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Employment and Wages in the Places Left Behind
(Springer, 2020-03)
In recent decades, labor force participation across the United States has declined but the reasons remain unclear. While some point to structural changes in the labor market composition as the driving factor, others argue ...
First Genetic Record of a Strap-Toothed Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon layardii) Stranding in Chile
(Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2020)
Of all the cetacean families, the Ziphiidae are one of the most enigmatic (MacLeod, 2018). They are the second most diverse family after the Delphinidae (Dalebout et al., 2002). They dive very deep for prolonged periods, ...
Gingival Crevicular Fluid Zinc- and Aspartyl-Binding Protease Profile of Individuals with Moderate/Severe Atopic Dermatitis
(Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2020)
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a protease-modulated chronic disorder with heterogenous clinical manifestations which may lead to an imprecise diagnosis. To date, there are no diagnostic protease tests for AD. We explored the ...
Exploring Perceived Well-Being from Urban Parks: Insights from a Megacity in Latin America
(Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2020)
Urbanization has impacted biodiversity and ecosystems at a global scale. At the same time, it has been recognized as a driver of the physical and emotional gap between humans and nature. The lack of direct contact with ...
Centre-based care is a significant predictor of lower body mass index in early childhood: Longitudinal evidence from Chile
(International Society for Global Health, 2020)
Background The prevalence of childhood overweight has increased by approximately 50% in the past three decades, becoming a major public health concern worldwide. In Chile, an upper middle-income country, about 38% of ...
Non-trophic interactions strengthen the diversity-functioning relationship in an ecological bioenergetic network model
(PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2019)
Ecological communities are undeniably diverse, both in terms of the species that compose them as well as the type of interactions that link species to each other. Despite this long recognition of the coexistence of multiple ...
Chilean crab (Aegla cholchol) as a new source of chitin and chitosan with antifungal properties against Candida spp
(Elsevier, 2020)
In the present work, the chemical composition of the Chilean freshwater crab Aegla cholchol exoskeleton was studied for the first time. alpha-Chitin was isolated from three main body parts (pincers, legs, carapace), and ...
Legalism and creativity: tax non-compliance in the eyes of the economic elite
(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2019)
This paper analyzes elite tax compliance from a sociological perspective in order to examine how different tax behaviors are justified or how they embody different taxpayers' subjectivities. Drawing from the case of Chile ...
Business Power and the Minimal State: The Defeat of Industrial Policy in Chile
(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2019)
Chile has maintained a limited industrial policy for nearly three decades. Policy resilience during the 2000s and 2010s is especially puzzling given the political and economic context: three Socialist-led administrations; ...
Varieties of Capitalism and its Contributions to the Study of Development in Latin America
(CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DOCENCIA ECONOMICAS, 2018)
The literature on varieties of capitalism has significantly advanced the research on comparative political economy globally. In Latin America, this has been cited increasingly as a way to understand the development problems ...