Jorge F Pérez‐lópez
Biographic Data
| ID | 4812841 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jorge F Pérez‐lópez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jorge F |
| FAMILY NAME | Pérez‐lópez |
| SIGNATURE | LÓPEZ J F P |
| AFFILIATIONS | United States Department of Labor |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Cuba Under Raúl Castro
What led to the dramatic social and economic reforms introduced by Cuba's president Raúl Castro? How effective have those reforms been? And what obstacles does Castro face in overcoming the country's chronic socioeconomic woes? Cuba Under Raúl Castro addresses these questions, offering a comprehensive analysis of the president's efforts during his first six years in office
Waiting for Godot
The Cuban government has postponed essential economic reforms because of their potential to erode its power base
Conquering Nature
The Determinants of Hispanic Remittances
This article explores whether a data set on demographic and economic characteristics of Hispanic-origin persons in the United States from the 1990 U.S. Population Census can inform the discussion on the detenninants of remittances from this population to selected Latin American and Caribbean countries. Parts I and 2 of the article discuss available data on remittances flows to selected Latin American countries and on the characteristics of person…
Refugee Remittances
This article assesses the notion that the determinants of remittances generated by refugee flows, particularly from Communist-inspired systems, are different from those associated with labor migrations. Labor migration, by definition, involves the voluntary departure from the home country in search of better economic options, whereas refugees, including those from communist systems, depart their homelands for a combination of political and econom…
Refugee Remittances
The Cuban Economy in the Age of Hemispheric Integration
While the Latin American economies have been undergoing profound economic reforms in a political context marked by multiparty democracy and free elections, the Cuban government has adamantly rejected meaningful change. During the second half of the 1980s, as the majority of countries in the Western Hemisphere liberalized their economies and rolled back government intervention, Cuba moved in the opposite direction. Since mid-1993 and while in the …
Conflict and cooperation in U.S.‐Mexican labor relations
This paper: (1) describes the institutions and mechanisms that have been created in North America under the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC) to address labor standards issues as free trade and closer economic cooperation proceeds; and (2) provides an interim assessment of the performance of those institutions and mechanisms. The paper concludes that the experiences of the first eighteen months of implementation of the NAALC h…
Foreign investiment in socialist Cuba
Cuba's Second Economy
Cuba's Socialist Economy Toward the Mid‐1990s
In the years 1991–93, the Cuban economy declined by some 50 per cent, and it is in a dire condition. Some measures have been introduced to counteract the decline: permitting the use of foreign currencies (particularly the dollar), allowing self‐employment and converting state farms into co‐operatives, and attempting to attract foreign firms to enter joint ventures, particularly in tourism. The reforms have been only partial, however, and evidentl…
The Cuban Revolution in Crisis
Cuba at a Crossroads
By October 1991, when Cuba's Fourth Communist Party Congress met, international communism had crumbled, and Cuba, mired in deep recession, faced serious internal pressures and a hostile external economic environment. These essays reflect the political and economic concerns of the Congress
The Economics of Cuban Sugar
The Economics of Cuban Sugar
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-305) and index
Bringing the Cuban Economy into Focus
Two differing views of the economy of contemporary Cuba continue to coexist. One portrays it as dynamic, largely unaffected by inflation, providing full employment for its citizens, diversified, and the unquestioned leader within Latin America in real economic growth in the 1970s and 1980s. The logical conclusion to be drawn from this view is that the Cuban economic model and its implementation in the island have been a success and that other dev…
Swimming Against the Tide
Since mid-1989, remarkable political and economic changes have occurred in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Although the countries differ with regard to the scope, speed, and sequence of these changes, in the economic arena the objective is, in all cases, to abandon traditional central planning and replace it with a market economy. An integral component of these efforts to establish markets is the reform of foreign economic relations and grea…
South-South cooperation
Rectification at three
Labor Migration and Offshore Assembly in the Socialist World
This article analyzes labor flows from Cuba to Eastern Europe (East Germany Czechoslovakia and Hungary) and to the Soviet Union during the 1980s; it also examines the phenomenon of Soviet assembly operations on the island. The analysis suggests that these labor flows were largely motivated by factors similar to those that drive labor migration in the West--notably labor complementarities arising from differential rates of labor force growth and t…
Sugar and structural change in the Cuban economy
Export Assembly Operations in Mexico and the Caribbean
Faced with limited opportunities for their primary-product exports, many developing countries have sought new strategies to develop manufactured products for export. Often lacking the necessary infrastructure for industrialization but possessing abundant labor resources, some developing economies have attempted to attract investment through assembly operations that promote domestic employment, exports, and local development
Cuban-Soviet Sugar Trade
Central to the economic relationship between Cuba and the Soviet Union is sugar trade. Since 1961, the Soviet Union has been Cuba's most important market for sugar exports. During the period 1981-1985, for example, the Soviet Union took over one half of Cuba's physical exports of sugar and sugar accounted for over 80 per cent of the value of total Cuban exports to the Soviet Union (Anuario, 1985:385,432-433). In addition to purchasing large quant…
Measuring Cuban Economic Performance
