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Economic Geography of Human Development: Stratified Growth in Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala and Peru

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  • David Mayer-Foulkes

    (Division of Economics, CIDE)

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This article begins by constructing a model of stratified and divergent economic growth integrating economic geography, human development and endogenous technological change. Even in the presence of perfect capital, goods, and labor markets, economic geography and local governance can lead to stratification and divergence. The article then shows that early child development (ECD) determinants include both individual and local indicators of 1) regional macroeconomic wellbeing, 2) publicly provided goods, and 3) private goods, through 43 regions of Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, and Peru. The inequity impact of these various goods is quantified using a concentration index decomposition. Regions attracting migration have experienced higher ECD, and employment is key for ECD. The intergenerational dynamics of mean regional female height for age z-score (HAZ) are stratified and absolutely divergent. Backward regions lag four generations behind advanced regions at the current rate of HAZ change.

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  • David Mayer-Foulkes, 2008. "Economic Geography of Human Development: Stratified Growth in Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala and Peru," Working Papers DTE 436, CIDE, División de Economía.
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    Keywords

    Economic Geography; Human Development; Stratified Growth; Bolivia; Brazil; Guatemala; Peru;
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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