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Caldwell, Bruce; Montes, Leonidas - 2014

F. A. Hayek took two trips to Chile, the first in 1977, the second in 1981. The visits were controversial. On the first …

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Violence during Early Childhood and Child Development

Berthelon, Matias; Contreras, Dante; Kruger, Diana; … - 2018

We study the effects of violence towards children on early childhood development. We contribute to the literature providing estimates of the effects of violence (verbal and/or physical) that control for child-mother unobserved characteristics. We find that violence has negative effects on verbal...

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Estimating the effects of teen motherhood in Chile: A family fixed effects approach

Berthelon, Matías; Kruger, Diana; Eberhard, Juan P. - In: Estudios de Economía 44 (2017) 1, pp. 5-32

We study the effect of adolescent motherhood on education and labor outcomes among 20-24 year old women in Chile. We …

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Entrepreneurship policy and firm performance Chile's CORFO Seed Capital Program

Navarro, Lucas - In: Estudios de Economía 45 (2018) 2, pp. 301-316

This paper uses administrative data from projects for which an application was made to CORFO's (Chile's main …

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Diversification and control in emerging markets: The case of Chilean firms

Jara-Bertin, Mauricio; López Iturriaga, Felix J.; … - In: BRQ Business Research Quarterly 18 (2015) 4, pp. 259-274

We analyze the effect of two types of corporate diversification (business diversification and ownership diversification) on the market value of the Chilean firms. For a sample of 83 nonfinancial firms listed on the Santiago Stock Market from 2005 to 2013, we find a discount for both business and...

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Does the adoption of complex software impact employment composition and the skill content of occupations? Evidence from Chilean firms

Almeida, Rita K.; Fernandes, Ana Margarida - 2017

A major concern with the rapid spread of technology is that it replaces some jobs, displacing workers. However, technology may raise firm productivity, generating more jobs. The paper contributes to this debate by exploiting a novel panel data set for Chilean firms in all sectors between 2007...

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Maternal Stress during Pregnancy and Early Childhood Development

Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana; Sánchez, Rafael - 2018

There is a consensus in the literature on the relevance of the first 1,000 days since conception in the development of a child's cognitive and non-cognitive skills. However, little is known of the determinants of these skills at that age, as previous literature has focused on the effect of in...

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Creating a Regional Security Community in Southern Latin America: The Institutionalisation of the Regional Defence and Security Policies

Flemes, Daniel - 2005

Interdependence, collective identities and common institutions are the preconditions for the evolution of a pluralistic security community. While the interaction of the states of Southern Latin America already meets the first two criteria, this article focuses on the third one, particularly the...

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The conditions of socioeconomic development exploring the legitimacy of social norms, trust, and corruption in Chile and Argentina

Míguez, Daniel; Dewey, Matías - 2018

comparing the differing socioeconomic development experienced by Chile and Argentina between 1983 and 2013. Specifically, the … paper inquires whether the greater socioeconomic development experienced by Chile was actually related to greater legitimacy … unterschiedlichen sozioökonomischen Entwicklungen in Chile und Argentinien zwischen 1983 und 2013. Im Vordergrund steht die Frage, ob …

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Adjustment, stabilization and investment performance: Chile, Mexico and Bolivia

Amadeo, Edward - 1991

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