Alberto Hurtado University

Rare Diseases as Epistemic Objects: Exploring the Moral Role of Health Systems

ABSTRACT This article explores how rare diseases reveal the moral and epistemic foundations of healthcare systems. Based on narrative interviews with 11 Chilean patients and 10 professionals, this study shows how the absence of standardised protocols—such as clinical guidelines,...

To profit or not to profit? Evidence from Chile’s for-profit voucher schools

This note examines whether for-profit management affects educational outcomes in Chile’s voucher system. Using administrative panel data for all voucher-subsidised primary schools from 2010 to 2014, we compare for-profit and nonprofit schools in terms of inputs and student perfor...

The origins of the Indigenous press in Chile: the Mapuche case, 1935–1945

This article examines the origins of the Indigenous press in Chile and focuses specifically on the Mapuche case between 1935 and 1945, ranging from the first newspaper Juventud Araucana to the final issue of El Heraldo Araucano. It highlights two main conditions that explain the...