Esteban Puentes

  • Assistant Professor
    Academic Training
  • Ph.D. in Economics, University of Chicago.
    Master of Arts en Economía, University of Chicago.
    Bachelor Economics (Commercial Engineering), Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. 

Publications in Magazines with Editorial Committee
2025 (Forthcoming) / Better strategies for saving more: Evidence from three interventions in Chile / JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS - Vol. 17, No. 103.405
2018 / Micro-entrepreneurship Debt Level and Access to Credit: Short-Term Impacts of a Financial Literacy Program / European Journal of Development Research - Vol. 30, No. 4
2018 / The Effects of Micro Entrepreneurship Programs on Labor Market Performance: Experimental Evidence from Chile / American Economic Journal-Applied Economics - Vol. 10, No. 2
2017 / Inequality of Opportunities at Early Ages: Evidence from Chile / JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES - Vol. 53, No. 10
2017 / Self-employment and queues for wage work: evidence from Chile / Journal of International Development - Vol. 29, No. 4
2015 / A multidimensional employment quality index for Brazil 2002-11 / INTERNATIONAL LABOUR REVIEW - Vol. 154, No. 2
2011 / The determinants of labour force participation and employment in Chile / APPLIED ECONOMICS - Vol. 43, No. 21
2007 / Empleo por cuenta propia en Chile, tendencias de largo plazo y cambios en la estructura educacional y etaria / Estudios de Economia - Vol. 34, No. 2
2005 / Female Labour Force Participation in Greater Santiago, Chile: 1957-1997. A synthetic cohort analysis / Journal of International Development - Vol. 17, No. 2
Academic/Professional meeting Proceedings
2011 / The union effect on wages in Chile: a two-stage approach using panel data / No. 332
Research Monographs
2013 / Micro-Entrepreneurship Training and Asset Transfers: Short Term Impacts on the Poor / Vol. 380
2012 / Multidimensional Measure of Job Quality: Persistence and Heterogeneity in a Developing Country / Vol. 357
2012 / Female Labor Supply and Child Care Supply in Chile / Vol. 370
2011 / Use of Financial Instruments in rural Thailand / Vol. 344
2011 / Poverty transitions: evidence for income and multidimensional indicators / No. 333
2009 / Trabajadores por Cuenta Propia: ¿Quienes Son? ¿De Donde Vienen? ¿Para Donde Van? / No. 308
2009 / The evolution of opportunities for children in Chile 1990-2006 / No. 297
2009 / Informal Jobs and Contribution to Social Security: Evidence from a Double Selection Model / No. 307
2009 / Evidence for inequality of opportunities. A cohort analysis for Chile / No. 298
2000 / Tasa de participación femenina: 1957 - 1997. Un análisis de cohortes sintéticos
Columna de Opinión
Academic/Professional meeting Presentations
2021 / Experimental Evaluation of Subsidy Payment through Banking Accounts
2019 / Experimental Evaluation of Subsidy Payment through Banking Accounts
2018 / You are What Your Parents Think: Height and Local Reference Points
2018 / Experimental Evaluation of Subsidy Payment through Banking Accounts
Competitive Research Awards Received
2024 / Understanding the Impact of Unions on Firm Outcomes and Worker Wages: A Longitudinal Study / No. 1.241.806
2022 / Evaluación de Largo Plazo del Programa de Apoyo al Micro Emprendimiento
2022 / Micro-entrepreneurship Programs Effectiveness