The Role of the Computer in Economic and Social Research in Latin America

Nancy D. Ruggles

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Date: 1974
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Chapters in this book:

The Computer and Goverment Statistics , pp 1-18

I. P. Fellegi and S. A. Goldberg

Foreword to "The Role Of The Computer In Economic And Social Research" , pp -3--2

Nancy Ruggles

The Data Bank of the Latin American Demographic Center , pp 19-32

Julio Morales Vergara

The NBER Time Series Data Bank , pp 33-56

Charlotte Boschan

Micro-economic Data Banks: Problems and Potential , pp 57-66

Harold Watts

Uses of Tax Files Combined with Field Surveys , pp 67-88

Benjamin Okner and Joseph Pechman

Comparative Simulation Analysis of Social Security Systems , pp 89-108

James Schulz

Microanalytic Simulation of Household Behavior , pp 109-138

Harold W. Guthrie, Guy Orcutt, Steven Caldwell, Gerald E. Peabody and George Sadowsky

Models of the Brazilian Economy , pp 139-150

Janes A. de Souza and Jorge Monteiro

A Simulation Model of the Economy of Brazil , pp 151-160

Thomas H. Naylor, Martin Shubik, Moacyr Fioravante and Ibrahim A. S. Ibrahim

Macroeconomic Model Building in Latin America: The Mexican Case , pp 161-190

Abel Beltran del Rio and Lawrence Klein

Development Alternatives Under Conditions of Reduced External Dependency , pp 191-210

Alejandro Foxley

Economic Alternatives for Mexico: A Quantitative Analysis , pp 211-230

Alan Manne

A Simulation Model of the Mexican Educational System , pp 231-252

Ernesto Schiefelbein

International Trade Prices and Price Proxies , pp 253-268

Irving Kravis and Robert Lipsey

Data Preparation for Latin American Comparisons of Consumption , pp 269-290

Howard Howe and Roberto Villaveces

The Use of the Computer in Handling Large Price Files: The Experience with a Benchmark Collection in Latin America , pp 291-312

Jorge Salazar-Carrillo

The Computer in International Price Comparisons , pp 313-318

Zoltan Kenessey

Price Comparisons for Calculating Rates of Equivalence in Member States of the EEC, 1954-1970 , pp 319-330

Silvio Ronchetti and Guy Bertaud

Indicators of Protection and Other Incentive Measures , pp 331-346

Bela Balassa and Daniel Schydlowsky

Analysis of Foreign Trade Policies by Means of a Numerical Experimentation Computer Model Within the Context of Alternative Economic Development Strategies for Venezuela , pp 347-368

Juan Pablo Perez Castillo, Lourdes Yero and Luis Leal

Summary of the Conference , pp 369-382

Richard Ruggles

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