The Restoring Growth Collins, Susan Margaret. editor Bosworth, Barry P. editor Soto-Class, Miguel A. editor text Electronic books. xx 2006 monographic eng 1 online resource (628 pages) 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). 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. Susan M. Collins, Barry P. Bosworth and Miguel A. Soto-Class (editors). ALA COVID Relief Fund Economic history Puerto Rico Economic policy Puerto Rico Economic conditions 1952- HC154.5 .E275 2006 338.97295 Collins, Susan M. New York, NY : Brookings Institution Press,c2006 9780815715603 https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3004459 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3004459 https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3004459 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3004459 MiAaPQ 211129 20221128192020.0 EBC3004459 eng