HR job title
- Professor
- Contact Info
- 1 979 862 3469
- ORCiD
- 0000-0002-0989-7673
Robertson, Raymond Professor
Positions
- Professor, International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service
- Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)
Research Areas
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Overview
Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Abreha, K., & Robertson, R.
(2023).
Heterogeneous Trade Agreements and Adverse Implications of Restrictive Rules of Origin: Evidence from Apparel Trade. World Economy, The.
46(12), 3482-3510.
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Ges, C., Lopez-Acevedo, G., & Robertson, R.
(2023).
Gender-Segmented Labor Markets and Trade Shocks
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Cerda, M. M., Lopez-Acevedo, G., & Robertson, R.
(2023).
The Relationship between Female Labor Force Participation and Violent Conflicts in South Asia. Contemporary South Asia.
31(3), 371-389.
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Robertson, R.
(2023).
Labor compliance programs in developing countries and trade flows: Evidence from Better Work. Economics Letters.
228, 111162-111162.
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LeClercq, D., Robertson, R., & Samaan, D.
(2023).
Labor Provisions in Trade Agreements: Recasting the Protectionist Debate. Journal of Law, Economics & Organization.
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Abreha, K., & Robertson, R.
(2023).
Revisiting the Effects of Regional Trade Agreements Using Staggered Adoption Designs
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Robertson, R., Vergara, M., & Lopez-Acevedo, G.
(2022).
Is International Trade Always Beneficial to Labor Markets? A Case Study from Egypt
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Berg, C. N., Robertson, R., & Lopez-Acevedo, G.
(2022).
Exports and Labor Demand: Evidence from Egyptian Firm-Level Data
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Robertson, R., Vergara Bahena, M. A., Kokas, D., & Lopez-Acevedo, G.
(2021).
International Trade and Labor Markets: Evidence from the Arab Republic of Egypt
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Robertson, R., Brown, D., & Dehejia, R.
(2021).
Working conditions and factory survival: Evidence from better factories Cambodia. Review of Development Economics.
25(1), 228-254.
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Robertson, R.
(2020).
Lights On: How Transparency Increases Compliance in Cambodian Global Value Chains. Industrial & Labor Relations Review.
73(4), 939-968.
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Robertson, R., Halliday, T. J., & Vasireddy, S.
(2020).
Labour market adjustment to third-party competition: Evidence from Mexico. World Economy, The.
43(7), 1977-2006.
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Robertson, R., Lopez-Acevedo, G., & Morales, M.
(2020).
The Relationship between Female Labor Force Participation and Violent Conflicts in South Asia
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Robertson, R., Kokas, D., Cardozo, D., & Lopez-Acevedo, G.
(2020).
Short and Long-Run Labor Market Effects of Developing Country Exports: Evidence from Bangladesh
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Robertson, R., Lopez-Acevedo, G., & Savchenko, Y.
(2020).
Globalisation and the Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from Sri Lanka and Cambodia. Journal of Development Studies.
56(2), 295-313.
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Robertson, R.
(2019).
Red Is the New Green: The Rise of Chinas Influence in Latin America. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH REVIEW.
54(3), 763-771.
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Robertson, R.
(2019).
China on the Ground in Latin America: Challenges for the Chinese and Impacts on the Region. LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH REVIEW.
54(3), 763-771.
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Lederman, D., & Robertson, R.
(2018).
Economic integration across Latin America: Evidence from labour markets, 1990-2013. World Economy, The.
41(5), 1269-1287.
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Brown, D. K., Dehejia, R. H., & Robertson, R.
(2018).
The Impact of Better Work
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Halliday, T., Lederman, D., & Robertson, R.
(2018).
Tracking wage inequality trends with prices and different trade models: evidence from Mexico. Review of World Economics.
154(1), 47-73.
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Adler, P., Brown, D., Dehejia, R., Domat, G., & Robertson, R.
(2017).
Do Factory Managers Know What Workers Want? ManagerWorker Information Asymmetries and Pareto Optimal Human Resource Management Policies. Asian Development Review.
34(1), 65-87.
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Gandolfi, D., Halliday, T., & Robertson, R.
(2017).
Trade, FDI, migration, and the place premium: Mexico and the United States. Review of World Economics.
