In recent times, composite indicators have gained astounding popularity in a wide variety of
research areas. Their adoption by global institutions has further captured the attention of the …

Según la CEPAL, la desigualdad es uno de los rasgos sobresalientes de las sociedades
latinoamericanas y por lo tanto, superarla es un desafío clave para alcanzar el desarrollo …

The objective of this paper is to review previous research on convergence of carbon dioxide
emissions among countries. We discuss the key findings in this work, how the choices of …

La investigación da cuenta de la magnitud, evolución y características de la polarización
socioeconómica y académica en el sistema escolar chileno. Luego de examinar la …

Recent large-N studies of civil war conclude that inequality does not increase the risk of
violent conflict. This article argues that such conclusions may be premature because these …

Latin America and the Caribbean has been one of the regions of the world with the greatest
inequality. This book explores why the region suffers from such persistent inequality …

Despite large regional policy expenditures, regional inequalities in Europe have not
narrowed substantially over the last two decades, and by some measures have even …

Initiated by Esteban and Ray (1991, 1994), Foster and Wolfson (1992) and Wolfson (1994),
there has been a recent upsurge of interest in the measurement of polarization 1 and in the …

In this paper we study a behavioral model of conflict that provides a basis for choosing
certain indices of dispersion as indicators for conflict. We show that a suitable monotone …

We study how the structure of social media networks and the presence of fake news affects
the degree of misinformation and polarization in a society. For that, we analyze a dynamic …