Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/216573 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 8177
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This article traces inequality and numeracy development in the regions of Chile during the 19th and early 20th century. Inequality, measured with anthropometric methods, was associated with a lower speed of human capital formation. Not all talents received the necessary education to make full use of their talent for the regional economy, especially in the south. However, in its northern regions we find that Chile was relatively equal and numerate during the 19th century, and the south converged somewhat during this period. In addition, we study the correlates of low-intensity immigration in Chile. Regions with a relatively high share of North European migrants developed faster in terms of numeracy.
Subjects: 
inequality
immigration
human capital
numeracy
regions
Chile
JEL: 
N36
N96
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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