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    • The determinants of labour force participation and employment in Chile 
      Contreras Guajardo, Dante; Mello, L. de; Puentes Encina, Esteban (TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD., 2011)
      Chile's labour force participation is low in comparison with Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Latin American countries on average, especially among females and youths. This article estimates ...
    • Improving the Measurement of the Relationship between Opportunities and Income: Evidence from Longitudinal ... 
      Contreras Guajardo, Dante; Puentes Encina, Esteban; Larrañaga Jiménez, Osvaldo; Rau Binder, Tomás (Wiley, 2014)
      The relationship between exogenous circumstances faced in early childhood (opportunities) and earnings has been increasingly studied in the past decade. In this article we assess the sensitivity of this relationship to ...
    • Improving the measurement of the relationship between opportunities and income: evidence from longitudinal ... 
      Contreras Guajardo, Dante; Larrañaga Jiménez, Osvaldo; Puentes Encina, Esteban; Rau Binder, Tomás (Overseas Development Institute, 2014)
      The relationship between exogenous circumstances faced in early childhood (opportunities) and earnings has been increasingly studied in the past decade. In this article we assess the sensitivity of this relationship to ...
    • A multidimensional employment quality index for Brazil, 2002–11 
      Huneeus Lagos, Federico; Landerretche Moreno, Óscar; Puentes Encina, Esteban; Selman, Javiera (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)
      In countries where informal, insecure jobs are widespread, traditional labour market indicators – such as the unemployment rate, labour force participation rate and wages – are not necessarily the most meaningful. The ...
    • Poverty transitions: evidence for income and multidimensional indicators 
      Abufhele Milad, Alejandra; Puentes Encina, Esteban (Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2011-04)
      This paper presents empirical results of transitions of poverty measures for Chile, using the 1996 – 2001 – 2006 National Socioeconomic Panel Survey data. We compare the differences between poverty dynamics using the income ...
    • Self-employment in Chile, long run trends and education and age structures changes 
      Puentes Encina, Esteban; Contreras Guajardo, Dante; Sanhueza Riveros, Claudia (Universidad de Chile. Departamento de Economía, 2007-12)
      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- ...
    • The union effect on wages in Chile: a two-stage approach using panel data 
      Puentes Encina, Esteban; Lillo, Nicolás; Landerretche Moreno, Óscar (Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2011-02)
      We estimate the wage premium in Chile for the period 2004-2009 follow-ing a two-stage procedure that corrects the endogeneity of the union decision process. We find that there is true state dependence in the union ...