Dante Contreras

Full Professor

Academic Training

Ph.D. in Economics, University of California, Los Angeles.
Master of Arts in Economics, University of California, Los Angeles.
Bachelor Economics (Commercial Engineering), Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Sitio web

Research Areas

Economics of Education, Poverty, Income Distribution, Social Policies and Impact Evaluation.

Contact

dcontrer@fen.uchile.cl

Publicaciones en Revistas con Comité Editorial

2025 / Early maternity and paternity. Effects on educational trajectories / JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS / - No. 103404
2024 / Is private education worth it? Evidence from school-to-work transitions in Chile / LABOUR ECONOMICS / - No. 102598
2024 / What makes elites more or less egalitarian? Variations in attitudes towards inequality within the economic, political and cultural elites in Chile / Socio-Economic Review / - No. 3
2024 / Socioeconomic Disparities for Early Childhood Anthropometrics and Vocabulary and Socio-emotional Skills: Dynamic Evidence from Chilean Longitudinal Data / POPULATION RESEARCH AND POLICY REVIEW / - No. 1
2023 / Tackling wealth accumulation in a context of social upheaval: the property tax in Chile / CANADIAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES-REVUE CANADIENNE D ETUDES DU DEVELOPPEMENT
2023 / Spatial divisions of poverty and wealth: does segregation affect educational achievement? / Socio-Economic Review / - No. 1
2022 / Unemployment Insurance in Transition and Developing Countries: Moral Hazard vs. Liquidity Constraints in Chile / JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES / - No. 10
2022 / The consequences of exclusionary discipline on school dropout: Evidence from Chile / INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2022 / The effects of mass migration on the academic performance of native students. Evidence from Chile / ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW
2022 / Socioeconomic Gradients in Child Development: Evidence from a Chilean Longitudinal Study 2010 – 2017 / Advances in Life Course Research
2022 / Negative teacher–student and student–student relationships are associated with school dropout: Evidence from a large-scale longitudinal study in Chile / INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2021 / Determinants of early childhood stimulation: Evidence using panel data from Chile / Early Childhood Research Quarterly
2020 / The effect of the integration of students with special educational needs: Evidence from Chile / INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT / - No. 102163
2020 / Labor Market Returns to Student Loans for University: Evidence from Chile / Journal of Labor Economics / - No. 4
2020 / Harsh parenting during early childhood and child development / Economics & Human Biology / - No. 100831
2019 / The impact of art-education on human Capital: An empirical assessment of a youth orchestra / INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT / - No. 102105
2019 / Is home overcrowding a significant factor in children's academic performance? Evidence from Latin America / INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2019 / Inequality in social capital in Chile: Assessing the importance of network size and contacts’ occupational prestige on status attainment / SOCIAL NETWORKS
2019 / Sexual Orientation and Labor Force Participation: Findings from Chile and Uruguay / FEMINIST ECONOMICS / - No. 2
2018 / Revisiting the distributional impacts of water subsidy policy in Chile: a historical analysis from 1998-2015 / Water Policy / - No. 6
2018 / Programa de Alfabetización Primero Lee: Evidencia de una evaluación cuasi-experimental en Chile / Pensamiento educativo (Impresa) / - No. 2
2017 / 'Neighbourhood effects' on children's educational achievement in Chile: The effects of inequality and polarization / ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A / - No. 11
2017 / Inequality of Opportunities at Early Ages: Evidence from Chile / JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES / - No. 10