Analysts attempting to assess economic growth in revolutionary Cuba are faced with two formidable obstacles: (1) official macroeconomic indicators published by the government are scarce and sometimes inconsistent because of frequent changes in the method of calculation; and (2) these indicators are not compatible with those produced by market economies because of differences in national income concepts. Because of these obstacles, it is difficult…
Nuclear Power in Cuba after Chernobyl
The long-term effects of the April 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union extend far beyond that nation's borders. To be sure, radioactive materials spewed into the atmosphere at Chernobyl covered a wide swath across Europe and provoked a strong reaction from neighboring states. More important and potentially more long-lasting, Chernobyl caused the world to undertake a fundamental rethinking of its position on nucl…
Cuban-Soviet Sugar Trade
Central to the economic relationship between Cuba and the Soviet Union is sugar trade. Since 1961, the Soviet Union has been Cuba's most important market for sugar exports. During the period 1981-1985, for example, the Soviet Union took over one half of Cuba's physical exports of sugar and sugar accounted for over 80 per cent of the value of total Cuban exports to the Soviet Union (Anuario, 1985:385,432-433). In addition to purchasing large quant…
Refugee Remittances
Refugee Remittances
This article assesses the notion that the determinants of remittances generated by refugee flows, particularly from Communist-inspired systems, are different from those associated with labor migrations. Labor migration, by definition, involves the voluntary departure from the home country in search of better economic options, whereas refugees, including those from communist systems, depart their homelands for a combination of political and econom…
Labor Migration and Offshore Assembly in the Socialist World
This article analyzes labor flows from Cuba to Eastern Europe (East Germany Czechoslovakia and Hungary) and to the Soviet Union during the 1980s; it also examines the phenomenon of Soviet assembly operations on the island. The analysis suggests that these labor flows were largely motivated by factors similar to those that drive labor migration in the West--notably labor complementarities arising from differential rates of labor force growth and t…
The Determinants of Hispanic Remittances
This article explores whether a data set on demographic and economic characteristics of Hispanic-origin persons in the United States from the 1990 U.S. Population Census can inform the discussion on the detenninants of remittances from this population to selected Latin American and Caribbean countries. Parts I and 2 of the article discuss available data on remittances flows to selected Latin American countries and on the characteristics of person…
Swimming Against the Tide
Since mid-1989, remarkable political and economic changes have occurred in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Although the countries differ with regard to the scope, speed, and sequence of these changes, in the economic arena the objective is, in all cases, to abandon traditional central planning and replace it with a market economy. An integral component of these efforts to establish markets is the reform of foreign economic relations and grea…
Export Assembly Operations in Mexico and the Caribbean
Faced with limited opportunities for their primary-product exports, many developing countries have sought new strategies to develop manufactured products for export. Often lacking the necessary infrastructure for industrialization but possessing abundant labor resources, some developing economies have attempted to attract investment through assembly operations that promote domestic employment, exports, and local development
Estimating Cuban gross domestic product per capita in dollars using physical indicators
Waiting for Godot
The Cuban government has postponed essential economic reforms because of their potential to erode its power base
The Cuban Economy in the Age of Hemispheric Integration
While the Latin American economies have been undergoing profound economic reforms in a political context marked by multiparty democracy and free elections, the Cuban government has adamantly rejected meaningful change. During the second half of the 1980s, as the majority of countries in the Western Hemisphere liberalized their economies and rolled back government intervention, Cuba moved in the opposite direction. Since mid-1993 and while in the …
Conflict and cooperation in U.S.‐Mexican labor relations
This paper: (1) describes the institutions and mechanisms that have been created in North America under the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC) to address labor standards issues as free trade and closer economic cooperation proceeds; and (2) provides an interim assessment of the performance of those institutions and mechanisms. The paper concludes that the experiences of the first eighteen months of implementation of the NAALC h…
Cuba's Socialist Economy Toward the Mid‐1990s
In the years 1991–93, the Cuban economy declined by some 50 per cent, and it is in a dire condition. Some measures have been introduced to counteract the decline: permitting the use of foreign currencies (particularly the dollar), allowing self‐employment and converting state farms into co‐operatives, and attempting to attract foreign firms to enter joint ventures, particularly in tourism. The reforms have been only partial, however, and evidentl…
South-South cooperation
Rectification at three
Sugar and structural change in the Cuban economy
Energy Production, Imports, and Consumption in Revolutionary Cuba
The extensive post-1973 literature analyzing and comparing national energy policies across countries has generally excluded Cuba, purportedly because of the unavailability of appropriate data. As a result, very little serious work has been carried out assessing Cuba's current energy balances and the efficacy of its policies in adjusting to the new global energy situation. While it is incontrovertible that available official Cuban energy data are …
Two Decades of Cuban Socialism
What does Cuba expect in the year 1980? A per capita income of approximately $3000, higher than the United States
Estimating Cuban gross domestic product per capita in dollars using physical indicators
Measuring Cuban Economic Performance
