El objetivo de este trabajo consiste en la evaluación del programa antidelincuencia denominado Comuna Segura implementado a partir del año 2001 en doce comunas del país. En particular, se analiza el impacto que el programa ha tenido sobre la tasa de denuncia comunal respecto a seis...

The first time in which the International Adult Literacy Survey was carried out in a developing country was in 1998 in Chile. The survey measures the effective skills of the population over 15 years of age in the comprehension and processing of texts, documents and quantitative information on a...

We use a specially designed survey to evaluate the effect of several public policies on female labor force participation in Chile. First, we estimate a self-selection model to find the determinants of female labor participation and wages. Our participation estimates show that schooling is highly...

The voucher scheme introduced in Chile in 1981 allows for-profit private subsidized schools to choose their students. This study examines the effects of this practice on the results’ gap between private and public schools and its impact on academic performance. Information from the 2005 SIMCE...

Este artículo analiza los determinantes de la participación femenina en el mercado laboral chileno. En una primera etapa se analizan los determinantes clásicos de la participación; edad, escolaridad, estado civil y el número de hijos. Este estudio corrobora resultados de trabajos anteriores...

Este artículo analiza la dinámica de la pobreza y movilidad relativa en Chile. Utilizando datos de panel extraídos de la encuesta de Caracterización Socioeconómica Nacional (CASEN) de los años 1996 y 2001, se examina los movimientos en el ingreso per capita y la probabilidad de entrada y...

In this paper we estimate the impact of inequality of opportunity on inequality of income in the Chilean economy. We focus on the distribution of individual labor income. It is found that the share ofoverall inequality which is due to inequality of opportunities is relatively high in Chile, but...

We analyze the work-school tradeoff among Bolivia’s children. We compare a definition of work that includes only market activities and one that also considers domestic chores. Our empirical specification considers the joint determination of these decisions. We find that a tradeoff exists and...

Utilizando datos de panel para el periodo 1996-2001 y datos de corte transversal para los años 1990 y 2003, este artículo evalúa si el crecimiento en Chile ha sido “pro pobre”. Se emplean dos estrategias. Primero se estima la “Curva de Incidencia del Crecimiento” y luego se estima...

This article examines how a policy oriented toward a specific group within the population can have collateral effects on the economic decisions of other groups. In 1996, the Chilean government approved the extension of the school day from half- to full-day school. This article exploits the...