Do large retailers affect employment? Evidence from an emerging economy

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dc.contributor.authorRivero, Rosario
dc.contributor.authorVergara, Rodrigo
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T01:05:13Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T01:05:13Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13504850600689998
dc.identifier.issn1350-4851
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13504850600689998
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/95860
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000252312200016
dc.issue.numero1
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final68
dc.pagina.inicio65
dc.revistaApplied economics letters
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subject.ods09 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
dc.subject.odspa09 Industria, innovación e infraestructura
dc.titleDo large retailers affect employment? Evidence from an emerging economy
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen15
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sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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