Published Papers

Articles in Refereed Journals

Behrman, J. ,Contreras D., Palma I. and Puentes, E. (2023) . Wealth Gradients and Child Skills: Evidence from Chilean longitudinal data.  Population Research and Policy Review, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11113-023-09832-9

Wang, F., Puentes, E, Behrman, J. & Cunha F. (2022): You are What Your Parents Expect: Height and Local Reference Points. Journal of Econometrics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.09.020 . Link to the working paper https://ssrn.com/abstract=3167023

Abufhele A., Contreras, D.,  Puentes, E. , Telias, A.  & Valdebenito N. (2022):  Abufhele A., Contreras, D., Puentes, E., Telias, A. and Valdebenito N. (2022): Socioeconomic Gradients in Child Development: Evidence from a Chilean Longitudinal Study 2010 – 2017. Advances in Life Course Research. Vol. 52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcr.2021.100451

Martínez, C., Puentes, E. & Ruiz-Tagle, J. (2018): The Effects of Micro Entrepreneurship Programs on Labor Market Performance: Experimental Evidence from Chile. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 10 (2): 101-24. DOI: 10.1257/app.20150245

Martínez, C., & Puentes, E. (2018). Micro-entrepreneurship Debt Level and Access to Credit: Short-Term Impacts of a Financial Literacy Program. The European Journal of Development Research, 30(4), 613-629. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-017-0085-4

Contreras, D., Gillmore, R., & Puentes, E. (2017). Self‐Employment and Queues for Wage Work: Evidence from Chile. Journal of International Development, 29(4), 473-499.

Contreras, D. & Puentes, E. (2017): Inequality of Opportunities at Early Ages. Evidence from Chile. Journal of Development Studies, 53(10), 1748-1764. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2016.1262025

Puentes, E., Wang, F., Behrman, J.R., Cunha, F., Hoddinott, J., Maluccio, J.A., Adair, L.S., Borja, J.B., Martorell, R. and Stein, A.D., (2016). Early life height and weight production functions with endogenous energy and protein inputs. Economics & Human Biology, 22, 65-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2016.03.002

Huneeus, F., Landerretche, O., Puentes, E., & Selman, J. (2015). A multidimensional employment quality index for Brazil, 2002–11. International Labour Review, 154(2), 195-226.  https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00239.x

Contreras, D., Larrañaga, O., Puentes, E., & Rau, T. (2014). Improving the Measurement of the Relationship between Opportunities and Income: Evidence from Longitudinal Data from Chile. Development Policy Review, 32(2), 219-237.  https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12052

Landerretche, O., Lillo, N., & Puentes, E. (2013). The Union Effect on Wages in Chile: A Two‐Stage Approach Using Panel Data. Labour, 27(2), 164-191. https://doi.org/10.1111/labr.12011

Contreras, D., Puentes, E., Larrañaga, O., & Rau, T. (2012). The evolution of opportunities for children in Chile, 1990-2006. CEPAL Review.

Contreras, D., De Mello, L., & Puentes, E. (2011). The determinants of labour force participation and employment in Chile. Applied Economics, 43(21), 2765-2776.

Puentes, E., Contreras, D. and Sanhueza, C. (2007). Self-Employment in Chile, Long Run Trends and Education and Age Structures Changes. Estudios de Economía, Vol 34, No. 2, 203-247.

Contreras, D., Puentes, E., & Bravo, D. (2005). Female labour force participation in greater Santiago, Chile: 1957–1997. A synthetic cohort analysis. Journal of International Development, 17(2), 169-186.