This is a list of some of my
research papers. They are listed in chronological order. You can
find, and download, some of my more recent papers by going back to my Home Page
and clicking on "Recent Papers."
A. Books
1. The
Gender Impact of Pension Reform (co authors Estelle James and Rebeca Wong) Chicago: University of Chicago Press (2008)
2. Critical Decisions at a Critical Age: Adolescents and Young Adults in Latin America (Suzanne Durvyea, Alejandra Cox Edwards and Manuelita Ureta, Editors) Inter-American Development Bank - Research Department Technical Series, Washington DC 2003.
3. Workers in an Integrating World. World Development Report 1995 (collaboration) Oxford University Press for The World Bank, 1995
4. Labor and Economic Reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean (main author) A Regional Perspectives Paper of the World Development Report 95. Washington: The World Bank, 1995.
5. Monetarism and Liberalization: The Chilean Experiment. With a New Afterword. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (1991).
6. Monetarismo y Liberalizacion: El experimento Chileno. Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Economica (1992) (Translated by Jose Luis Perez Hernandez).
7. Monetarism and
Liberalization: The Chilean Experiment (co
author: S. Edwards). Ballinger Publishing Co.,
Cambridge, MA. (1987). Selected for the
Choice Magazine's 1987-1988 Outstanding Academic Books List.
B. Journal Articles
1. “The Gender Impact of Social Security Reform in Latin America,” (with Estelle James and Rebeca Wong) Well-Being and Social Policy (Bienestar y Política Social) 1,#1: 1-34.
2. “Pension Reforms
and Employment,”
International Economics Journal 19, #2, June 2005: 305-19.
3. International Migration, Remittances, and Schooling: Evidence from El Salvador,” (with Manuelita Ureta) Journal of Development Economics 72 #2, December 2003: 429-62.
4. “The Gender Impact of Pension Reform,” (with Estelle James and Rebeca Wong) Journal of Pension Economics and Finance 2 #2, July 2003: 181-219.
5. “Gender Effects of Social Security Reform in Chile,” The World Bank Economic Review 16 #3 (2002) :321-43.
6. “Social Security Reform and Labor markets: The Case of Chile,” (co-author Sebastian Edwards) Economic Development and Cultural Change 50 #3 April, 2002.
7. “Labor Market Dynamics During a Period of Structural Change: California in the Early 1990s,” (with Lisa Grobar) Growth and Change XXI, #1 Winter 2000: pp 59-81 (see listing in SSRN).
8. “Economic Reforms and Labor Markets: Policy Issues and Lessons from Chile,” (co-authored). Economic Policy 30, April 2000 (183-229). This paper is also available as a NBER Working Paper #7646 (April 2000). National Bureau of Economic Research-Cambridge MA. Tambien en espanol en Estudios Publicos #78, Fall, 2000.
9. “Pension Projections for Chilean Men and Women: Estimates from Social Security Contributions” (translated to Spanish as "El Futuro de las Pensiones en Chile") Estudios Públicos #79 Winter, 2000
10. “Trade Liberalization and Unemployment: Policy Issues and Evidence from Chile,” Cuadernos de Economia Year 33, Volume 33, #99 August 1996 (227-50).
11. “La formacion profesional en America Latina: Nuevos remedios para un viejo paciente.” [Workers training in Latin America: New remedies for an old patient.] (collaboration) in Planeación y Desarrollo. vol. 25, Special edition “Lessons from Indonesia, Training for a new labor market,” 1994.
12. "Rates of Return to Education in Brazil: Do Labor Market Conditions Matter?" (co-author). Economics of Education Review vol. 12, #3, 1993.
13. "Macroeconomic Influences on Female Labor Force Participation: The Latin American Evidence". (co-author) Estudios de Economia June 1993.
14. "Markets and Democracy: Exploring Chile's Economic Future" (co-author). The World Economy Vol. 15, #2, 1992.
15. "Labor Supply Price, Market Wage, and the Social Opportunity Cost of Labor." Economic Development and Cultural Change 38, #1 (October, 1989): pp. 31-43. Reprinted in Cost-Benefit Analysis Edited by Arnold C. Harberger and Glenn P. Jenkings, pp 204-16. The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics 152. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2002
16. "Understanding Differences in Wages relative to Income per capita: the case of teachers' salaries." Economics of Education Review 8 #2 (1989): pp. 197-207.
