Omar Neme Castillo

Biographic Data

ID4185767
NAMEOmar Neme Castillo
GIVEN NAMESOmar Neme
FAMILY NAMECastillo
SIGNATURECASTILLO O N
AFFILIATIONSInstituto Politécnico Nacional
ORCID0000-0001-8509-7937
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Smart cities and their influence on income growth: The case of Africa

    Cesaire Chiatchoua, Omar Neme CastilloARTICLEJournal of Urban Affairs2026References: 4

    Despite rapid urbanization and the adoption of smart city (SC) initiatives, the economic benefits for the population have been limited in Africa. This study aims to examine the effect of “core” elements of Smart Cities, such as Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), in the growth of GDP per capita in a set of 78 cities in Africa. The methodology employs a Probit model with instrumental variables (IV-Probit) to correct for endogeneity p…

  • East Harlem’s Asthma Counselor Program During Covid: Maintaining Service Continuity and Understanding Family Needs in a Community-Based Child Asthma Management Program

    Open AccessNicole Dreisbach, Safiya Campbell et al.ARTICLESocial Work in Public Health2025

    Little is known about how child asthma management programs, and their participants, fared during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. We describe the primary modifications made to a child asthma management program in East Harlem, NYC, to maintain service continuity during this time. Two questions guide our analysis: 1) To what extent did the program's primary service delivery activities change between the year before the pandemic and the pand…

  • Los cuidados como determinante de la no migración de las mujeres

    Open AccessOmar Neme Castillo, Ana Lilia Valderrama Santibáñez et al.ARTICLEMigraciones internacionales2025

    International migration offers benefits for women. However, the feminization of care work, driven by gender social norms, acts as a barrier to their mobility. The paper analyzes how caregiving responsibilities in households with male migration in Mexico limit women’s ability to migrate. Using a quantitative approach, it applies a probit model with instrumental variable regression and data from ENADID 2023 to assess the impact of caregiving on fem…

  • Effects of corruption on human development. Evidence for developed and developing countries

    Omar Neme Castillo, Ana Lilia Valderrama Santibáñez et al.ARTICLEActa Oeconomica2024

    The aim of the paper is to determine the effect of corruption, using human development index (HDI), and its sub-indices: education, life expectancy and gross national income in 135 developed and developing countries over the period of 2005–2021. A dynamic estimation (sys-GMM) method was employed and the transformation of Prais-Winsten with corrected standard errors for correlated panels (PCSE) and GMM were used for robustness check. The findings …

  • Caregiving solutions in Mexican households during Covid-19 lockdown

    Open AccessHoracio Abundis López, Víctor García Álvarez et al.ARTICLESN Social Sciences2022

  • Export contribution to poverty reduction in Mexico, 2008-2018

    Open AccessCesaire Chiatchoua, Víctor Fernando García Álvarez et al.ARTICLEAnálisis Económico2022

  • Corruption and extreme wealth. Evidence at country level

    Open AccessHéctor Flores Márquez, Ana Lilia Valderrama Santibáñez et al.ARTICLECogent Social Sciences2021

    The aim of the paper is to demonstrate that extreme wealth at country level is a consequence of corruption for a set of 42 countries over the period 2005–2018. A dynamic estimation (sys-GMM) is conducted, and different indices of corruption are used in order to obtain solid results. The data on extreme wealth is taken from Forbes annual listing of billionaires. The main findings are highly supportive of the idea that corruption fosters extreme we…

  • Empresas Multinacionales estadunidenses: Efectos en la pobreza mundial

    Open AccessOmar Neme Castillo, Cesaire Chiatchoua et al.ARTICLENorteamérica2021

    El objetivo del documento es determinar el efecto de las Empresas Multinacionales de Estados Unidos (EMN-EU) en la reducción de la pobreza en un grupo de 45 países de ingreso alto y medio-alto donde operan para el periodo 2009-2018. También se estiman los factores determinantes de la atracción de EMN-EU a esos países y se verifica si inciden en la pobreza. Se emplea una metodología econométrica de datos de panel dinámica (sys-GMM). Para el anális…

  • Factores determinantes del consumo productivo de agua y sus efectos en la actividad económica de México

    Open AccessOmar Neme Castillo, Ana Lilia Valderrama Santibáñez et al.ARTICLEEconomía Sociedad y Territorio2021

    Las actividades económicas a nivel estatal, que operan con diferentes insumos y tecnología, registran niveles de consumo de agua heterogéneos. El documento busca, primero, identificar los factores que determinan el consumo del recurso hídrico de manera productiva y, segundo, el efecto de este consumo en la actividad económica. El análisis considera 18 actividades económicas en México durante 2018. Se encuentra, mediante estimaciones de corte tran…

  • Corrupción y Desarrollo en China y América Latina

    Open AccessHéctor Flores Márquez, Ana Lilia Valderrama Santibáñez et al.ARTICLEMéxico y la Cuenca del Pacífico2020

    There is no clear consensus on the effects of corruption in different economic dimensions, although it is normally perceived as harmful for variables such as growth or FDI. The aim of the paper is to determine the effect of corruption on human development in Latin America and China. The methodology employed is a static data panel with the Prais-Winsten transformation with corrected standard errors for correlated panels (PCSE), and dynamic panel d…

  • Determinantes de las habilidades de innovación en las mypes de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México

    Open AccessAna Lilia Valderrama Santibáñez, Omar Neme Castillo et al.ARTICLEInnovar2019

    Una alternativa de las micro y pequeñas empresas (mypes) para competir es la innova-ción basada en las personas como componente clave. El presente documento mide las habilidades de innovación a través del Índice General de Habilidades de Innovación en el Individuo (ighii) con siete dimensiones básicas. Se contrasta el índice en una muestra de 1.010 mypes de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México. Se realiza un análisis factorial para establece…

  • Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil y Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio: El Caso Del PCS

    Open AccessOmar Neme Castillo, Ana Lilia Valderrama Santibáñez et al.ARTICLEEspiral estudios sobre Estado y…2014

    En este trabajo se describe la contribución a los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM) de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil apoyadas por el programa de coinversión social desde 2009 hasta 2012 a través de proyectos recurrentes. Se encuentra que este tipo de proyectos favorecen la focalización de esfuerzos, propiciando una mayor especialización y atención a problemas sociales, por lo que su contribución a los ODM es potencialmente alta