This paper evaluates the effect of an anti-poverty program, Chile Solidario, during its first two years of operation … evaluation ; matching estimators ; extreme poverty ; Chile …

improving health of disadvantaged children. This paper studies the program's potential longer-term consequences for the poverty … predict that Oportunidades will increase future mean earnings but have only modest effects on poverty rates and earnings … inequality. -- oportunidades ; human capital ; schooling ; health ; poverty ; inequality …

paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty indicators to the adjustments made by ECLAC so as to enable a … Chile. Chile looks more unequal in international relative terms due to this adjustment. -- inequality ; poverty ; income …

Economic inequality and poverty have persisted in Latin America despite important changes in political and policy … regimes. This paper explores the relationship between various human capital programs aimed to reduced poverty and how … improvements of those in poverty in the left tail of the earning income distribution are likely to reduce inequality. First it …

important anti-poverty program in Chile. The paper presents a description of the program, emphasizing the mechanism by which … workers in the family and the employment of the head of the family. -- matching ; extreme poverty ; impact evaluation …

Chile's recent success in reducing poverty has been remarkable, with poverty rates falling by approximately two …-thirds over the last 20 years. However, further gains against poverty may be inhibited by the increasing difficulty associated … seeks to understand the relationship between poverty, socioeconomic status and urban or rural residence depends on survey …