This paper evaluates small and medium enterprise (SME) support programs in Chile using a firm-level panel for the 1992 …-in-differences models combined with propensity score matching methods, the paper finds evidence that participation in SME programs in Chile …

enterprises play a key role in employment generation and economic decentralization in Chile, yet their employment was stagnant … finds that demand-driven programs were more likely to be sustainable. Finally, the study demonstrates that Chile (and other …

's history. And in contrast to other military dictatorships, Chile's has concentrated power in Pinochet's position, to the extent …; it has, in fact, required it." Chile thus serves as an interesting test case of the pure application of orthodox models …