The economy of Puerto Rico : restoring growth / Susan M. Collins, Barry P. Bosworth, Miguel A. Soto-Class, editors. - San Juan, P.R. : Washington, D.C. : Center for the New Economy, Brookings Institution Press, c2006. - xiii, 607 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and summary / 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 Sotomayer -- Why don't more Puerto Rican men work? : the rich Uncle (Sam) hypothesis / Maria 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.

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9780815715535 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Puerto Rico--Economic policy.
Puerto Rico--Economic conditions--1952-

HC154.5 / .E275 2006

338.97295 / E1987