TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Schiff, Maurice
AU  - Wang, Yanling
        TI  - Education, Governance and Trade-Related Technology Diffusion in Latin America
        PY  - 2004/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1028
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1028
        AB  - This paper examines the impact on TFP of North-South trade-related technology diffusion in
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). North-South R&D flows are constructed based on
industry-specific R&D in the North, North-South trade patterns, and input-output relations in
the South. The main findings are: (i) Education and governance raise the level of TFP
directly; and (ii) education and governance also raise TFP through their interaction with
foreign R&D in R&D-intensive industries. These results imply a) that potential virtuous growth
cycles exist both in the level and in the growth of TFP, and b) that taking into account the
interaction effects between trade, education and governance by reforming the policies
simultaneously will have a greater impact on TFP.
        KW  - technology diffusion
KW  - trade
KW  - R&D intensity
KW  - education
KW  - governance
KW  - Latin America
        ER  -