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This article aimed to analyze the behavior of the northeastern municipal economic dynamics explained in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in relation to the volume of the Bolsa Família Program (PBF) destined for each entity, the proportion obtained from the Votes by the Mayor Elected (VPE) in the face of the set of voters participating in the election on the spot and the Mayor-Elect Party Coalition (CPPE) established or not with the state governor, based on per capita variables, in the period of 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Methodologically, it was used to measurement of research results the quantile regression model for panel data. The results showed that GDP responded positively to PBF and negatively in most countries. municipalities to the VPE and CPPE did not bring favorable impacts on the northeastern municipal economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Density Management Diagrams (DMDs) were developed using data from 218 permanent plots established in pure Pinus cooperi stands in Durango, Mexico. These DMDs are based on the relative spacing index and three non-linear equations that incorporate stand variables. The first equation establishes a relationship between quadratic mean diameter, density, and dominant height; the second equation links volume to aboveground biomass, quadratic mean diameter, and dominant height; and the third equation estimates biomass using quadratic mean diameter, dominant height, and density. The maximum density was estimated via quantile regression by fitting the density-dominant height relationship. The equations explained 92% (biomass) and 99% (volume) of the variance observed in the data. The DMD were applied in the quantification and projection of the volume and biomass of stands of the species, as a support for multi-objective decision-making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyses the effects of open innovation (OI), organizational strategy and the existence of a corporate risk management (CRM) strategy on competitive advantage (CA) in cost, service and product in the Portuguese hotel sector. This paper uses a survey over 251 CEOs of Portuguese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) hotels and applies two complementary statistical methods: partial least squares regression and quantile regression. It can be stated that both OI and the degree of dynamism and flexibility of the organizational structure and CRM are relevant to explain the different types of competitive advantage. However, the results show that the importance of the incidence of the different explanatory factors considered is different depending on the type of competitive advantage that we are analysing and the relevance of disaggregating those associated with AI (inbound and outbound) and organizational strategy (dynamic of the environment, internal organizational flexibility and innovative strategic position). Thus, the CRM variable is the fundamental variable in the explanation of the competitive advantage in cost, while the incidence of inbound OI is especially relevant in the CA in service and product. Within organizational strategy, the factor that most clearly affects competitive advantage is the strategic position with respect to innovation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Within the framework of objective 9 of sustainable development, it was postulated that innovation is one of the fundamental engines of economic growth, in this context, the present study econometrically determined, the incidence of human capital on the total number of innovations in methods, goods or services, for 101 Colombian companies in 2018. Taking the data from the Industrial Technological Innovation and Development Survey, carried out by DANE; A simultaneous quantile regression model was estimated, making a total of 20 repetitions, which allowed standard errors to be obtained by randomly resampling the data. And after adding control variables, it was found that the hiring of personnel with doctorates, masters, specialization and technologists to carry out ACTI 2018; The resources of other companies and the own resources invested in scientific, technological and innovation activities are significant variables in all quantiles and present a positive relationship with the total number of innovations in methods, goods or services. While the number of undergraduates hired by the organization, who participated in carrying out ACTI, were significant in the 25th and 50th quantile and increased innovation in organizations. Finally, the number of cases in which high complexity was used in the design is a significant variable in the 25th and 75th quantiles and presents a positive relationship with the dependent variable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The analysis of social inequality in Spanish metropolitan areas is proposed (case studies: Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, Valencia) assuming the limitations of this concept and seeking, from the data offered by official statistical sources, correlations between the demographic structure, income inequality and some booming territorial phenomena such as gentrification and touristification of cities. Likewise, the methodological challenge of combining indicators such as the Gini coefficient and the Quantile ratio is assumed, while at the level of territorial relations the application of the concept of spatial autocorrelation is tested to explain inequality, which implies the resource to the SARAR models. The results are shown in tables and discussed based on the hypotheses, ending with the conclusions and the cited bibliography. This research is expected to advance in the knowledge of inequality in metropolitan contexts and its spatial components. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study analyzes the effects of the inflation rate on food, the informal employment and economic growth on the raise of the labor poverty rate in Mexico over the period 2006-2022. It was used approach of capabilities and quantile regression models. The estimates suggest that the variable of inflation on food and the informal employment boost higher laboral poverty rates in Mexico, whilst the economic growth rate reduces it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The theory of fiscal federalism indicates that expenditure in a specific area may increase less than transfers made to that area, with the remainder of the transfers being spent to finance other goods and services, or to reduce tax collection. This issue is known as the fungibility effect of transfers. In this sense, the objective of this work is to estimate, from quantile regression models with fixed effects for panel and dynamic panel data, between the period 2013 and 2018, the response of municipal education expenditures to Funded conditional transfers, looking for verify if the resources are, in fact, being directed to education services. The results of the quantile regression model with fixed effects indicate that for each R$ 1 increase in Fundeb transfers, R$ 0,38/capita is allocated to other expenditures, if the quantile with the highest expenditures on education is