17. "The Chilean Stabilization Program of 1973-1983" (Co-author Sebastian Edwards (UCLA)). Monetary Affairs (May 1988).
18. "Las diferencias Salariales no Compensadas: Implicaciones y Medicion en el Caso Chileno 1974-1980" ["Uncompensated Wage Differentials, Implications and Measurement for the Chilean Case, 1974-1980"] El Trimestre Economico (April, 1988)
19. "El Mercado Laboral en Chile Durante la decada
1974?1983: Problemas de Ajuste" ["The Labor Market in Chile During the
1974?1983 Decade: Problems of Adjustment] Cuadernos
de Economia (August 1987)
C. Book Chapters
1.
“Women in the Latin America and
Caribbean Labor Market: The Remarkable 1990s”
(with Suzanne Durvyea and Manuelita
Ureta), Chapter 2 in Women at Work edited by
Claudia Piras, InterAmerican
Development Bank, Washington DC 2004.
2.
“Pension Reforms and Women’s
Formal Employment,” Chapter
9 in
Women at Work edited by Claudia Piras, InterAmerican Development Bank, Washington D.C. 2004.
3. "Labor Supply Price, Market Wage, and the Social Opportunity Cost of Labor,” (Economic Development and Cultural Change 38 (2)) Chapter 11 in Cost-Benefit Analysis. Arnold C. Harberger and Glenn P. Jenkins (editors) for The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics. An Elgar Reference Collection, 2002.
4. “The economics of employment protection, and unemployment insurance schemes: Reflections on policy options for Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia.” (2001) (with Cristopher Manning) Chaper 8 in East Asian Labor Markets and the economic crisis: Impact, Responses & Lessons. Edited by G. Betcherman and R. Islam. World Bank and ILO.
5. “Wage Employment and Rural Poverty Alleviation,” (2000) Chapter 5 in Poverty in Latin America edited by Ramón López and Alberto Valdes. London: Mc Millan and New York: St. Martin Press.
6. “Chile - Case 10 Part II: High Growth Economies” in Vocational Education and Training Reform: Matching Skills to Markets and Budgets, edited by I. Gill, F. Fluitman and A. Dar. Oxford University Press for The World Bank, 2000.
7. “Is Protectionism Still Alive?” (1998) in Trade: Towards Open Regionalism. Conference Proceedings edited by S. Burki, G. Perry and S. Calvo. Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Washington DC: The World Bank: pp. 256-59
8. “Labor Market Reform” (1998) in Preparing Global Professionals for the New Century. Issues, Curricula and Strategies for International Affairs Education edited by Michelle Cisco Titi. Washington DC: Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs. Pp. 30-33.
9. “Job Security and Bargaining Power in Asia and Latin America,” in Rethinking Development in East Asia and Latin America edited by James McGuire. Conference proceedings. Pacific Council on International Policy and Center for International Studies - University of Southern California. (December 1997). Pp 123-25.
10. “Labor market Regulations in Latin America: An Overview” (1997): Chapter 5 in Labor Markets in Latin America: Combining Social Protection with Market Flexibility, edited by S. Edwards and N. Lustig. Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution Press.
11. “Trade liberalization and unemployment: Policy issues and evidence from Chile,” (1997) in International Trade and Labor Markets edited by Jitendradal Borkakotic and Chris Milner for the International Economics Study Group. London: MacMillan Press.
12. "The Economy," Chapter 3, in Chile, The Library of Congress Series, edited by Rex Hudson. Washington: Library of Congress. 1994
13. "Gender Wage Differentials and Changing Labor Market Conditions in Chile". in Legislation and Women's Employment and Pay edited by Carolyn Winter. Washington: The World Bank. (forthcoming)
14. "Gender Aspects of Labor Allocation during Structural Adjustment" (with Paul Collier, Judith Roberts and Kalpana Bardhan). Chapter 6 in Labor Markets in an Era of Adjustment, edited by D. Mazumdar and S. Horton. World Bank, Economic Development Institute, 1994.
15. "Labor Market Distortions and Structural Adjustment in Developing Countries" (with Sebastian Edwards). Chapter 2 in Labor Markets in an Era of Adjustment, edited by D. Mazumdar and S. Horton. World Bank, Economic Development Institute, 1994.
