In this paper we look at the income distribution by cohort in Chile. We construct a synthetic panel from cross section surveys and estimate the income distribution for cohorts born between 1902 and 1978. We then decompose the evolution of these distributions into age, year and cohort effects....

El desempleo en Chile ha sido un tema de constante investigación en los últimos diez años. En este trabajo se propone explicar la persistencia de una alta tasa de desempleo entre 1975 y 1980, a pesar de que había un fuerte crecimiento del producto. El trabajo hace una comparación entre la...

This paper provides a model of utility maximizing governments to explain when and why countries adopt or discontinue a structural adjustment program (SAP), in an attempt to stabilize and liberalize their economies. Assuming a rent-seeking government, the model shows that compliance with an SAP...