Analysts attempting to assess economic growth in revolutionary Cuba are faced with two formidable obstacles: (1) official macroeconomic indicators published by the government are scarce and sometimes inconsistent because of frequent changes in the method of calculation; and (2) these indicators are not compatible with those produced by market economies because of differences in national income concepts. Because of these obstacles, it is difficult…
Nuclear Power in Cuba after Chernobyl
The long-term effects of the April 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union extend far beyond that nation's borders. To be sure, radioactive materials spewed into the atmosphere at Chernobyl covered a wide swath across Europe and provoked a strong reaction from neighboring states. More important and potentially more long-lasting, Chernobyl caused the world to undertake a fundamental rethinking of its position on nucl…
Cuban-Soviet Sugar Trade
Central to the economic relationship between Cuba and the Soviet Union is sugar trade. Since 1961, the Soviet Union has been Cuba's most important market for sugar exports. During the period 1981-1985, for example, the Soviet Union took over one half of Cuba's physical exports of sugar and sugar accounted for over 80 per cent of the value of total Cuban exports to the Soviet Union (Anuario, 1985:385,432-433). In addition to purchasing large quant…
Sugar and structural change in the Cuban economy
Export Assembly Operations in Mexico and the Caribbean
Faced with limited opportunities for their primary-product exports, many developing countries have sought new strategies to develop manufactured products for export. Often lacking the necessary infrastructure for industrialization but possessing abundant labor resources, some developing economies have attempted to attract investment through assembly operations that promote domestic employment, exports, and local development
South-South cooperation
Rectification at three
Labor Migration and Offshore Assembly in the Socialist World
This article analyzes labor flows from Cuba to Eastern Europe (East Germany Czechoslovakia and Hungary) and to the Soviet Union during the 1980s; it also examines the phenomenon of Soviet assembly operations on the island. The analysis suggests that these labor flows were largely motivated by factors similar to those that drive labor migration in the West--notably labor complementarities arising from differential rates of labor force growth and t…
The Economics of Cuban Sugar
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-305) and index
Bringing the Cuban Economy into Focus
Two differing views of the economy of contemporary Cuba continue to coexist. One portrays it as dynamic, largely unaffected by inflation, providing full employment for its citizens, diversified, and the unquestioned leader within Latin America in real economic growth in the 1970s and 1980s. The logical conclusion to be drawn from this view is that the Cuban economic model and its implementation in the island have been a success and that other dev…
Swimming Against the Tide
Since mid-1989, remarkable political and economic changes have occurred in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Although the countries differ with regard to the scope, speed, and sequence of these changes, in the economic arena the objective is, in all cases, to abandon traditional central planning and replace it with a market economy. An integral component of these efforts to establish markets is the reform of foreign economic relations and grea…
The Economics of Cuban Sugar
Cuba's Socialist Economy Toward the Mid‐1990s
In the years 1991–93, the Cuban economy declined by some 50 per cent, and it is in a dire condition. Some measures have been introduced to counteract the decline: permitting the use of foreign currencies (particularly the dollar), allowing self‐employment and converting state farms into co‐operatives, and attempting to attract foreign firms to enter joint ventures, particularly in tourism. The reforms have been only partial, however, and evidentl…
The Cuban Revolution in Crisis
Cuba at a Crossroads
By October 1991, when Cuba's Fourth Communist Party Congress met, international communism had crumbled, and Cuba, mired in deep recession, faced serious internal pressures and a hostile external economic environment. These essays reflect the political and economic concerns of the Congress
Conflict and cooperation in U.S.‐Mexican labor relations
This paper: (1) describes the institutions and mechanisms that have been created in North America under the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC) to address labor standards issues as free trade and closer economic cooperation proceeds; and (2) provides an interim assessment of the performance of those institutions and mechanisms. The paper concludes that the experiences of the first eighteen months of implementation of the NAALC h…
Foreign investiment in socialist Cuba
Cuba's Second Economy
Refugee Remittances
This article assesses the notion that the determinants of remittances generated by refugee flows, particularly from Communist-inspired systems, are different from those associated with labor migrations. Labor migration, by definition, involves the voluntary departure from the home country in search of better economic options, whereas refugees, including those from communist systems, depart their homelands for a combination of political and econom…
Refugee Remittances
The Cuban Economy in the Age of Hemispheric Integration
While the Latin American economies have been undergoing profound economic reforms in a political context marked by multiparty democracy and free elections, the Cuban government has adamantly rejected meaningful change. During the second half of the 1980s, as the majority of countries in the Western Hemisphere liberalized their economies and rolled back government intervention, Cuba moved in the opposite direction. Since mid-1993 and while in the …
The Determinants of Hispanic Remittances
This article explores whether a data set on demographic and economic characteristics of Hispanic-origin persons in the United States from the 1990 U.S. Population Census can inform the discussion on the detenninants of remittances from this population to selected Latin American and Caribbean countries. Parts I and 2 of the article discuss available data on remittances flows to selected Latin American countries and on the characteristics of person…
Economics (25 works) · Cuban History and Society (20 works) · Political science (20 works) · Law (11 works) · Economy (10 works) · Development economics (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Business (6 works) · International trade (6 works)