This paper uses two sources of information and different methodologies to analyze the causal effect of product and process innovation on productivity in the Chilean manufacturing industry during the past decade. In general, the evidence suggests there is not a contemporaneous effect of product...

The Capital Markets and Financial Institutions Division, as part of its Knowledge Management Strategy, designed a tool to standardize the analysis and classification of projects financed by the division since the year 2000. It is meant to be used by staff and consultants in any analysis...

The purpose of this Strategic Framework is to guide, and help increase the effectiveness of, Bank action in the education sector. The Framework responds to requests by the Board of Executive Directors for updated sector strategies following the approval of the Institutional Strategy in 1999. The...

This study examines the impact of unions on wages and employment using data from Uruguay in a period when unions were banned (1973-1984), then legalized with tripartite bargaining (1984-1991) followed by industry-wide or firm-specific bargaining (1992-1997). The paper begins with background on...

In this paper we analyze changes in the export mix of Chilean firms, looking particularly at differences between large firms and SMEs. To do that, we use detailed information of exported products by firms during the period 1995-2005. Our econometric results, which look at the impact of export...