Browsing by Author "Madariaga, Aldo"

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    Examining the effects of social protest on the environmental impact assessment process in Chile
    (2023) Irarrázaval Irarrázaval, Felipe; Stamm, Caroline Andre; Madariaga, Aldo; Maillet, Antoine; Franetovic, Gonzalo
    The presence of social conflicts in environmental impact assessment (EIA) is well recognized. However, it remains unclear how social conflicts impact the EIA process beyond specific case study or the examination of small samples. This article addresses this issue through a quantitative analysis of the projects submitted for EIA in Chile between 2009 and 2019, unpacking how the presence of social protest affects the qualification granted by public services and the time elapsed between when the project is presented and finally receives qualification. Our results suggest that social protests have a significant effect on the time elapsed before receiving qualification, particularly for smaller projects. Following an extensive review of the literature and public documents, it is likely that social protest usually operates alongside observations raised by local communities during public consultation, and consequently, projects take longer in addressing those observations. In addition, our results suggest that the presence of social protest does not influence the qualification of the project. However, there is a relationship when social protest is examined in interaction to the productive sector, in which energy projects that face social protest are more likely to be rejected compared to mining or other economic sectors.
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    Right-Wing Moderation, Left-Wing Inertia and Political Cartelisation in Post-Transition Chile
    (Cambridge University Press, 2020) Madariaga, Aldo; Rovira Kaltwasser, Cristóbal Gonzalo
    A través de un análisis de los datos del Proyecto Manifiesto sobre Chile en la post-transición, mostramos que hay una creciente convergencia en las estrategias electorales entre las coaliciones de centro-izquierda y de centro-derecha. Mientras que la primera se caracteriza por tener cierta inercia, la otra está marcada por una gradual, aunque persistente, moderación programática. Para interpretar estos resultados, nos apoyamos no sólo en teorías sobre la relevancia y adaptación partidarias, sino también en las tesis del partido-cartel. Nuestra contribución refuerza los hallazgos de una creciente literatura sobre la post-transición en Chile que revela una mayor colusión entre las coaliciones de izquierda y de derecha, las que han tenido cada vez más dificultades en canalizar las demandas emanadas desde abajo y por lo tanto en proveer una adecuada representación política.
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    Skills formation and (un)employment in Latin America: Evidence from Chile
    (2023) Bogliaccini, Juan A.; Madariaga, Aldo; Peralta, Miski
    Motivation: Skills formation and training have been singled out as key policies to adapt to contemporary labour-market challenges such as automation and skill-biased technological change particularly in middle-income countries such as those in Latin America. However, limited knowledge about the effects of training policies in Latin America hinders adaptation to these transformations.