Matias Berthelon

Professor

Escuela de Negocios, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile.

IZA Research Fellow

Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn, Germany.

Investigador Adjunto COES

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I am currently Full Professor at the Business School, Universidad Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Viña del Mar, Chile. I obtained my M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Maryland (College Park) and I have been Associate Visiting Professor at the Department of Economics of Dartmouth College, Visiting Research Scholar at International Monetary Fund, and consultant for the World Bank at the Development Economics Research Group in the International Trade Division and the Development Division. I currently serve as President of the Chilean Economic Association, where I was elected for the 2020-2021 period.

My research is focused in topics related to development economics, including the assessment of educational policies, labor markets, public health, and international trade.

Publications

• Berthelon, M., Contreras, D., Kruger, D., & Palma, M. I. “Early Maternity and Paternity Effects on Educational Trajectories,” Journal of Development Economics. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103404.

• Berthelon, M., Kruger, D., Lauer, C., Tiberti, L., & Zamora, C. (2024). Longer school schedules, childcare and the quality of mothers’ employment. Economic Policy, Volume 39, Issue 120, Pages 817–846. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/epolic/eiae037

• Berthelon, M., Kruger, D., & Oyarzún, M. (2023). School schedules and mothers’ employment: evidence from an education reform. Review of Economics of the Household, 21(1), 131-171. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-022-09599-6

• Berthelon, M., Kruger, D., & Sanchez, R. (2021). Maternal stress during pregnancy and early childhood development. Economics & Human Biology, 43, 101047. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2021.101047

• Berthelon, M., Contreras, D., Kruger, D., & Palma, M. I. (2020). Harsh parenting during early childhood and child development. Economics & Human Biology, 36, 100831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2019.100831

• Berthelon, M., Bettinger, E., Kruger, D. I., & Montecinos-Pearce, A. (2019). The structure of peers: The impact of peer networks on academic achievement. Research in Higher Education, 60, 931-959. DOI: 10.1007/s11162-018-09543-7.

• Berthelon, M., Kruger, D., & Eberhard, J. P. (2017). Estimating the effects of teen motherhood in Chile: a family fixed effects approach. Estudios de Economía, 44(1), 5-32. http://www.estudiosdeeconomia.uchile.cl/index.php/EDE/article/view/45212/47274

• Berthelon, M., & Kruger, D. I. (2017). Does adolescent motherhood affect education and labor market outcomes of mothers? A study on young adult women in Chile during 1990–2013. International Journal of Public Hhealth, 62, 293-303. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-016-0926-5.

• Soares, R. R., Kruger, D., & Berthelon, M. (2012). Household choices of child labor and schooling: A simple model with application to Brazil. Journal of Human Resources, 47(1), 1-31. 

• Berthelon, M. (2011). Chilean Export Performance: The Role of Intensive and Extensive Margins, Economía Chilena, Volume 4, No. 1, pp. 25-38, April 2011.

• Berthelon, M. E., & Kruger, D. I. (2011). Risky behavior among youth: Incapacitation effects of school on adolescent motherhood and crime in Chile. Journal of Public Economics, 95(1-2), 41-53.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.09.004.

• Kruger, D. I., Berthelon, M., & Soares, R. R. (2010). Allocation of children's time along gender lines: Work, school, and domestic work in Brazil. In Child labor and the transition between school and work (pp. 161-192). Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

• Berthelon, M., & Freund, C. (2008). On the conservation of distance in international trade. Journal of International Economics, 75(2), 310-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2007.12.005

• Aravena. R. & Berthelon, M. (2008) Real Estate Boom in Chile: A new Sub-Prime Crisis?, Trend Management, Management Made in Chile, May, pp.138-144.

• Kruger, D. I. & Berthelon, M. How Household Economic Opportunities Affect Child Labor and Schooling in Nicaragua: Differential Effects by Gender”, The Georgetown Public Policy Review, Vol. 9, No.1, Fall 2003.

Chapters in Books

• “Escolaridad y empleo juvenil en tiempos del Covid-19”, in “Negocios en América Latina después del Covid-19: Cambios y desafíos después de la pandemia”. Héctor Osorio and Daniel Soto, ed., Rubicón Editores - Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, pp. 83-93, with Diana Kruger and Carolina Molinare, 2021. https://librero.cl/producto/negocios-en-america-latina-post-covid-19/ 

• “Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Latin America: The Case of Nicaragua”, in Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Latin America, Kym Anderson and Alberto Valdes, ed., The World Bank, 2008 (joint with Diana Kruger and Diana Saavedra).

