This article examines how a policy oriented toward a specific group within the population can have collateral effects on the economic decisions of other groups. In 1996, the Chilean government approved the extension of the school day from half- to full-day school. This article exploits the...

El objetivo central de esta investigacion es examinar los vinculos entre la tenencia de activos y la condicion de pobreza en el caso de la economia chilena. La seccion I presenta antecedentes de estudios previos de la pobreza en Chile y ofrece un panorama actualizado de las caracteristicas y de...