Browsing by Author "Rivero, Rosario"
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- ItemDo large retailers affect employment? Evidence from an emerging economy(2008) Rivero, Rosario; Vergara, RodrigoThis article studies the effect of the emergence of large retailers (hypermarkets and department stores) on employment in the commerce sector in the regions of Chile. We use a panel with quarterly data from 11 Chilean regions for the period 1996 to 2004. Our results indicate that the entry of large retailers produces a discrete increase in employment in the commerce sector in the quarter that the entry occurs. We also find that there is an additional positive effect on employment throughout the year entry occurs, suggesting that suppliers or other parts of the chain of production follow the large retailer into the local market. However, after the first year of the entry there is a partial reversion, suggesting that smaller retailers exit or contract in response to the entry of the large retailer. The net effect on employment of the entry of a large retailer is an increase of 300 jobs.
- ItemEntry and prices: Evidence from the supermarket sector(2007) Lira, Loreto; Rivero, Rosario; Vergara, RodrigoThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect on prices of the entry of a large supermarket into a given location. We use a panel with data from fifteen cities in Chile for the period 1998: I-2004: IV. We correct for the potential simultaneity problem derived from the fact that entry can be a response to price differentials. We find that the entry of a hypermarket to a given city reduces relative prices in that local market by 7-11%. Most interestingly, we also find that part of this effect takes place the year before the supermarket actually opens for business.
- ItemFirst job and the unequal distribution of primary school teachers: Evidence for the case of Chile(2017) Cabezas Gazaga, Verónica; Paredes M., Ricardo; Bogolasky, Francisca; Rivero, Rosario; Zarhi, Magdalena