James Tybout

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of tariffs, trade costs, and firing costs on firm dynamics and labor markets outcomes are explored, based on a general equilibrium model with labor market search frictions, wage bargaining, firing costs, firm-specific productivity shocks, and endogenous entry/exit decisions.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe and interpret the outcome of the reform packages in Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay during 1974-83, showing that all three countries experienced initial success with the rescue operation from the severe macroeconomic disequilibrium at the inception of the reforms.

TL;DR: Using transactions-level customs data from Colombia, this paper studied firm-specific export patterns over the period 1996-2005 and found that new exporters tend to be extremely small in terms of their overall contribution to export revenues, and most do not continue exporting in the following year.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of the role of education vouchers in the provision of health care in developing countries, focusing on three types of projects: health care, education, and housing.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors exploit plant-level panel data from Chile to provide new evidence on the empirical significance of scale economies in manufacturing sectors and show that returns to scale for three-digit industries are fairly evenly distributed over the plausible range of 0 8 to 12, and none is statistically significantly different from constant returns.