In this paper we look at the income distribution by cohort in Chile. We construct a synthetic panel from cross section … surveys and estimate the income distribution for cohorts born between 1902 and 1978. We then decompose the evolution of these … be the consequence of a flattening of the income-age profile and hence a reduction in the returns to experience. …

This paper provides evidence on the degree and patterns of intergenerational income and educational mobility in urban … Chile. We find intergenerational income elasticities for Greater Santiago in Chile in the range of 0.52 to 0.54. This is … income at the two extremes of the income distribution, which is more accentuated at the top centiles of the distribution. We …

observed for their parents in terms of some economic statuses (wages, income, work hours, and education). Additionally, we … Panel Study of Income Dynamics' data we find that married sons imitate their parents' household disparities more than … married daughters. For parents and their daughter's family, the similarity in household inequalities is insignificant. The …

improving health of disadvantaged children. This paper studies the program's potential longer-term consequences for the poverty … and inequality of these children. It adapts methods developed in DiNardo, Fortin and Lemieux (1996) and incorporates …