Desigualdad y bienestar en el periodo postdictatorial: Chile 1990-1998 Inequality and well-being in the post-dictatorial period: Chile 1990-1998

Abstract

Durante la epoca post dictatorial (1990-1998) Chile fue considerado un ejemplo de crecimiento economico, transicion democratica y mejoras sociales. Durante estos anos el PIB crecio un 81%, el PIB per capita un 60% y la tasa de pobreza cayo del 25,7% al 16,1%. Sin embargo, los indices de desigualdad continuaron siendo de los mas elevados de la region, de manera que los efectos de las medidas regresivas implementadas durante la dictadura (1973-1989) se mantuvieron en democracia. En esta linea de investigacion se analiza la evolucion de la desigualdad en distintos aspectos del bienestar (salud, educacion, vivienda, trabajo e ingreso), durante el denominado periodo de oro de la economia chilena . During the post-dictatorial era (1990-1998) Chile was considered an example of economic growth, democratic transition and social improvements. During these years GDP grew by 81%, GDP per capita by 60% and the poverty rate fell from 25.7% to 16.1%. However, inequality rates remained among the highest in the region, so the effects of regressive measures implemented during the dictatorship (1973-1989) remained in democracy. This line of research analyses the evolution of inequality in different aspects of well-being (health, education, housing, work and income), during the so-called "golden period of the Chilean economy".