153(1), 1-37.
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Robertson, R., Di, H., Brown, D., & Dehejia, R.
(2016).
Working Conditions, Work Outcomes, and Policy in Asian Developing Countries
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Robertson, R., Kumar, A., & Dutkowsky, D. H.
(2014).
Weak-form and strong-form purchasing power parity between the US and Mexico: A panel cointegration investigation. Journal of Macroeconomics.
42, 241-262.
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Ang, D., Brown, D., Dehejia, R., & Robertson, R.
(2012).
Public Disclosure and Labor Law Compliance. Review of Development Economics.
16(4), 594-607.
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Toya, H., Skidmore, M., & Robertson, R.
(2010).
A Reevaluation of the Effect of Human Capital Accumulation on Economic Growth Using Natural Disasters as an Instrument. Eastern Economic Journal.
36(1), 120-137.
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Robertson, R., Kumar, A., & Dutkowsky, D. H.
(2009).
Purchasing Power Parity and aggregation bias for a developing country: The case of Mexico. Journal of Development Economics.
90(2), 237-243.
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Robertson, R.
(2007).
Trade and Wages: Two Puzzles from Mexico. World Economy, The.
30(9), 1378-1398.
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Robertson, R.
(2005).
Has NAFTA Increased Labor Market Integration between the United States and Mexico?. The World Bank Economic Review.
19(3), 425-448.
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Kaplan, D. S., Robertson, R., & Gonzalez, G. M.
(2005).
What Happens to Wages after Displacement?. Economia.
5(2), 197-242.
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Robertson, R.
(2004).
Relative prices and wage inequality: evidence from Mexico. Journal of International Economics.
64(2), 387-409.
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Alvarez, R., & Robertson, R.
(2004).
Exposure to foreign markets and plant-level innovation: evidence from Chile and Mexico. Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, The.
13(1), 57-87.
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Robertson, R.
(2003).
Exchange rates and relative wages: evidence from Mexico. North American Journal of Economics and Finance.
14(1), 25-48.
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Hanson, G. H., Robertson, R., & Spilimbergo, A.
(2002).
Does Border Enforcement Protect U.S. Workers from Illegal Immigration?. Review of Economics and Statistics.
84(1), 73-92.
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Robertson, R., & Dutkowsky, D. H.
(2002).
Labor adjustment costs in a destination country: the case of Mexico. Journal of Development Economics.
67(1), 29-54.
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Robertson, R.
(2000).
Wage Shocks and North American Labor-Market Integration. The American Economic Review.
90(4), 742-764.
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Robertson, R.
(2000).
Trade Liberalisation and Wage Inequality: Lessons from the Mexican Experience. World Economy, The.
23(6), 827-849.
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Coronado, J. L., & Robertson, R.
(1996).
Inter-American Development and the NAFTA: Implications of Liberalized Trade for the Caribbean Sugar Industry. Caribbean studies (Rio Piedras, San Juan, P.R.).
29(1), 120-143.
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Roche Rodriguez, J., Robertson, R., Lopez-Acevedo, G., & Zrate, D.
Exports to Improve Women's Economic Opportunities in Morocco
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Ges, C., Segnana, J., Robertson, R., & Lopez-Acevedo, G.
Local Labor Markets Dynamics and Export Shocks: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia
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Robertson, R., Kokas, D., Cardozo, D., & Lopez-Acevedo, G.
Mending the Gap: Apparel Export Prices and the Gender Wage Gap in Bangladesh
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Robertson, R.
Pioneering a New Approach to Improving Working Conditions in Developing Countries: Better Factories Cambodia
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Abreha, K., & Robertson, R.
Revisiting the Effects of Regional Trade Agreements Using Staggered Adoption Design
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Abreha, K., & Robertson, R.
Revisiting the Effects of Regional Trade Agreements Using Staggered Adoption Design
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Robertson, R., Kokas, D., Cardozo, D., & Lopez-Acevedo, G.
Short and Long-Run Labor Market Effects of Developing Country Exports: Evidence from Bangladesh
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Poitras, G., & Robertson, R.
The Politics of NAFTA in Mexico. Latin American Politics and Society.
36(1), 1-1.
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Roche Rodriguez, J., Robertson, R., Lopez-Acevedo, G., & Zrate, D.
