In this paper we assess the sensitivity of measures of inequality of opportunity to long-term earnings data. We compare indicators using four and seven year earnings with indicators that use the most commonly available yearly and monthly earnings. We argue that four and seven year earnings are...

Este artículo analiza los determinantes de la participación femenina en el mercado laboral chileno. En una primera etapa se analizan los determinantes clásicos de la participación; edad, escolaridad, estado civil y el número de hijos. Este estudio corrobora resultados de trabajos anteriores...

Este artículo analiza la dinámica de la pobreza y movilidad relativa en Chile. Utilizando datos de panel extraídos de la encuesta de Caracterización Socioeconómica Nacional (CASEN) de los años 1996 y 2001, se examina los movimientos en el ingreso per capita y la probabilidad de entrada y...

In this paper we estimate the impact of inequality of opportunity on inequality of income in the Chilean economy. We focus on the distribution of individual labor income. It is found that the share ofoverall inequality which is due to inequality of opportunities is relatively high in Chile, but...

We analyze the work-school tradeoff among Bolivia’s children. We compare a definition of work that includes only market activities and one that also considers domestic chores. Our empirical specification considers the joint determination of these decisions. We find that a tradeoff exists and...

Utilizando datos de panel para el periodo 1996-2001 y datos de corte transversal para los años 1990 y 2003, este artículo evalúa si el crecimiento en Chile ha sido “pro pobre”. Se emplean dos estrategias. Primero se estima la “Curva de Incidencia del Crecimiento” y luego se estima...

In this article we apply some recently developed methodologies (Paes de Barros et al, 2008) tomeasure the evolution of the inequality of opportunity in Chile in the 1990-2006 period. Theopportunities are measured as intermediate outcomes for children such as access to preschool,access to...

We estimate a double selection model to study informality in the Chilean labor market. We use three different measures of informality: lack of a signed contract, contribution to social security and both at the same time. The double selection states that, in a first stage, individuals chose...

This paper uses alternative measures of neighborhood quality to study its impact on student performance in school. The Chilean voucher-based education system allows us to test separately for neighborhood and traditional in-classroom peer effects, which have been traditionally empha- sized by the...

Las mujeres chilenas exhiben una de las tasas de participación laboral más bajas de Latinoamérica, a pesar del crecimiento económico de las últimas décadas y de tener el mayor nivel de escolaridad de la región después de las mujeres cubanas. Este fenómeno es conocido como la Excepción...