Andrea Reppeto Interwiew About Chile

UC graduate and PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Andrea Repetto is the only Chilean economist was quoted by a Nobel laureate in economics, American Edmund Phelps, in his speech to receive the award in 2006. He currently serves as an academic and researcher at the Center for Applied Economics, Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Chile. - What is the impact, in their view, unequal opportunities Chile competitiveness in international markets? -First, when there is inequality of opportunity at home does not bloom competition. I mean, some people have more opportunities than others, who have grown more than others, have better networking than others, or have access to credit and can finance their good ideas and take, and there are people who do not have. Therefore, domestic markets are not competitive when no equal access to opportunities. In other words, you can not be sure that people have the best ideas are the entrepreneurs you can make sure that only people who have the resources to be entrepreneurs, and are not necessarily the same people. When that then translate to an international context, we are starting out as a country that is less efficient in the use of their resources. Again the same example. Not all those with good ideas to take what they do, and those good ideas become products that Chile can go out and sell to international markets. And, on the other hand, it is also clear that in the less unequal, greater social cohesion. And when there is greater social peace, when there is dialogue, whenever it might be a conflict is resolved in a coordinated way, things work much better. So, in that sense, there are two stages in this disadvantage it may have Chile in international markets product of inequalities. - How is it possible to increase the productivity of Chilean workers in a more balanced, so that does not deepen the gap especially now, in the era of the information society, it