Javiera Selman
Biographic Data
| ID | 6360714 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Javiera Selman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Javiera |
| FAMILY NAME | Selman |
| SIGNATURE | SELMAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Alberto Hurtado University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Skipping the Bag
Regulation of goods associated with negative environmental externalities may decrease consumption of the targeted product, but may be ineffective at reducing the externality itself if close substitutes are left unregulated. We find evidence that plastic bag bans, the most common disposable bag regulation in the U.S., led retailers to circumvent the regulation by providing free thicker plastic bags, which are not covered by the ban. In contrast, a…
Wage differentials between the publicand private sectors in Chile
Despite its importance, the literature on wage differentials between public- and privatesectors employees in Latin America is sparse. This article analyses the wage gap between the two sectors in Chile, based on monthly longitudinal data obtained from the Social Protection Survey (eps) for the period 2002-2009. The study takes advantage of the panel structure of the data to control for time-invariant observable and unobservable factors that deter…
Skipping the Bag
Regulation of goods associated with negative environmental externalities may decrease consumption of the targeted product, but may be ineffective at reducing the externality itself if close substitutes are left unregulated. We find evidence that plastic bag bans, the most common disposable bag regulation in the U.S., led retailers to circumvent the regulation by providing free thicker plastic bags, which are not covered by the ban. In contrast, a…
Wage differentials between the publicand private sectors in Chile
Despite its importance, the literature on wage differentials between public- and privatesectors employees in Latin America is sparse. This article analyses the wage gap between the two sectors in Chile, based on monthly longitudinal data obtained from the Social Protection Survey (eps) for the period 2002-2009. The study takes advantage of the panel structure of the data to control for time-invariant observable and unobservable factors that deter…
Skipping the Bag
Regulation of goods associated with negative environmental externalities may decrease consumption of the targeted product, but may be ineffective at reducing the externality itself if close substitutes are left unregulated. We find evidence that plastic bag bans, the most common disposable bag regulation in the U.S., led retailers to circumvent the regulation by providing free thicker plastic bags, which are not covered by the ban. In contrast, a…
Economics (2 works) · Business (1 work) · Commerce (1 work) · Consumption (sociology (1 work) · Demographic economics (1 work) · Differential (mechanical device (1 work) · Econometrics (1 work) · Economic and Environmental Valuation (1 work) · Economic growth (1 work) · Economy (1 work)