IMF Working Papers

Economic Growth in Latin America

By Jose De Gregorio

July 1, 1991

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Jose De Gregorio. Economic Growth in Latin America, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1991) accessed September 26, 2024
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Summary

This paper studies growth determinants in 12 Latin American countries during the period 1950-85. In a simple growth accounting framework, the share of labor in income is found to be lower in the sample group than in developed countries, while factor productivity growth accounts for a larger proportion of growth in the fastest growing countries in the sample. Using panel data, macroeconomic stability is found to play, in addition to investment (physical and human), a crucial role in growth. To a lesser extent, growth is negatively correlated with government consumption and political instability. The terms of trade appear to have no significant effect on growth.

Subject: Balance of payments, Foreign direct investment, Government consumption, Inflation, International trade, National accounts, Prices, Production, Productivity, Terms of trade

Keywords: Caribbean, Constant returns to scale, Foreign direct investment, Government consumption, Government spending, Inflation, Investment equation, Per capita income, Positive correlation, Productivity, Productivity growth, Rate of growth, Rate of inflation, Terms of trade, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    58

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1991/071

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0711991

  • ISBN:

    9781451959758

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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