Underdeveloped countries have heavily taxed their natural-resources based exports, with important consequences on investment and growth. It is difficult to understand the rationale behind these policies, specially after years of stagnation of the export s

The Chilean health system involves both the private and public sectors in the provision of insurance and health care. It is characterized by much wider private insurance coverage than in the rest of Latin America (at about 30% of population). The coexiste

In Chile, dependant workers are mandated to purchase health insurance and they can chose between one public provider and several private providers. Here, we analyze the relation between utilization and the choice of either private or public insurance. Independent workers, however, are not...

In this paper we study the determinants of the choice between public and private subsidized schools in the Chilean voucher system. Our empirical results confirm the effects of parent's income and education: higher income and more education increase the pr

We estimate the average treatment effect (ATE) parameter and treatment on the treated (TT) for those students effectively choosing a private voucher school. With detailed individual data for both the school and the family of the student we are able to con

En Chile, prácticamente no hay deserción en educación básica; sin embargo, en secundaria la tasa de deserción es de un 10%. Este artículo estudia los determinantes de dicha tasa de deserción. Para ello presenta un modelo microeconométrico de elección biva

This paper studies the factors that determine the choice of either pri-vate (ISAPRES) or public (FONASA) health insurance in Chile, by those man-dated by law to purchase health insurance (i.e. dependant workers and retirees). Earnings are generally consid

The assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of vouchers has been hindered by the lack of sufficient empirical evidence. The Chilean education voucher system was established at a national scale and has data for more than 15 years. The empirical literature developed to evaluate the voucher...

El desempleo en Chile ha sido un tema de constante investigación en los últimos diez años. En este trabajo se propone explicar la persistencia de una alta tasa de desempleo entre 1975 y 1980, a pesar de que había un fuerte crecimiento del producto. El trabajo hace una comparación entre la...

En Chile el 90% de los niños cursa su educación básica y media en escuelas municipales o particulares financiadas parcial o totalmente con recursos públicos. Los recursos que reciben estas escuelas dependen del número de alumnos atendidos. Cada alumno es "dueño" de un voucher o cupón que...