrialisation, trade liberalisation, economic ref... more This paper examines the effect of state-led industrialisation, trade liberalisation, economic reform and world demand on the growth and composition of Dominican exports during the twentieth century. This involved construction of long-run time series for the real value, volume and market prices of total exports from 1905-2000, and of FTZ exports from 1976-2000, including disaggregated FTZ exports by commodity group when possible. Despite the common assertion that trade liberalisation has spearheaded export growth and diversification in developing countries, the process in the Dominican Republic has been driven largely by US trade policy, suggesting that trade liberalisation in the developing country cannot guarantee export growth unless it is accompanied by improved market access in the destination market(s). Furthermore, evidence of export diversification in the Dominican Republic is more apparent than real, with sugar continuing to dominate primary exports and FTZs dominating manuf...

Research paper thumbnail of Cocoa production in the Dominican Republic: sustainability, challenges and opportunities

Manchester University of Manchester 2011, 2011

Please note: For simplicity and readability, names/acronyms in capital letters such as FUPAROCA a... more Please note: For simplicity and readability, names/acronyms in capital letters such as FUPAROCA and CONACADO, have been changed to lower case with a capital first letter. Throughout the English version of the report the names of regions have also been anglicised (e.g. NorthEast for Nordeste).

Research paper thumbnail of 書評 小畑進『詩篇講録』

Research paper thumbnail of Cocoa production in the Dominican Republic: sustainability, challenges and opportunities

Manchester University of Manchester 2011, 2011

Please note: For simplicity and readability, names/acronyms in capital letters such as FUPAROCA a... more Please note: For simplicity and readability, names/acronyms in capital letters such as FUPAROCA and CONACADO, have been changed to lower case with a capital first letter. Throughout the English version of the report the names of regions have also been anglicised (e.g. NorthEast for Nordeste).

Research paper thumbnail of Las raíces históricas de la exclusión en América Latina

La Lucha Contra La Exclusion Social En America Latina Una Mirada Desde Europa 2009 Isbn 978 99954 1 183 1 Pags 19 40, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Crecimiento endógeno y choques exógenos en América Latina durante el siglo XX

Documentos Cidob America Latina, 2005

Research paper thumbnail of Productivity Growth in Latin America Over the Long Run

Review of Income and Wealth, 2011

The low pace of Latin American productivity growth in recent decades, despite extensive economic ... more The low pace of Latin American productivity growth in recent decades, despite extensive economic reforms, has yet to be understood in a longer-run context where factors such as demographic changes, structural shifts, and investment levels can be taken fully into account. The OxLAD database provides comparable sectoral output and workforce series over 1900-2000 for the six leading economies in the region for the first time. Our analysis of this new dataset shows that: intersectoral resource reallocation reduced aggregate productivity growth in all three periods; total factor productivity growth was low throughout the century, and even negative in the closing three decades; and thus factor accumulationinvestment in fixed capital and skilled labor-was the main source of productivity growth in Latin America during the twentieth century.

Research paper thumbnail of The standard of living in Latin America during the twentieth century

The Economic History Review, 2005

, respectively; literacy: the percentage of the population aged 15 and above able to read and wri... more , respectively; literacy: the percentage of the population aged 15 and above able to read and write a simple statement about everyday life; life expectancy: the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of birth remained unchanged throughout his/her lifetime; convergence: measured by the annual average standard deviation of growth rates.

Research paper thumbnail of Vertical and Horizontal Inequalities in Human Capital: Educational Attainment and Literacy in Latin America during the Twentieth Century

Working Paper presented at the Mini-Conference «A …, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of Productivity growth in Latin America during the twentieth century

Oxford University Economic …, 2003

Downloadable! Analysis of new comparable series on output and employment between 1900 and 2000 fo... more Downloadable! Analysis of new comparable series on output and employment between 1900 and 2000 for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela indicates that productivity growth was significantly higher and less volatile during the middle decades of the century ...

Research paper thumbnail of Endogenous growth and exogenous shocks in Latin America during the twentieth century

Oxford University Economic …, 2005

Downloadable! Using a new database for the whole 1900–2000 period, this paper estimates the relat... more Downloadable! Using a new database for the whole 1900–2000 period, this paper estimates the relative contribution of endogenous and exogenous factors in GDP and productivity growth in each of the six larger Latin American economies with multivariate annual models, and ...