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The provision of elderly care is an issue of increasing importance in Latin American countries because of a aging population, decrease in household size, and increased complexity of care. Thus, it is important to analyze how the provision... more
The provision of elderly care is an issue of increasing importance in Latin American countries because of a aging population, decrease in household size, and increased complexity of care. Thus, it is important to analyze how the provision of informal care of other adults affects the welfare of women since they are usually responsible for this type of care. We analyze in this paper the relationship between providing informal care to adults and labor outcomes for a middle-income country with a rapidly aging population. This is one of the first studies to focus on middle-income countries and in Latin America. The results of this research show the importance of considering the endogeneity that exists between informal care and female labor participation. A partial correlation analysis shows a strong negative relationship between providing care and labor participation, however, when we use methods for endogeneity correction, the correlation does not hold. Additionally, we found that poor ...
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The adjustment of the information obtained from household surveys to make the figures compatible with National Accounts is a non-standard and potentially questionable practice given that it alters the structure of income distribution.... more
The adjustment of the information obtained from household surveys to make the figures compatible with National Accounts is a non-standard and potentially questionable practice given that it alters the structure of income distribution. This paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty indicators to the adjustments made by ECLAC so as to enable a consistency between what is reported by
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This paper contribute to understand the microeconomic determinants of household income dynamics that explain the sustained level of inequality in Chile. We use a micro-simulation based decomposition of distributional changes, developed by... more
This paper contribute to understand the microeconomic determinants of household income dynamics that explain the sustained level of inequality in Chile. We use a micro-simulation based decomposition of distributional changes, developed by Bourguignon et.al. (1998). We estimate a model ...
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Mediante la estimaci�n de un modelo de probabilidad param�trico y uno semi-param�trico de Klein y Spady (1993) este trabajo investiga los determinantes socioecon�micos de la probabilidad de disoluci�n matrimonial en Chile. La separaci�n... more
Mediante la estimaci�n de un modelo de probabilidad param�trico y uno semi-param�trico de Klein y Spady (1993) este trabajo investiga los determinantes socioecon�micos de la probabilidad de disoluci�n matrimonial en Chile. La separaci�n es una decisi�n de individuos racionales que se determina end�genamente por una serie de variables socioecon�micas que resumen cambios inesperados y adquisici�n de bienes colectivos exclusivos al matrimonio (Becker, 1981). Para estimar el efecto de estos factores sobre la disoluci�n matrimonial se usan los datos provenientes de la Encuesta de Protecci�n Social 2002. Variable de bienes colectivos exclusivos al matrimonio son el n�mero de hijos, la educaci�n del individuo, edad a la que se caso, y los cambios inesperados son desv�os de la capacidad esperada de generar ingresos al inicio del matrimonio e hijos fuera del matrimonio. Los resultados indican que las variables tales como capacidad de ingreso, si el c�nyuge trabaja y el n�mero de hijos dismin...
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El presente documento constituye el informe final del Centro de Microdatos del Departamento de Economía de la Universidad de Chile, que ha desarrollado el estudio actuarial correspondiente al año 2005..
The adjustment of the information obtained from household surveys to make the figures compatible with National Accounts is a non-standard and potentially questionable practice given that it alters the structure of income distribution.... more
The adjustment of the information obtained from household surveys to make the figures compatible with National Accounts is a non-standard and potentially questionable practice given that it alters the structure of income distribution. This paper analyzes the sensitivity of inequality and poverty indicators to the adjustments made by ECLAC so as to enable a consistency between what is reported by the CASEN survey and the National Accounts figures in Chile. The results reveal that this leads to important changes in the top-end of the distribution and to an overestimation in the main inequality indicators in Chile. Chile looks more unequal in international relative terms due to this adjustment.
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This paper studies the effects of school vouchers in Chile, which adopted a nationwide school voucher program 25 years ago. Chile has a relatively unregulated, decentralized, competitive market in primary and secondary education and... more
This paper studies the effects of school vouchers in Chile, which adopted a nationwide school voucher program 25 years ago. Chile has a relatively unregulated, decentralized, competitive market in primary and secondary education and therefore provides a unique setting in which to study how voucher programs affect school choice as well as long-term educational and labor market outcomes. This paper
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El objetivo de este estudio es analizar si el mercado laboral reconoce monetariamente la habilidad de los docentes en Chile y si ésta afecta el desempeño académico de los estudiantes. Para ello, se estiman ecuaciones de salario y... more
El objetivo de este estudio es analizar si el mercado laboral reconoce monetariamente la habilidad de los docentes en Chile y si ésta afecta el desempeño académico de los estudiantes. Para ello, se estiman ecuaciones de salario y funciones de producción educacionales incluyendo una medida de habilidad, definida como el residuo extraído entre el puntaje obtenido en la Prueba de
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Abstract: By using a synthetic cohort methodology, this paper contributes to the analysis of the evolution of female labour force participation in Chile over the last forty years. We decompose the participation rate in terms of age, year... more
Abstract: By using a synthetic cohort methodology, this paper contributes to the analysis of the evolution of female labour force participation in Chile over the last forty years. We decompose the participation rate in terms of age, year and cohort effects. The results of the ...
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En este trabajo se analiza el efecto de los niveles de escolaridad sobre las brechas de sexo en el mercado laboral chileno. Se emplea un nutrido conjunto de datos sobre los resultados del mercado laboral, el logro académico y el... more
En este trabajo se analiza el efecto de los niveles de escolaridad sobre las brechas de sexo en el mercado laboral chileno. Se emplea un nutrido conjunto de datos sobre los resultados del mercado laboral, el logro académico y el rendimiento académico, así como las ...
En este trabajo se analizan las diferencias de sexo en tres mercados laborales profesionales de Chile: comercio, derecho y medicina. Los resultados demuestran que las diferencias de salario atribuibles al sexo sólo están presentes en la... more
En este trabajo se analizan las diferencias de sexo en tres mercados laborales profesionales de Chile: comercio, derecho y medicina. Los resultados demuestran que las diferencias de salario atribuibles al sexo sólo están presentes en la práctica del derecho. En el comercio y la ...
En este trabajo se estudia la presencia o falta de discriminación sexual. El estudio consistió en enviar currículos vitae ficticios en respuesta a solicitudes reales de personal publicadas semanalmente en el periódico El Mercurio, de... more
En este trabajo se estudia la presencia o falta de discriminación sexual. El estudio consistió en enviar currículos vitae ficticios en respuesta a solicitudes reales de personal publicadas semanalmente en el periódico El Mercurio, de Santiago. Se envió una gama de currículos ...
The objective of this paper is to study the Chilean labor market and determine the presence or absence of gender discrimination. In order to break past the limitations of earlier works, an experimental design is used, the first of its... more
The objective of this paper is to study the Chilean labor market and determine the presence or absence of gender discrimination. In order to break past the limitations of earlier works, an experimental design is used, the first of its kind in Chile. This study also allows socioeconomic ...
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This paper contribute to understand the microeconomic determinants of household income dynamics that explain the sustained level of inequality in Chile. We use a micro-simulation based decomposition of distributional changes, developed by... more
This paper contribute to understand the microeconomic determinants of household income dynamics that explain the sustained level of inequality in Chile. We use a micro-simulation based decomposition of distributional changes, developed by Bourguignon et.al. (1998). We estimate a model ...