Emilio Depetris-Chauvín
Biographic Data
| ID | 5805840 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emilio Depetris-Chauvín |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emilio |
| FAMILY NAME | Depetris-Chauvín |
| SIGNATURE | DEPETRIS-CHAUVIN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4236-7869 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The political consequences of vaccines
Vaccines are responsible for large increases in human welfare and yet we know little about the political impacts of publicly-managed vaccination campaigns. We fill this gap by studying the case of Chile, which offers a rare combination of a high-stakes election, voluntary voting, and a vaccination process halfway implemented by election day. Crucially, the roll-out of vaccines relied on exogenous eligibility rules which we combine with a pre-anal…
When a strike strikes twice
Unexpected guests
Malaria and Early African Development
We examine the effect of malaria on economic development in Africa over the very long run. Using data on the prevalence of the mutation that causes sickle cell disease, we measure the impact of malaria on mortality in Africa prior to the period in which formal data were collected. Our estimate is that in the more afflicted regions, malaria lowered the probability of surviving to adulthood by about ten percentage points, which is twice the current…
Unexpected guests
Malaria and Early African Development
We examine the effect of malaria on economic development in Africa over the very long run. Using data on the prevalence of the mutation that causes sickle cell disease, we measure the impact of malaria on mortality in Africa prior to the period in which formal data were collected. Our estimate is that in the more afflicted regions, malaria lowered the probability of surviving to adulthood by about ten percentage points, which is twice the current…
Unexpected guests
Malaria and Early African Development
We examine the effect of malaria on economic development in Africa over the very long run. Using data on the prevalence of the mutation that causes sickle cell disease, we measure the impact of malaria on mortality in Africa prior to the period in which formal data were collected. Our estimate is that in the more afflicted regions, malaria lowered the probability of surviving to adulthood by about ten percentage points, which is twice the current…
When a strike strikes twice
The political consequences of vaccines
Vaccines are responsible for large increases in human welfare and yet we know little about the political impacts of publicly-managed vaccination campaigns. We fill this gap by studying the case of Chile, which offers a rare combination of a high-stakes election, voluntary voting, and a vaccination process halfway implemented by election day. Crucially, the roll-out of vaccines relied on exogenous eligibility rules which we combine with a pre-anal…
Economics (3 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Absenteeism (1 work) · Advanced Causal Inference Techniques (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work)