The paper develops a general equilibrium model where population sources, such as fertility and mortality rates, are chosen variables. It is shown that the evolution of population over time depends on income and relative prices of mortality and fertility rates. Initially as a country develops,...

Este documento se centra en analizar los mecanismos de transmisión de los desalineamientos monetarios y cambiarios sobre la inflación. Su objetivo es contribuir a este debate por medio de analizar los determinantes de corto plazo de la inflación, y a partir de estos, proveer ciertas...

Este trabajo presenta una metodología para valorizar reducciones de tasas de mortalidad. El valor de la vida se mide a partir de un modelo en que las agentes eligen sus patrones de consumo y ocio óptimos enfrentando probabilidades exógenas de supervivencia. Las condiciones de primer orden,...

The paper describes the effects of the non-funded social security systems over fertility rate and labor supply(typically family choice variables). We show that changes on fiscal policy may induce subsequent changes on family choices which produce an endogenous problem of sustainability over the...

This paper explores which large economy blocks determine foreign inflation around the world. In the analysis, we focus on importable goods of 15 countries ranging from 1992 to 2002 at monthly basis. Using a SUR estimation, we find the US driving the inflation of importable goods around the...

We study the relation between inflation rate and relative price variability using data of prices on 23 disaggregated food items since 1960 to 2003 in Chile. The behavior of inflation rate is quite variable in that country during that time span and more interestingly, there are periods of time in...

Este trabajo analiza el impacto sobre el stock de capital de largo plazo de la economía de la política de impuestos y subsidios a las empresas. El análisis asume que existen empresas con distintos niveles de eficiencia productiva en la economía. Esta característica pasa a ser crucial porque...

The paper explores the effects of the social security system over retirement and labor supply decision of individuals aged 55 to 65 in Chile. We use the 1998 CASEN survey elaborated by the Chilean government. Due to regulations established by the current social security law, two social security...

The paper models the behavior of an economy that accumulates capital stock and increases the life expectancy of their inhabitants at the same time. It is shown that as a country develops, it presents initially smaller growth rates on consumption and physical capital but larger expansions on life...

This paper addresses the causes and dynamics of pay-as-you-go social security financial crises. Its main hypothesis is there exists a self-reinforcing vicious circle between the social security system, the fertility rate and labor supply. We argue that changes in the pay-as-you-go social...