Contreras, Dante; Paulina Sepúlveda C.; Cabrera, Soledad - Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Economía y Negocios - 2010
In 1996, the Chilean government approved the extension of the school day, increasing the amount of time that students spend at school by 30%. Using data from the Chilean socio- economic household survey and administrative data from the Ministry of Education for 1990- 2006, we exploit the...