Browsing by Subject "Development"

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    • Agency, human dignity, and subjective well being 
      Hojman Trujillo, Daniel; Miranda, Alvaro (Elsevier, 2018)
      In the last decades, our understanding of human well-being and development has shifted from a traditional focus on income and consumption toward a richer multidimensional approach. This shift has been strongly influenced ...
    • Effect of lengthening the school day on mother's labor supply 
      Contreras Guajardo, Dante; Sepúlveda, Paulina (Oxford University, 2017)
      This article examines how a policy oriented toward a specific group within the population can have collateraleffects on the economic decisions of other groups. In 1996, the Chilean government approved the extension ofthe ...
    • The empirical foundation of the golden rule 
      Elías, Víctor J. (Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2001-06)
      This working paper analizes with cross-sectional data if the Golden Rule condition satisfies: where the saving index is equal to capital (β) or to the real interest rate, equal to the gross output growth of households.
    • Minimum wage and productivity: Evidence from Chilean manufacturing plants 
      Álvarez Espinoza, Roberto; Fuentes, Rodrigo (University of Chicago, 2018)
      This paper analyzes the effects of the minimum wage on a firm's productivity. The main hypothesis is that an increase in the minimum wage has a negative effect on total factor productivity (TFP) due to the existence of ...
    • Tourism as the development driver of Easter Island: the key role of resident perceptions 
      Figueroa Benavides, Eugenio; Rotarou, Elena S. (Univ Prince Edward Island, 2016)
      Residents' attitudes concerning tourism evolution and impacts in tourism host localities are a crucial determinant of the ability of the tourism sector to develop. Easter Island has recently experienced a tremendous tourism ...