Browsing by Author "Robbins, Donald"

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    • Occupational mobility and gender: implications for government policy 
      Robbins, Donald (Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 1994-06)
      Data on all persons employed in the California State Civil Service between 1977 and 1985 reveals a marked improvement in the distribution of women across income classes. An important part of this improvement appears due ...
    • Relative wage structure in Chile, 1957 - 1992: Changes in the structure of demand for schooling 
      Robbins, Donald (Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 1994-11)
      It has traditionally been hypothesized that moving from Protectionist to liberalized trade in developing countries (LDCs) will decrease the relative wages of skilled versus unskilled labor (or “relative wages”). Trade ...
    • Trade and wages in Colombia 
      Robbins, Donald (Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 1997-06)
      This paper examines the impacts of real devaluation, trade liberalization and the growing relative supply of skill on wage dispersion in Colombia’s seven principal cities over 1976-1994. The Hecksher-Ohlin-Samuelson(HOS) ...
    • ¿Varían los retornos a la escolaridad a través de ramas industriales? Evidencia para el caso de la manufactura ... 
      Minowa, Mari; Robbins, Donald (Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 1992-06)
      Mientras los trabajos anteriores sobre la distribución del ingreso en Brasil han enfatizado el rol jugado por factores de demanda para explicar la tasa de retorno a la escolaridad, muy pocos trabajos han estudiado la ...