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De Las Causas Próximas A Las Causas Profundas Del Crecimiento Económico De Bolivia Entre 1950 Y 2015

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  • Carlos Gustavo Machicado Salas

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Este trabajo analiza el crecimiento económico de largo plazo de Bolivia entre 1950 y 2015, identificando sus causas próximas a través de un ejercicio de contabilidad del crecimiento, que considera los efectos directos e indirectos de la Productividad Total de Factores (PTF) sobre el PIB por trabajador. La novedad es que la medida de PTF que se obtiene toma en cuenta el ajuste por calidad y uso de los factores de producción (capital y trabajo). Adicionalmente se hacen ejercicios de contabilidad del desarrollo (en tasas de crecimiento y niveles) comparando el desempeño de la economía boliviana con la economía chilena, encontrando que a pesar de que se han cerrado ciertas brechas con Chile, en los últimos años, sigue siendo la baja productividad el talón de Aquiles de la economía boliviana. Finalmente, se analizan las causas profundas del crecimiento económico boliviano, poniendo énfasis en los factores institucionales, externos, de eficiencia de la inversión y financieros. Se encuentra que los términos de intercambio y la estabilidad macroeconómica son los determinantes fundamentales de la PTF en Bolivia.

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  • Carlos Gustavo Machicado Salas, 2018. "De Las Causas Próximas A Las Causas Profundas Del Crecimiento Económico De Bolivia Entre 1950 Y 2015," Development Research Working Paper Series 09/2018, Institute for Advanced Development Studies.
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    Crecimiento y Desarrollo; Productividad Total de Factores; Datos;
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    • E23 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Production
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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