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Growing resources for growing cities density and the cost of municipal public services in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Mexico

Libertun de Duren, Nora; Guerrero Compeán, Roberto - 2015

per square kilometer. In this study of approximately 8,600 municipalities in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Mexico, 85 …

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Understanding domestic savings in Chile

Cerda, Rodrigo; Fuentes S. M., J. Rodrigo; García, Gonzalo - 2015

This paper constructs time series data on savings per type of agent for Chile during the period 1960-2012. It is found …

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¿Demanda insuficiente o insatisfecha? : el caso de un programa municipal de provisión de guarderías en Chile

Mateo Díaz, Mercedes; Vásquez, Javiera - 2016

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The impact of the seed capital program of SERCOTEC in Chile

Bonilla, Claudio A.; Cancino, Christian A. - 2011

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The effects of the Chilean school accountability system on teacher turnover

Elacqua, Gregory; Hincapié, Diana; Martínez, Matías - 2019

This paper estimates the effects of school accountability on year-to-year teacher mobility in Chile. An accountability …

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The effects of accountability on the allocation of school resources : regression discontinuity evidence from Chile

Elacqua, Gregory; Jaimovich, Analía; Román, Alonso - 2019

This research examines the effect of accountability threats for low performing schools on resource allocation decisions and provides evidence that schools act with strategic behavior only when the accountability pressure is high. We used a generalization of a traditional regression discontinuity...

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Does gamification in education work? : experimental evidence from Chile

Araya, Roberto; Arias Ortiz, Elena; Bottan, Nicolas L.; … - 2019

schools in Chile. The ConectaIdeas program involves two weekly sessions in a computer lab during which students use an online …

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Reducing air pollution through behavioral change of wood-stove users : evidence from an RCT in Valdivia, Chile

Ruiz-Tagle, J. Cristóbal; Schueftan, Alejandra - 2019

Ambient air pollution is a serious problem in cities in south-central Chile because of massive combustion of wood as … fuel for residential heating. To reduce air pollution emissions, Chile's environmental authority has implemented a large …) is conducted in selected households in the city of Valdivia, Chile. Results from this intervention show that the …

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Corporate currency risk and hedging in Chile : real and financial effects

Álvarez, Roberto; Hansen, Erwin - 2017

This paper examines a panel (1994-2014) of Chilean non-financial firms, both publicly listed and private, which was built to analyze the determinants of the use of foreign currency debt and their potential consequences for firm investment and profitability. It is found that foreign assets and...

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The effects of financial aid and returns information in selective and less selective schools : experimental evidence from Chile

Busso, Matias; Dinkelman, Taryn; Martínez Alvear, Claudia - 2016

selective system. This paper presents the results of a field experiment that provided Grade 12 students in Chile with tailored …

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