2017 / Effect of Lengthening the School Day on Mother's Labor Supply / WORLD BANK ECONOMIC REVIEW / - No. 3
2017 / Self-employment and queues for wage work: evidence from Chile / Journal of International Development / - No. 4
2016 / Trayectoria Negativa de la Clase Media: México 2002-2009 / Revista Estudios de Políticas Públicas
2016 / Bullying, identity and school performance: Evidence from Chile / INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2015 / Income Inequality or Performance Gap? A Multilevel Study of School Violence in 52 Countries / JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH / - No. 5
2015 / Determinants of early child development in Chile: Health, cognitive and demographic factors / INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2014 / Improving the Measurement of the Relationship between Opportunities and Income: Evidence from Longitudinal Data from Chile / Development Policy Review / - No. 2
2012 / Terremoto y sus efectos sobre el bienestar: un análisis multidimensional / REVISTA PERSONA Y SOCIEDAD / - No. 1
2012 / The evolution of opportunities for children in Chile, 1990-2006 / Cepal Review / - No. 106
2012 / Tournament Incentives for Teachers: Evidence from a Scaled-Up Intervention in Chile / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE / - No. 1
2012 / Impact Evaluation of Chile Solidario: Lessons and Policy Recommendations / JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
2011 / Wage inequality in Latin America: a decade of changes / Cepal Review / - No. 103
2011 / The effectiveness of private school franchises in Chile's national voucher program / SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT / - No. 3
2011 / Child Labor and Schooling in Bolivia: Who's Falling Behind? The Roles of Domestic Work, Gender, and Ethnicity / WORLD DEVELOPMENT / - No. 4
2011 / Anti-Crime Programs: An Evaluation of the Comuna Segura Program / Estudios de Economia / - No. 2
2011 / The determinants of labour force participation and employment in Chile / APPLIED ECONOMICS / - No. 21
2010 / When Schools Are the Ones that Choose: The Effects of Screening in Chile / SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY / - No. 5
2010 / Cultural Factors in Women's Labor Force Participation in Chile / FEMINIST ECONOMICS / - No. 2
2009 / Determinantes de determinantes univesitario: ¿importa la habilidad relativa? / Calidad en la educación / - No. 30
2008 / Scaling up in Chile / Education Next / - No. 3
2008 / The Dynamics of Poverty in Chile / JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
2008 / Crecimiento Pro Pobre en Chile / TRIMESTRE ECONOMICO / - No. 300
2007 / Self-employment in Chile, long run trends and education and age structures changes / Estudios de Economia / - No. 2
2007 / Empleo por cuenta propia en Chile, tendencias de largo plazo y cambios en la estructura educacional y etaria / Estudios de Economia / - No. 2
2007 / Refuerzo escolar para niños pobres: ¿Funciona? / TRIMESTRE ECONOMICO / - No. 293
2006 / En busca del oro: ¿Que determina el éxito en competencia deportivas internacionales? / TRIMESTRE ECONOMICO / - No. 290
2006 / En busca del oro: ¿Qué determina el éxito en competencias deportivas internacionales? / TRIMESTRE ECONOMICO / - No. 2
2005 / Reforzamiento escolar para niños de bajos ingresos: ¿Funciona?
2005 / Female Labour Force Participation in Greater Santiago, Chile: 1957-1997. A synthetic cohort analysis / Journal of International Development / - No. 2
2005 / ¿Estimando el retorno a la educación o a los no observables?: Evidencia de datos de panel / Estudios de Economia / - No. 2
2004 / Trade openness and the female worker: The case of Chile
2003 / Water subsidy policies: A comparison of the Chilean and Colombian schemes / World Bank Economic Review / - No. 3
2003 / Water Subsidy Policies: A comparison of the Chilean and Colombian schemes / WORLD BANK ECONOMIC REVIEW / - No. 3
1999 / Los Activos y Recursos de la PoblaciónPobre en América Latina:El Caso de Chile / TRIMESTRE ECONOMICO / - No. 263

