Browsing by Author "Fuentes, Rodrigo"

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    • Convergence in the Southern Cone 
      Elías, Víctor J.; Fuentes, Rodrigo (Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 1998-12)
      The main objective of this paper is to analyze the degree of regional economic convergence in the Southern Cone, using regional data of Argentina and Chile during the 1960-1985 period. This study found a more rapid convergence ...
    • Estimación del stock de capital en Chile: 1960-1984 
      Haindl R., Erik; Fuentes, Rodrigo (Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 1986-04)
      En este artículo se construye una serie homogénea del stock de capital de la economía chilena entre 1960 y 1984. El enfoque metodológico básico es el desarrollado por Arnold Harberger. En los casos en que este método no ...
    • Minimum wage and productivity: Evidence from Chilean manufacturing plants 
      Álvarez Espinoza, Roberto; Fuentes, Rodrigo (University of Chicago, 2018)
      This paper analyzes the effects of the minimum wage on a firm's productivity. The main hypothesis is that an increase in the minimum wage has a negative effect on total factor productivity (TFP) due to the existence of ...
    • Openness and economic efficiency: evidence from the chilean manufacturing industry 
      Fuentes, Rodrigo (Universidad de Chile. Departamento de Economía, 1995-12)
      This paper highligts a long-standing debate on whether openess does help economic efficiency in the light of the data for chilean manufacturing industry. To do so, we analyze the TFP growth during the period of the abrupt ...