Utilizando datos de panel, especialmente recogidos para evaluar los efectos del terremoto de 2010 ocurrido en Chile, se analiza el impacto del terremoto sobre la pobreza multidimensional. Se miden privaciones en cinco dimensiones: educación, salud, vivienda, ingresos y trabajo, y se usa el...

This paper studies long-term trends of self-employment in Chile. Self-employment is associated with poor job conditions, vulnerability, and instability or informal labor market. Contrary to what is expected, self- employment level does not respond to macroeconomic variables. Using forty-one...

This book presents a set of studies on contemporary discrimination in Latin America that takes advantage of these new tools by focusing on social interactions that range from cooperation, group formation, and the impact of migration in poor families to specific markets such as housing and labor....