Trade Liberalization and Local Labor Markets in Morocco
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Robertson, R.
Working Conditions, Transparency, and Compliance in Global Value Chains: Evidence from Better Work Jordan
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Abreha, K., & Robertson, R.
(2023).
Heterogeneous Trade Agreements and Adverse Implications of Restrictive Rules of Origin: Evidence from Apparel Trade. World Economy, The.
46(12), 3482-3510.
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book
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Bown, C. P., Lederman, D., Pienknagura, S., & Robertson, R.
(2017).
Better Neighbors Toward a Renewal of Economic Integration in Latin America. World Bank Publications.
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Bown, C. P., Lederman, D., Pienknagura, S., & Robertson, R.
(2017).
Better Neighbors Toward a Renewal of Economic Integration in Latin America. World Bank Publications.
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chapter
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Brown, D., Dehejia, R., & Robertson, R.
(2014).
Factory Decisions to Become Noncompliant with Labour Standards: Evidence from Better Factories Cambodia. Rossi, A., Luinstra, A., & Pickles, J. (Eds.),
Towards Better Work.
(pp. 232-250).
Springer Nature.
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Brown, D., Dehejia, R., & Robertson, R.
(2013).
Is There a Business Case for Improving Labor Standards? Some Evidence from Better Factories Cambodia. Bair, J., Miller, D., & Dickson, M. (Eds.),
Workers' Rights and Labor Compliance in Global Supply Chains Is a Social Label the Answer?.
(pp. 69-87).
Routledge.
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Brown, D., Dehejia, R., & Robertson, R.
(2014).
Factory Decisions to Become Noncompliant with Labour Standards: Evidence from Better Factories Cambodia. Rossi, A., Luinstra, A., & Pickles, J. (Eds.),
Towards Better Work.
(pp. 232-250).
Springer Nature.
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webpage
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Robertson, R., & Abreha, K. G.
(2024).
Tweaking US trade policy could hold the key to reducing migration from Central America
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Wendelbo, M., & Robertson, R.
(2018).
Tariffs wont save American steel jobs. But we can still help steelworkers
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Robertson, R., & Abreha, K. G.
(2024).
Tweaking US trade policy could hold the key to reducing migration from Central America
editor of
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book
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Lopez-Acevedo, G., & Robertson, R.
(2016).
Stitches to Riches? Apparel Employment, Trade, and Economic Development in South Asia
Lopez-Acevedo, G., & Robertson, R. (Eds.),
World Bank Publications.
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Lopez-Acevedo, G., & Robertson, R.
(2012).
Sewing Success? Employment, Wages, and Poverty following the End of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement
Lopez-Acevedo, G., & Robertson, R. (Eds.),
World Bank Publications.
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Robertson, R., Brown, D., Pierre, G., & Sanchez-Puerta, M. L.
(2009).
Globalization, Wages, and the Quality of Jobs Five Country Studies
Robertson, R., Brown, D., Pierre, G., & Sanchez-Puerta, L. (Eds.),
World Bank Publications.
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Lopez-Acevedo, G., & Robertson, R.
(2016).
Stitches to Riches? Apparel Employment, Trade, and Economic Development in South Asia
Lopez-Acevedo, G., & Robertson, R. (Eds.),
World Bank Publications.
Teaching
teaching activities
- INTA608 Global Economy Instructor
- INTA625 International Trade Pol Instructor
- INTA684 Prof Internship:in-ab Instructor
- INTA685 Directed Studies Instructor
- INTA689 Sptp: Econ Restr Latin America Instructor
- INTA689 Sptp: Economic Diplomacy Instructor
- INTA689 Sptp: Sanctions & Econ Sec Instructor
- INTA694 Econ Restruct Latin America Instructor
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Economics, The University of Texas at Austin - (Austin, Texas, United States) 1997
- M.S. in Economics, The University of Texas at Austin - (Austin, Texas, United States) 1995
- B.A. in Political Science/Economics (Magna Cum Laude), Trinity University - (San Antonio, Texas, United States) 1991
Contact
first name
- Raymond
has last name
- Robertson
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
International Affairs
4220 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4220
USA
Other
In the News
- robertson@tamu.edu