analyzed. The results of the dynamic panel model, as well as the quantile regression model with fixed effects, indicate that there is fungibility in Fundeb transfers, in which for each increase of R$1 in transfers, R$ 0,46/capita of resources are allocated to other sectors. Therefore, based on the results found, it is concluded that there is evidence of fungibility in Fundeb transfers, thus reducing the quality of education and, in the long term, harming economic development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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We estimate the wage return of the different university-level educational credentials in Argentina using administrative data for 2019. The results indicate sizeable variability according to the hierarchy of the degree and area of knowledge. Applied Sciences obtain the best results, while the opposite is true for the Humanities. These effects are higher for individuals located in the right tail of the conditional wage distribution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study focuses on analyzing the productivity of Ecuadorian companies, through their own and contextual characteristics. The analytical part of the article surveys the vast literature devoted to productivity. From this framework, several testable propositions linking the companies' size and investment in Research and Development (R&D), with productivity. To test these propositions, we use data from the Economic Census (2010), which contains information from 511.130 firms, given their nature, the methodology used is Quantile Regression. This study provides evidence that both the size of the companies and the investment in R&D have a positive impact on Ecuadorian companies' productivity, which is consistent with the existing literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to assess Reanalysis NCEP/NCAR's skills to capture the temperature and rainfall variability in Northwestern Argentina. Observations and Reanalysis estimations were analyzed in the target region from 1960 to 2020. Standard statistical techniques were applied (means values, maximum, minimum, standard deviations, etc.), and the spatial variation of temperature and rainfall was subsequently studied using the Kriging method. We divided the time series into ten quantiles and studied the adjustments. Finally, we analyzed both series with quantile regression. Results evidenced that both temperature and rainfall had statistical adjustments (p < 0.05), indicating that data from Reanalysis allowed the characterization of the spatial distribution of these variables with high accuracy. Air temperature registered higher results than rainfall. Nevertheless, when we studied the extremes, we observed significant differences. The temperature was reasonably adjusted in temperate and arid climates, while rains presented significant results in the middle quantiles but not so in the extreme quantiles. The results obtained are an essential database for climate studies on a regional scale and for the design of land use plans to improve the population's quality of life and the environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We use conditional instrumental variables quantile regression to estimate the effect of occupational segregation by sex in the average working wage for Argentina between 2016-2020, using the Encuesta Permanente de Hogares (EPH) database. The results show that a 10 percent points rise in women’s share in a specific occupation decreases the overall average working wage for that occupation by 0.50 %. Additionally, we see that the magnitude of the impact varies depending on the percentile of the conditional wage distribution, where we see higher effects in the low quantile percentile [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article analyzes the effect of the municipality on the academic result of the Colombian State test student "Saber 11". From linear hierarchical models with quantile regression, our results suggest that the type of municipality has a significant effect on students' academic achievement in mathematics for the quartiles studied. In this way, public policy makers must take into account the conditions of the place where students live when formulating educational policies aimed at improving educational quality, since this may affect inequality and opportunities to access higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although the association of remittances with inequality in Mexico has been previously studied, there is no consensus on the subject and it is seldom analyzed at municipal level. The objective of this study was to analyze the association between remittance reception in Mexico and inequality at municipal scale in 2015. We conducted a quantitative, descriptive, and cross-sectional study with data from the 2015 INEGI Intercensus Survey. We estimated a quantile regression to examine the relationship between household remittance reception and income inequality in all municipalities. Remittance reception was found to be associated with income inequality at municipal level after controlling for several characteristics of the municipalities. This is likely to occur because those that migrate do not necessarily come from the most disadvantaged sectors of the population, which produces social differences within communities between those who are able to migrate and those who are not. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An understanding of the climate of coastal cities is crucial for orientating urban land management. For this reason, it is essential to have access to long series of meteorological information with periods greater than 30 years. A lack of information or inconsistency can make climate study difficult. Numerical models are a suitable tool for the generation of climate data. For these reasons, this study aims to assess the precision and accuracy of temperature, relative humidity, and precipitation obtained in situ and derived from the Reanalysis NCEP/NCAR in eight coastal cities in different climates of Argentina. To do so, we studied the climatic series for the 1960-2019 period and those generated with the Reanalysis. Both series were statistically compared, considering diverse time scales and applying statistical methods. Time series were analysed using the quantile regression method to assess the study of the extremes in all the variables. The temperature presented a good agreement in climatic (60 years), monthly, and model scales. Relative humidity had higher results on the seasonal scale (mainly in winter and autumn), except for the cities located in warm and humid climates. Finally, rainfall registered good agreement in all temporal scales studied for cities located in temperate and arid climates. Results represent an essential database to orientate management plans and improve the quality of life and the coastal environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective. by regions in the hygienic and compositional quality of milk collected in a formal way in Colombia between 2008-2019 associated with the issuance and entry into force of regulatory regulations. Materials and methods. 