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Longer school schedules, childcare and the quality of mothers' employment : evidence from school reform in Chile

Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana; Lauer, Catalina; … - 2020

Ample empirical evidence has found that access to childcare for preschool children increases mothers' labor force … participation and employment. In this paper, we investigate whether increased childcare for primary school children improves the … was the effect of the reform's implicit subsidy to the cost of childcare on the opportunity cost of mothers' time. We also …

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The impact of income adjustments in the Casen Survey on the measurement of inequality in Chile

Bravo, David; Torres, José A. Valderrama - In: Estudios de Economia 38, 1 Year 2011, pp. 43-65

The adjustment of the information obtained from household surveys to make the figures compatible with National Accounts is a non-standard and potentially questionable practice given that it alters the structure of income distribution. This paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty...

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Are there Etchnic Inequality Traps in Education ? Empirical Evidence for Brazil and Chile

Cruces, Guillermo; Bérgolo, Marcelo; Conconi, Andriana; … - Partenariat en Politiques Économiques (PEP), … - 2012

This study searches for suggestive evidence of an ethnic inequality trap in educational attainment in Brazil and Chile. The research aims to cover an existing gap in the literature on inequality traps and proposes an empirical approach to assess certain conditions which might imply its...

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Examinando la prominente posición de Chile a nivel mundial en cuanto a desigualdad de ingresos: Comparaciones regionales

Valenzuela, Juan Pablo; Duryea, Suzanne - In: Estudios de Economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 259-293

In the Latin American context, Chile has the highest level of per capita income and the human development index, though the distribution of income is quite unequal. Unlike Uruguay, Chile has one of the more unequal income distributions of the region. In 2003, Chile had Gini Coefficient of 8.5...

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Estabilidad en la desigualdad: Chile 1990 - 2003

Larrañaga, Osvaldo; Valenzuela, Juan Pablo - In: Estudios de Economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 295-329

This study measures the impact of changes in the income determinants on inequality in the 1990 to 2003 period, in order to answer the question of why income distribution as a whole has not changed. The methodology utilized are micro-simulations of income distribution, which is the most...

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Intergenerational income and educational mobility in urban Chile

Núñez, Javier; Miranda, Leslie - In: Estudios de Economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 195-221

This paper provides evidence on the degree and patterns of intergenerational income and educational mobility in urban Chile. We find intergenerational income elasticities for Greater Santiago in Chile in the range of 0.52 to 0.54. This is lower than recent nation-wide elasticities for Chile of...

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The impact of income adjustments in the CASEN survey on the measurement of inequality in Chile

Bravo, David; Valderrama Torres, José A. - In: Estudios de Economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 43-65

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Obfuscation, Inequality and Votes: A Model of Policy Choice under Rent Seeking

Hojman, David - Regional and International Economic Development Group, … - 2002

This paper applies the concept of optimal obfuscation to fast-growth, high-inequality emergent economies. The obfuscation level depends on the nature of policy, government propaganda or 'spin', and GDP growth. The conditions are identified for a negative impact of economic growth on electoral...

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Monitoring the Socio-Economic Conditions in Chile

Giovagnoli, Paula; Pizzolitto, Georgina; Trías, Julieta - 2005

This report describes the socio-economic situation in Chile based on a large set of distributional, labor and social statistics computed from microdata of the Encuesta de Caracterización Socioeconómica Nacional (CASEN) from 1990 to 2000. The report also draws from other data sources and the...

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Poverty and Inequality in Chile: Methodological Issues and a Literature Review

Pizzolitto, Georgina - 2005

This paper has two main objectives. On the one hand, it is aimed at assessing the reliability of poverty and inequality measures in Chile, and their robustness to methodological changes. In particular, we evaluate the impact on the measurement of poverty and inequality of adjustments for...

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