Con datos de panel para el periodo 1996-2001 y datos de corte transversal para 1990 y 2003 este artículo evalúa si el crecimiento en Chile ha sido "pro pobre". Se emplean dos métodos: se estima la "curva de incidencia del crecimiento" y luego se estima paramétrica y no paramétrica la...

Family and social networks are widely believed to influence important life decisions but identifying their causal effects is notoriously difficult. Using admissions thresholds that directly affect older but not younger siblings' college options, we present evidence from the United States, Chile,...

We use large-scale surveys of Chilean college applicants and college students to explore the way students form beliefs about earnings and cost outcomes at different institutions and majors and how these beliefs relate to degree choice and persistence. Linking our survey records to administrative...