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Top Incomes in Chile using 50 years of household surveys: 1957-2007
(Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2011-06)
Using household surveys that cover more th3n 50 ye3rs of the political 3nd economic history of Chile, we investigate changes in the shape of the distribution of income in Chile, and in the composition of top 10% and top ...
Identifying the factors that affect the knowledge of mortgage loans' total cost
(Emerald, 2021)
Purpose - This study identifies the factors that affect the knowledge of mortgage loans' total cost.
Design/methodology/approach - Empirical research utilizing a survey administered through in-home interviews was ...
Backyard poultry production in Chile: animal health management and contribution to food access in an upper middle-income country
(Elsevier B.V., 2019)
Backyard production systems (BPS) that involve poultry are a good way to improve food security and poverty alleviation. Few studies have been carried out to quantify the contribution of poultry production to these households ...
Inequality of outcomes vs. inequality of opportunities in a developing country. An exploratory analysis for Chile
(UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE DEPARTAMENTO DE ECONOMIA, 2007-12)
We apply a variation of Bourguignon, Melendez and Ferreira (2005) methodology to examine the extent to which income inequality is associated with the inequality of observed exogenous circumstances of origin that determine ...
Availability and affordability of cardiovascular disease medicines and their effect on use in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries. An analysis of the PURE study data
(ScienceDirectReino Unido, 2016-10-05)
Methods
We assessed fruit and vegetable consumption using data from country-specific, validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaires in the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study, which enrolled ...
The association between ownership of common household devices and obesity and diabetes in high, middle and low income countries
(2014-03-04)
Background: Household devices (e.g., television, car, computer) are common in high income countries, and their use has been linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus. We hypothesized that device ownership is
associated ...
The relationship between Inequality of Outcomes and Inequality of Opportunities in a high-inequality country: The case of Chile
(Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2009-01)
Based on the methodology developed by Bourguignon, Melendez and
Ferreira (2005) we explore the extent to which income inequality in Chile
is associated with inequality of observed exogenous circumstances of
origin, which ...
Getting ahead, falling behind and standing still. Income mobility in Chile
(Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2011-06)
This paper analyses household income mobility in Chile between 1996 and 2001. Compared to industrialized and most developing countries, mobility has been quite high. The purpose of this paper is to apply a binomial probit ...
Higher household income and the availability of electronic devices and transport at home are associated with higher waist circumference in Colombian children : The ACFIES study
(2014-02)
Background: The current “epidemic” of childhood obesity is described as being driven by modern lifestyles with associated socioeconomic and environmental changes that modify dietary habits, discourage physical activity and ...
Microeconomic model of residential location incorporating life cycle and social expectations
(Elsevier, 2016)
This paper is focused on the dynamics of residential location decisions based on the microeconomic theory of
urban land use, inwhich we assume that each property is assigned to the agent with the highest bid. The ...