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Empathy and socially responsible consumption: an experiment with the vote-with-the-wallet game
(SPRINGER, 2020-11)
We study by means of a laboratory experiment the role of individuals' empathy in the Vote-with-the-Wallet Game. Our main purpose is to analyze the impact of the ability to empathize on participants' behavior when asked to ...
Concentration of human capital, externalities and the wage gap in US metro areas
(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2020-11)
The effects of the concentration of human capital on wages and productivity have been widely studied, but despite their heterogeneity, little attention has been paid to its effects on the wage gap. This paper assesses the ...
Understanding policy change through bricolage: The case of Chile's renewable energy policy
(WILEY, 2020-07)
Chile is a country where path dependency made energy policy change extremely difficult by international standards. However, the country has recently become a renewable energy poster child thanks to a gradual process of ...
Spatial inequality and aspirations for economic inclusion among Latin American youth
(Elsevier, 2020-11)
Youths' aspirations formation is typically analysed in its association with individual, family and school characteristics. This paper adopts a wider perspective and uses descriptive and econometric analysis to investigate ...
The effects of trade openness on rural-urban sectoral employment, wages, and earnings: Evidence from Peru's second wave of trade liberalization
(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2021-06)
The effects of trade liberalization on wages, inequality, and employment in middle-income countries remains an important empirical question. However, with few exceptions, most of the empirical literature has focused on ...
Contingent Coalitions in Environmental Policymaking: How Civil Society Organizations Influenced the Chilean Renewable Energy Boom
(Wiley, 2020-08)
This article analyzes the role of social movements and environmental organizations in crafting contingent coalitions to advance renewable energies in Chile. Until recently, Chile presented several conditions predicting the ...
Vindicación de la cultura popular ausente
(Universidad de Chile. Instituto de la Comunicación e Imagen, 2021-01)
El equipo investigador del proyecto culturapopular.clfue invitado a editar un dossier especial sobre Co-municación y Cultura Popular en América Latina y El Caribe para el presente número 43 de Comuni-cación y Medios, que ...
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 ...