16. "Teacher Compensation in Developing Countries" Chapter 4 (pgs. 53-66) in Teachers in Developing Countries: Improving Effectiveness and Managing Costs. Edited by J.P. Farrel and J.B. Oliveira. EDI Seminar Series. Economic Development Institute of The World Bank, 1993.
17. "Labor Market
Adjustment with Indexation: The Case of Chile between 1974 and 1980." In Latin American Debt and Adjustment: External Shocks and
Macroeconomic Policies, edited by P. Brock, M. Connolly, and C.
Gonzales-Vega. New-York. Preager
Publishers (1989): pp. 133-153.
D. Book Reviews
Reforming
Pensions in Europe: Evolution of Pension Financing and Sources of Retirement
Income,
Gerard Hughes and Jim Stewart editors, Cheltenham, UK & Northampton, MA USA:
Edward Elgar 2004. Journal
of Pension Economics and Finance (forthcoming).
Work
in the New Economy: Flexible Labor Markets in Silicon Valley, by
Chris Benner. 2002. The Information Age Series. Oxford, UK and Malden
Massachusetts: Blackwell. (with Lisa Grobar) Journal of Regional Science 44,#1
(2004): 172-74.
"Debt and Transfiguration?. Prospects for Latin America's economic revival. Edited by David Felix. Armouk, N.Y. and London: Sharpe, 1990." Journal of Economic Literature Vol 31, March 1993: 24-25.
Human
Resource Development and Utilization S.I. Cohen. Hampshire: Averbury,
1994. Economics of Education Review Vol 15 #4, pp. 445-46 1996.
E. Other Publications
“The Impact of Social Security
Reform on Women in Three Countries,”
(with Estelle
James and Rebeca Wong) National Center for Policy
Analysis Report #264. November
2003.
"The Gender Impact of Pension Reforms: And Which Policies Shape This Impact," (with Estelle JAmes and Rebeca Wong) Social Science Research Network Electronic Library Nov 2003.
"The Impact of Social Security Reform on Women in Three Countries," (with Estelle James and Rebeca Wong) National Center for Policy Analysis Policy Report # 264 November 2003.
"Labor Market Analysis," (with Vicente Fretes-Cibils) in Mexico: Southern States Development Strategy The World Bank (forthcoming).
"Contingent Workers in California" (with Lisa Grobar) (2002) California Policy Options UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. The UCLA Anderson Forecast: pp 155-77.
“Rural Labor Markets” Chapter 1 in Poland – The functioning of the labor, land and financial markets: opportunities and constraints for farming sector restructuring, The World Bank Sector Report #22598, Dec. 2001: pp. 1-32.
“Women in the LAC Labor Market: The Remarkable 1990s,” (with Suzanne Durvyea (I.D.B) and Manuelita Ureta (Texas A & M ) presented at the VI Annual Meetings of LACEA. Montevideo – Uruguay, October 18-20, 2001 (Spanish Translation)
Social Security Reform and
Women's Pensions The World Bank, Gender Policy Research Report Working
Paper Series - February 2001
“Economic Reforms and Labor Markets: Policy Issues and Lessons from Chile,” (co-authored). Economic Policy 30, April 2000 (183-229). This paper is also available as a NBER Working Paper #7646 (April 2000). National Bureau of Economic Research-Cambridge MA.
“Labor Market Reforms and the Modernization of Labor Relations in Chile” Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas vol VI, #2 Fall 1999: pp. 285-306.
“Labor Regulations and Industrial Relations in Indonesia” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper # 1640. The World Bank, Poverty and Social Policy Department, August 1996.
"Labor Market Legislation in Latin America and the Caribbean" World Bank, Latin America and the Caribbean Technical Department. Regional Studies Program. Report # 31, December 1993.
"The Brazilian Labor Market in the 1980s" World Bank Report No. 9693-BR. Country Operations Division , Country Department I, Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office. May 1993.
Wage Trends in Latin America A View from LATHR #18, Washington D.C. The World Bank, September 1991.
"Teachers' Salaries: International Comparisons". Entry in The International Encyclopedia of Education: Supplementary Volume Two (1990) Pergamon Press: Oxford.
"Labor
Market Distortions and Structural Adjustment in Developing Countries,"
(co-author S. Edwards) National Bureau of Economic Research Papers Series
#3346, July 1990.