Working Paper Series

• “Violence during Early Childhood and Child Development”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 11984, (joint with Dante Contreras, Diana Kruger, and M. Isidora Palma), 2018. http://ftp.iza.org/dp11984.pdf 

• “Maternal Stress during Pregnancy and Early Childhood Development”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 11452, (joint with Diana Kruger and Rafael Sanchez), 2018. http://ftp.iza.org/dp11452.pdf 

• “Longer School Schedules and Early Reading Skills: Effects from a Full-Day School Reform in Chile”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 10282, (joint with Diana Kruger and Veronica Vienne), 2018. http://ftp.iza.org/dp10282.pdf 

• “The Effects of Longer School Days on Mothers' Labor Force Participation”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 9212, (joint with Diana Kruger and Melanie Oyarzún), 2015. http://ftp.iza.org/dp9212.pdf 

• “The Impact of Adolescent Motherhood on Education in Chile" IZA Discussion Paper No. 8072, (joint with Diana Kruger), 2014. http://ftp.iza.org/dp8072.pdf 

•  “Chilean Export Performance: The Role of Intensive and Extensive Margins”, Central Bank of Chile Working Papers No. 615, March 2011.

•  “Delaying the Bell: The Effects of Longer School Days on Adolescent Motherhood in Chile”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 4553, (joint with Diana Kruger), 2009. http://ftp.iza.org/dp4553.pdf 

•  “Adolescent motherhood and secondary schooling in Chile”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 4552, (joint with Diana Kruger and Rodrigo Navia), 2009. http://ftp.iza.org/dp4552.pdf 

• “Household Choices of Child Labor and Schooling: A Simple Model with Application to Brazil”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 2776, (joint with Diana Kruger and Rodrigo R. Soares), 2009. http://ftp.iza.org/dp2776.pdf 

• “Growth Effects of Regional Integration Agreements”, Central Bank of Chile Working Papers  No. 278, 2004.

Grants

• Registro de Información Social (Social Information Registry), Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Ministry of Social Development and Family). “Educational Environment and Adolescent Motherhood and Fatherhood: prevalence in schools, determinants, and peer effects” (Entorno Educacional y Maternidad y Paternidad Adolescente: prevalencia en establecimientos escolares, sus determinantes, y efecto de pares). 2023-2025 (Principal Investigator).

• Registro de Información Social (Social Information Registry), Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Ministry of Social Development and Family). “Early Motherhood and Fatherhood and its effects on Educational Trajectories”. 2021-2023 (Principal Investigator).

• Centre for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies (COES). “Socio-Economic Determinants of Harsh Parenting during Early Childhood in Chile” (“Determinantes Socio-Económicos de Estilos Parentales en la Primera Infancia en Chile”). August 2020-August 2022 (Principal Investigator).

• Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP). Policy Analysis on Growth and Development (PAGE-II) research program. June 2018–June 2020. “Access to child care and mothers’ employment quality: lessons from Chile” (Principal Investigator)

• FONDECYT  (National Scientific and Technological Research Commission, Government of Chile.)   March 2012 – March 2015. “The effect of longer school days on household time allocation decisions: Mothers labor supply, juvenile crime, and youth employment and Schooling in Chile” (Co- Investigator).

• FONDECYT  (National Scientific and Technological Research Commission, Government of Chile.)   November  2008 – November 2010. “Evolution and Determinants of the Extensive Margin in Developing Countries: An Empirical Application” (Principal Investigator).

• Dirección de Investigación, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, May 2008 – March 2011. “Núcleo de Análisis Económico” (Director and Principal Investigator).

• Dirección de Investigación, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, May 2007 – March 2008. “Margen y Extensivo y Acuerdos Regionales: Evidencia para Chile” (Principal Investigator).

• FONDECYT  (National Scientific and Technological Research Commission, Government of Chile.)   March 2007 – March 2009. “El Rol del Genero en el Trabajo y la Escolaridad en Jóvenes de Chile” (Co- Investigator).

• FONDECYT  (National Scientific and Technological Research Commission, Government of Chile.)   March 2005 – March 2007. “Child labor and schooling: A structural model and its empirical application” (Co- Investigator).

• FONDECYT   (National Scientific and Technological Research Commission, Government of Chile.)  May 2006 and 2005. International cooperation grant.

• Direccion de Investigacion, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, May 2004 – March 2005. “Report on Economic Activity (Informe de Actualidad Económica)” (Principal Investigator).