Estimados profesores,

Este viernes 07 de agosto se llevará a cabo la décima sesión del seminario interno de FEN donde se exponen trabajos en progreso de académicos y avances de tesis de estudiantes.

En esta ocasión, el profesor Pablo Guzmán presentará "Non-cognitive characteristics and the decision of treatment of chronic diseases: Evidence from Chile", trabajo cuyo resumen se encuentra más abajo.

El seminario se llevará a cabo a las 13:00 hrs en la sala 1605 de la torre. Se solicita confirmar asistencia con Pamela Fuentes al correo pamela.fuentes@econ.uchile.cl a más tardar el día jueves 30 de julio a las 13:00 horas, ya que el seminario contempla almuerzo.

Quienes deseen inscribir presentaciones para futuras sesiones, por favor dirigirse con Damián Vergara al correo damian.vergara.d@gmail.com.

Atentos saludos,

Dirección de Investigación FEN

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Título - Non-cognitive characteristics and the decision of treatment of chronic diseases: Evidence from Chile

Autor - Pablo Guzmán

Abstract - We provide pioneer evidence about the determinants of treatment of three chronic conditions in Chile. By exploiting a rich database, we are able to include non-cognitive characteristics as one of the many determinants of this decision. Both descriptive and econometric analysis are consistent in showing that there exists substantial heterogeneity across diseases. The evidence shows that there is small but significant effect of risk aversion and self-control in the decision of treatment of depression and diabetes, and no effect for hypertension. Male population with worse self-control levels and more risk-seeking behavior tend to show lower treatment rates for diabetes. We also find that health insurance is not a relevant dimension for this decision, being this previously documented by empirical literature.