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Restoring growth in Puerto Rico overview and policy options Susan M. Collins, Barry P. Bosworth, and Miguel A. Soto-Class, editors. - Washington, D.C. San Juan, Puerto Rico Brookings Institution Press Center for the New Economy c2006. - xiii, 136 p. ill. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-128) and index.

Introduction / Susan M. Collins, Barry P. Bosworth, and Miguel A. Soto-Class -- Economic growth / Barry P. Bosworth and Susan M. Collins -- Labor supply and public transfers / Gary Burtless and Orlando Sotomayor -- Why don't more Puerto Rican men work? The rich Uncle (Sam) hypothesis / María E. Enchautegui and Richard B. Freeman -- Education and economic development / Helen F. Ladd and Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz -- The climate for business development and employment growth / Steven J. Davis and Luis A. Rivera-Batiz -- Assessing Puerto Rico's fiscal policies / James Alm -- Financing economic development / Rita Maldonado-Bear and Ingo Walter -- Trade performance and industrial policy / Robert Z. Lawrence and Juan Lara -- Restoring growth: The policy options / Barry P. Bosworth and Susan M. Collins.

ISBN: 0815715501

Standard No.: 9780815715504

LCCN: 2006011190

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Puerto Rico--Economic policy.
Puerto Rico--Economic conditions--1952-

LC Class. No.: HC154.5 / .R43 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 338.97295 / R4364