04815nam a22005173i 4500 EBC3004459 MiAaPQ 20221128192020.0 m o d | cr cnu|||||||| 211129s2006 xx o ||||0 eng d 9780815715603 (electronic bk.) 9780815715542 (MiAaPQ)EBC3004459 (Au-PeEL)EBL3004459 (CaPaEBR)ebr10141092 (OCoLC)74337163 MiAaPQ eng rda pn MiAaPQ MiAaPQ HC154.5 .E275 2006 338.97295 The Economy of Puerto Rico : Restoring Growth / Susan M. Collins, Barry P. Bosworth and Miguel A. Soto-Class (editors). New York, NY : Brookings Institution Press, 2006. ©2006. 1 online resource (628 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier ALA COVID Relief Fund Introduction and Summary -- Economic Growth -- Labor Supply and Public Transfers -- Why Don't More Puerto Rican Men Work: The Rich Uncle (Sam) Hypothesis -- Education and Economic Development -- The Climate for Business Development and Employment Growth -- Assessing Puerto Rico's Fiscal Policies -- Financing Economic Development -- Trade Performance and Industrial Policy -- Restoring Growth: The Policy Options -- Contributors -- Index -- Back Flap -- Back Cover. A Brookings Institution Press and the Center for the New Economy publication A non-incorporated territory of the United States, Puerto Rico operates under U.S. legal, monetary, security and tariff systems. Despite sharing in these and other key U.S. institutions, Puerto Rico has experienced economic stagnation and large scale unemployment since the 1970s. The island's living standards are low by U.S. standards, with a per capita income only half that of Mississippi, the poorest state. While many studies have analyzed the fiscal implications of Puerto Rico's political relationship with the United States, little research has focused broadly on the island's economic experience or assessed its growth prospects. In this innovative new book, economists from U.S. and Puerto Rican institutions address a range of major policy issues affecting the island's economic development. To frame the current situation, the contributors begin by assessing Puerto Rico's past experience with various growth policies. They then analyze several reforms and new initiatives in labor, education, entrepreneurship, fiscal policy, migration, trade, and financing development, which they incorporate into a proposed strategy for jumpstarting Puerto Rican economic growth. Contributors include Gary Burtless (Brookings Institution); Orlando Sotomayor, Luis Rivera-Batiz, Ramón Cao, Maria Enchautegui, José Joaquín Villamil, Eileen Segarra, Marinés Aponte, and Juan Lara (University of Puerto Rico); Richard Freeman and Robert Lawrence (Harvard University); Helen Ladd (Duke University); Francisco Rivera-Batiz (Columbia University); Steven Davis and Bruce Meyer (University of Chicago); James Alm (Georgia State University); Ingo Walter, Rita Maldonado-Bear, and William Baumol (New York University); Belinda Reyes (University of California, Merced); Alan Krueger (Princeton University); Carlos Santiago (University of Wisconsin); David Audretsch (Indiana University); Ronald Fisher (Michigan State University); Fuat Andic (UN Advisor); Arturo Estrella (NY Federal Reserve); James Hanson and Daniel Lederman (World Bank); James Dietz (University of California, Fullerton); and Katherine Terrell (University of Michigan). Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2021. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. Economic history. 294023 Puerto Rico Economic policy. 294023 Puerto Rico Economic conditions 1952- Electronic books. Collins, Susan Margaret. 78137 editor Bosworth, Barry P. editor Soto-Class, Miguel A. editor Print version: Collins, Susan M. The Economy of Puerto Rico New York, NY : Brookings Institution Press,c2006 9780815715542 ProQuest (Firm) https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3004459 Acceso Remoto https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3004459 Acceso en el Campus PUCPR lcc 7 296966 296966 0 0 ddc 0 0 10 10 45 2021-12-07 0 338.97295 EBC3004459 2021-12-07 00:00:00 2021-12-07 7 0 0 ddc 0 0 1 1 45 2022-09-13 0 338.97295 60000010173851 2022-09-13 00:00:00 2022-09-13 0 0 lcc 0 0 12 12 45 2022-11-28 0 HC154.5 .E275 2006 50000003291654 2022-11-28 00:00:00 Ebook c. 1 2022-11-28 7