We present a theoretical model in order to study the causal relation between commodity prices and poverty traps. Using an overlapping generation’s framework where savings, education, fertility and child labor are endogenous variables we find four central results: 1) High commodity prices may generate poverty traps. 2) Given commodity prices, high labor productivity in the production of human capital reduces the likelihood of a poverty trap. 3) When there is child labor, the growth rate of human capital negatively depends on the commodity prices. 4) Child labor may lead to a decrease in both physical and human capitaEste artículo presenta una aproximación teórica a la relación entre el precio de los recursos naturales y las trampas de pobrez...
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Previous empirical research has shown that Mexico's Oportunidades program has succeeded in increasin...
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La literatura del desarrollo económico ha llegado a un consenso sobre la importancia de la educación...
This paper explores theoretical linkages between poverty traps, economic inequality and delinquency ...
Child labor is that which allows children and adolescents to perform work activities in different ar...
Child labor is a complex issue with crucial consequences in human capital reserve, children´s health...
In this paper I study the dynamic implications of household decisions that determine fertility and h...
This paper presents the results of a systematic review of literature that analyses one of more compl...
(preliminary work, please do not cite) Macroeconomists, development scholars, and policy makers have...
This paper presents a model of a poverty trap that is caused by an unequal initial income and human ...
The present study aimed to analyze whether the multiple dimensions of household poverty can be relat...
The literature of economic development has reached a consensus on the importance of education and he...
El modelo de Basu y Van (1998) plantea el axioma de lujo según el cual los padres recurren al trabaj...
Previous empirical research has shown that Mexico's Oportunidades program has succeeded in increasin...
This document explains a formal model which describes dualities present in the economy as a res...
Este artículo presenta una aproximación teórica a la relación entre el precio de los recursos natura...
In this paper I study the dynamic implications of household decisions that determine fertility and h...
La literatura del desarrollo económico ha llegado a un consenso sobre la importancia de la educación...
This paper explores theoretical linkages between poverty traps, economic inequality and delinquency ...
Child labor is that which allows children and adolescents to perform work activities in different ar...
Child labor is a complex issue with crucial consequences in human capital reserve, children´s health...
In this paper I study the dynamic implications of household decisions that determine fertility and h...
This paper presents the results of a systematic review of literature that analyses one of more compl...
(preliminary work, please do not cite) Macroeconomists, development scholars, and policy makers have...
This paper presents a model of a poverty trap that is caused by an unequal initial income and human ...
The present study aimed to analyze whether the multiple dimensions of household poverty can be relat...
The literature of economic development has reached a consensus on the importance of education and he...
El modelo de Basu y Van (1998) plantea el axioma de lujo según el cual los padres recurren al trabaj...
Previous empirical research has shown that Mexico's Oportunidades program has succeeded in increasin...
This document explains a formal model which describes dualities present in the economy as a res...