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Commodity prices Shocks in Chile : local effects on poverty, and transmission mechanisms

TESIS PARA OPTAR AL GRADO DE Magister en Análisis Económico / The commoditypricesshocksatthebeginningof2000'shadimportante ectsinChile,where
one ofthemostrelevantshockwasonmetal-miningproducts.Thisinvestigationexaminesthe
localeconomicimpactonpovertyofthemetal-miningcommoditypricesboomforthecountry,
and thetransmissionmechanismsofthosee ects.Weusehouseholddatabetween1998-2013to
create apaneldataatmunicipalitylevel,andexploitthedi erencesinmunicipalitiesexposure
to changeinprices.Theresultsshowsareductioninpovertyratesassociatedwiththepositive
terms oftradeshock,wherethemagnitudedependsontheexposurelevel.Countiesbelongingto
the 95thpercentileoftheexposurelevelhadonaverageapovertyreductionof1.95percentage
points(pp)duetotheshock.Wealsoexaminethelabormarketstransmissionmechanisms,
nding thattheshockgeneratesanincreaseinunskilledworkersemploymentandwages.On
average,forthelattergroupofmunicipalitiesthecommodityshockproduceanincreaseof1.07%
in unskilledmetal-miningemployment,and6.69%inunskilledworkerswages

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UCHILE/oai:repositorio.uchile.cl:2250/145385
Date04 1900
CreatorsIlabacaTurri, Sebastián Alberto
ContributorsÁlvarez Espinoza, Roberto
Source SetsUniversidad de Chile
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeTesis
RightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Chile, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/

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