144 monthly reports on the hygienic and compositional quality of the milk collected formally were used for each of the milk-producing regions of Colombia consolidated by the USP-MADR. With these reports, three study periods were formed, separated by the entry into force of resolutions 017 of 2012 and 468 of 2015. The data obtained was analyzed under the quantile regression scheme. Results. Differences were found between the analyzed periods for the parameters of hygienic quality and compositional quality in each region. Hygienic quality represented the highest variation, being more evident in region 2. There were differences in the compositional quality of milk collected formally in Colombia between the periods associated with the entry into force of the regulations, mainly in region 1. Conclusions. It was evidenced that the entry into force of the regulations exerted influence on the parameters of hygienic and compositional quality of milk collected formally in Colombia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research paper analyzes the effects of employment in creative economic activities on urban wages in Mexico during recent years. The results indicate that wages in creative occupations and industries are higher than those in jobs related to non-creative economic activities. Likewise, quantile regressions show that creative employment has a heterogeneous effect throughout wage distribution, the greatest impact being in the upper end. Understanding this heterogeneous effect is fundamental to understanding urban wage inequality in Mexico. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: It is well documented that inflation persistence in Mexico has experienced an unstable behavior through time at the conditional mean distribution. However, its behavior at conditional quantiles of the distribution have been not explored. Methods: This study determines the periods in which inflation persistence in Mexico presented structural changes in its conditional distribution using a quantile regression approach. Additionally, the article examines for each period, if inflation follows a stationary behavior using the Quantile Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, estimate the persistence of inflation shocks, and analyze if inflation is converging to the long-term inflation target of 3% impose by the Central Bank. Results: The episodes found coincided with periods when Mexico's economic policies underwent drastic changes that altered the price formation process. The evidence indicates that inflation shocks present an asymmetric behavior, while high magnitude negative shocks rapidly vanish, high magnitude positive shocks tend to be long lasting. Inflation converged to a stationary process in all its conditional quantiles under the inflation targeting regime. Besides, since 2009 the hypothesis that inflation adjusted for seasonal effects remains within the range variability of ± 1% point of the long-term inflation target of three percent cannot be statistically rejected. Conclusion: The quantile regression is a useful and convenient statistical tool to analyze inflation persistence. In particular, it gives a clear picture about the periods in which inflation changed, and on the impact of inflation shocks in a specific quantile. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study analyzes the Saber 11 common core scores obtained by the A-2016's incoming students of the University of Santander. This diagnostic of the students's background is proposed as a classification criterion to identify students with high risk of dropout based on their scores on each area evaluated. Besides the scores, variables such as type of high school, gender, selected program and region were considered. A multiple correspondence analysis was conducted to characterize the students. A factor analysis is proposed, which ended up being numerical, verbal and English. Finally, quantile regression is applied to measure the impact of some covariates on different levels of the factors. The results indicate that students from private schools and from Santander perform better in English and quantitative analysis, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This document examines, bases on the analysis of observable characteristics, if an income gap exists between the raizal population and non raizal population of San Andres Island. For this purpose, the information of the SISBEN II survey for the year 2004, compelled by the National Planning Department (DNP, Spanish acronym) is used. The methodological strategy uses quantile regressions to determine the existence of pay gaps throughout the distribution of income. The results suggest that being raizal has a negative impact on income for the lower quantiles. However, this difference vanishes as income increases, becoming positive at higher levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The evidence of gender pay gap is present in the Colombian labor market, as in many other countries. This gap is not homogeneous in the territory, which provides the rationale for a detailed analysis of what is happening in each of the regions of the country. The results show differentials of positive wage gaps in favor of men, in most of the main cities. Not all this difference can be attributed to the existence of discrimination as there exist factors that explain part of the wage gap. To identify the relevance of those factors we use the Blinder-Oaxaca, BO, decomposition in the context of quantile regression. The results of the BO method suggest that wage gaps are not explained by the observable attributes of individuals. These gaps are mostly explained by the effect of pay gaps to attributes such as education, and unobserved attributes. The analysis by cities shows patterns that reveal a higher wage gap in the peripheral cities as opposed to Bogota, Cali, Medellin, Manizales and Pereira. Differences in compensation to attributes are represented by what is known as the coefficients effect. This effect comprises as well the existence of discrimination by gender, thus this result deserves special attention for the purposes of gender equalizing payment policies [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In spite of the recent reforms, the Mexican education system still shows remarkable deficiencies, high rates of desertion and low numbers of enrollments at high school and university levels. Desertion problems in young people can be associated to problems like delinquency, unemployment and international migration. Beyond the failures of the educative sector that affect the permanence of the students, some evidences suggest that dropout problems are associated with the increase in income inequality. In this investigation, we start from the hypothesis that income differences have diminished the educative demand, although returns by schooling are high. We use the household income and expenditure survey of Mexico, the Quantile regression methodology and a probabilistic model; we confirmed the previous hypothesis, finding that an increase of 10% in family income elevates the probability of investing in education in 2.67%. Additionally, the marginal profits gained from being educated showed a negative effect on the probability of being educated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]