Libros

Capítulos de libros

Academic/Professional meeting Proceedings

2012 / Terremoto y sus efectos sobre el bienestar: un análisis multidimensional / REVISTA PERSONA Y SOCIEDAD / - No. 1
2009 / Determinantes de determinantes univesitario: ¿importa la habilidad relativa? / Calidad en la educación / - No. 30
2005 / Reforzamiento escolar para niños de bajos ingresos: ¿Funciona?
2005 / ¿Estimando el retorno a la educación o a los no observables?: Evidencia de datos de panel / Estudios de Economia / - No. 2

Professional practice standards or Public Policy

Research Monographs

2022 / Getting Teachers Back to School: Teacher Incentives and Student Outcomes
2020 / Socioeconomic Gradients in Child Development: Evidence from a Chilean Longitudinal Study 2010 – 2017 / - No. 509
2019 / The Return to Private Education: Evidence from School-to-Work Transitions / - No. 479
2018 / Labor Market Returns to Student Loans / - No. 464
2018 / Violence during Early Childhood and Child Development / - No. 465
2018 / The impact of commuting time over educational achievement: A machine learning approach / - No. 472
2017 / Wealth Disparities for Early Childhood Anthropometrics and Skills: Evidence from Chilean Longitudinal Data / - No. 454
2013 / Migración y Mercado Laboral en Chile
2012 / Female Labor Supply and Child Care Supply in Chile
2012 / La Excepción Chilena y las Percepciones de Género en la Participación Laboral Femenina
2011 / El Lucro en la Educación Escolar. Evidencia y Desafíos Regulatorios / - No. 10
2010 / The effects of lengthening the school day on female labor supply: evidence from a quasi-experiment in Chile / - No. 323
2010 / Efectos de las actividades artísticas en el desarrollo de habilidades cognitivas y no cognitivas en estudiantes vulnerables: el caso de la orquesta de Curanilahue / - No. 325
2009 / Tournaments, gift exchanges, and the effect of monetary incentive for teachers: the case of Chile
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 of neighborhood effects on educational performance in the chilean school voucher system / - No. 302
2009 / Evidence for inequality of opportunities. A cohort analysis for Chile / - No. 298
2009 / Educational transitions, voucher and choice in Chile: Evidence from Panel Data SIMCE 2004-2006 / - No. 13
2008 / The Missing Carrot in Chile's Subsidized Private Education Sector
2008 / Female labor force participation in chile: How important are cultural factors?
2007 / Crecimiento Pro Pobre en Chile / - No. 239
2007 / Descomponiendo la Desigualdad Salarial en América Latina: ¿Una Década de Cambios? / - No. 59
2007 / Child Labor And Schooling In Bolivia: Who's Falling Behind? The Roles Of Domestic Work, Gender And Ethnicity / - No. 234
2007 / The role of social networks in employment outcomes of Bolivian women / - No. 251
2007 / Participación Laboral Femenina en Chile. ¿Cuánto importan los factores culturales? / - No. 235
2007 / Dinámica de la Pobreza y Movilidad Relativa de los ingresos: Chile 1996 - 2001 / - No. 232
2007 / Descomponiendo la Desigualdad Salarial en América Latina: Una Década de Cambios / - No. 262
2007 / Child Labor And Schooling In Bolivia: Wh´s Falling Behind? The Roles Of Domestic Work, Gender And Ethnicity / - No. 248
2002 / Programas antidelincuencia: Evaluando comuna segura
2002 / Poverty and inequality in Chile 1990-1998: Learning from Microeconomic simulations
2002 / Inequality, Segregation and the Chilean Labour Market / - No. 193
2002 / Functional literacy and quality of life in Chile
2002 / Functional literacy and job opportunities / - No. 195
2002 / Chilean Labor Market Efficiency: An Earning Frontier Approach / - No. 190
2001 / Evaluating a Voucher System in Chile: Individual, Family and School Characteristics
2000 / Tasa de participación femenina: 1957 - 1997. Un análisis de cohortes sintéticos
2000 / En busca del Oro: ¿Qué determina el éxito en competencias deportivas internacionales?
1999 / Rendimiento educacional, desigualdad, y brecha de desempeño privado/público: Chile 1982-1997

Columna de Opinión

2023 / Género y políticas de cuidado en Chile
2020 / Acceso de datos y seguridad: una falsa disyuntiva
2019 / Paz y justicia: una agenda social de largo plazo
2019 / Contra la violencia: un nuevo pacto social
2019 / La delgada línea de la pobreza
2019 / Datos administrativos y mercado negro
2019 / CAE: más matrícula para las universidades, menos graduados para el país
2017 / Esta es es una campaña bastante decepcionante, de menor calidad que presidenciales anteriores
2017 / La desigualdad en Chile según "Desiguales"
2017 / Buenas noticias en el MDS
2017 / Pobreza, hacinamiento y educación
2017 / Calidad y precios de las universidades chilenas
2017 / Agnotology y nuestra "elite" intelectual
2016 / Completando la reforma escolar
2012 / Casen 2011: dudas confirmadas
2012 / Malas prácticas y la Casen
2011 / Educación pre escolar: información y diseño de política públicas
2011 / Un buen paquete de reformas
2011 / No sigamos improvisando
2011 / Ingreso ético familiar, al diván
2011 / Chile y sus relaciones internacionales
2011 / Chile: 7% peor
2011 / Ingreso ético familiar
2009 / Políticas Públicas para la familia
2008 / La clave: educar con los mejores

Competitive Research Awards Received

2021 / Medium and long-term consequences of youth debt in Chile. Causal estimates from a fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design
2019 / Tax-Benefit Model (CHILMOD) / - No. REDES190042
2014 / Efectos del bullying sobre el rendimiento escolar / - No. 1140918
2012 / Determinantes Del Desarrollo Temprano De Niños En Chile: Habilidad, Factores Medicos Y Socioeconomicos / - No. 1120075
2007 / Impacto De La Educacion Preescolar Sobre El Logro Educacional. Evidencia Para Chile / - No. 1071123
1998 / Evolución del bienestar en Chile: 1987-1997 / - No. 1981179

Others

2011 / Policy Regimes, Inequality, Poverty and Growth
2007 / When Schools Are the Ones That Choose: Policy Analysis of Screening in Chile / - No. 242
2006 / Movilidad y vulnerabilidad en Chile / - No. 56