We estimate the evolution of intergenerational mobility of education in Chile for synthetic cohorts born between 1930 and 1978. The correlation coefficient between children and parent education falls from 0.67 for the cohort born in 1930 to 0.41 for that born in 1956, a process of improvement...

En este trabajo se estiman los diferentes índices de movilidad intrageneracional para Chile sobre la base del panel CASEN. A la luz de los resultados se evalúan las conclusiones de la literatura que se basan principalmente en la discusión de la matriz de transición. Se concluye que la...

Using student evaluations as a learning measure, we estimate and compare class size and teacher effects for higher education, with emphasis on determining whether a comprehensive class size reduction policy that draws on the hiring of new teachers is likely to improve educational outcomes. We...

This paper analyzes the relationship between age and health services utilization in Chile, using the CASEN survey of 1994. Logistic analysis is performed to determine how age utilization profiles differ by income, location and system affiliation (private or public insurance). The results are...

We estimate the rate of return to primary, secondary and university education for cohorts born from 1945 to 1975. Estimated returns start at a common level of 20% and then diverge, to finally converge at 30%. Regarding income distribution, we observe a dramatic improvement at the margin,...

Este trabajo, utilizando las encuestas CASEN de 1990 y 1998, investiga la evolución de la tasa de retorno a la educación según los supuestos tradicionales de Mincer y su robustez al cumplimiento de varios de los supuestos detrás de las ecuaciones de Mincer. Los resultados muestran la...

In Chile, dependant workers are mandated to purchase health insurance and they can chose between one public provider and several private providers. Here, we analyze the relation between utilization and the choice of either private or public insurance. Independent workers, however, are not...

The assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of vouchers has been hindered by the lack of sufficient empirical evidence. The Chilean education voucher system was established at a national scale and has data for more than 15 years. The empirical literature developed to evaluate the voucher...