Dante Contreras

Profesor Titular

Formación Académica

Ph.D. en Economía, University of California, Los Angeles.
Master of Arts en Economía, University of California, Los Angeles.
Ingeniero Comercial, Universidad de Chile

Sitio web

Biografía

Dante Contreras es Profesor Titular del Departamento de Economía de la Universidad de Chile. Doctor en Economía de la Universidad de California, Los Ángeles. Fue Director Ejecutivo del Banco Mundial, Vicepresidente de Codelco y Oficial del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo y Director del Departamento de Economía de la Universidad de Chile.

Además, ha realizado asesorías para el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Banco Mundial, el Ministerio del Trabajo, el Servicio Nacional de la Mujer, el Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico. Actualmente es Subdirector e Investigador Principal del Centro de Estudios de Conflicto y Cohesión Social, COES (Centros de Excelencia en Investigación, Universidad de Chile. Proyecto FONDAP).
Sus áreas de investigación incluyen economía de la educación, pobreza, distribución del ingreso, políticas sociales y evaluación de impacto.

Es autor de numerosos artículos en revistas académicas internacionales y nacionales. Además, es autor de libros y capítulos de libros. El profesor Contreras dicta cátedras de Microeconomía y Econometría.

Campos de Investigación

Economía de la Educación, Pobreza, Distribución de Ingreso, Políticas Sociales y Evaluación de Impacto.

Contacto

dcontrer@fen-uchile.urantiacos.cl

Publicaciones en Revistas con Comité Editorial

2026 / Education Spending and Economic Growth: Short- and Long-Term Effects in a Global Panel / Review of Development Economics
2025 / Early maternity and paternity. Effects on educational trajectories / JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS / - No. 103404
2025 / 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 / - No. 2
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 / 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

Error al conectar con la API: cURL error 28: Operation timed out after 5000 milliseconds with 0 bytes received