Alejandra Abufhele

Alejandra Abufhele

Doctora en Demografía
Directora de Investigación Escuela de Gobierno UAI.
Profesor Asociado
ESCUELA DE GOBIERNO
CHILE
Stgo, A, 255
Email: [email protected]

Alejandra Abufhele

Doctora en Demografía
  • Doctora en Demografía, University of Pennsylvania, 2017
  • Magíster en Demografía, University of Pennsylvania, 2015
  • Magíster en Políticas Públicas, Universidad de Chile
  • Ingeniera Comercial, Universidad de Chile

Profesora Asistente de la Escuela de Gobierno de la Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Su investigación se enfoca en demografía social, primera infancia, desigualdad y pobreza. Su trabajo de investigación ha sido publicado en revistas internacionales tales como Social Science and Medicine, American Journal of Sociology, entre otras. Es investigadora asociada del Centro de Encuestas y Estudios Longitudinales, investigadora adjunta de COES e investigadora adjunta del Núcleo Milenio de Movilidad Intergeneracional. Actualmente está trabajando en su Fondecyt de Iniciación en temas de parentalidad y desigualdades en la infancia, además de proyectos con datos administrativos en temas de pobreza infantil y trayectorias de vulnerabilidad.

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Assistant Professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez’s School of Government. Her research focuses on social demography, early childhood development, inequality, and poverty. Her research work has been published in international journals such as Social Science and Medicine, the American Journal of Sociology, among others. She is an associate researcher at the Center for Longitudinal Surveys and Studies, an associate researcher at COES and an associate researcher at the Millennium Nucleus of Intergenerational Mobility. She is currently working in her Fondecyt on issues of parenting and inequalities in childhood, as well as projects with administrative data on issues of child poverty and vulnerability trajectories.

Bright but Poor</>

Mizala, A., Herskovic, L., Abufhele, A. & Torche, F., 2026, In: American Educational Research Journal, 63, 2, p. 270-306.

Birth weight effects on cognitive and non-cognitive development in early childhood</>

Abufhele, A., oct. 2025, In: Longitudinal and life course studies : international journal, 16, 4, p. 507-527.

Childcare Center Attendance During the Covid-19 Pandemic</>

Narea, M., Soto-Ramírez, P. & Abufhele, A., 2025, In: Child Development, 96, 4, p. 1395-1408.

Developmental Losses in Young Children from Preprimary Program Closures during the COVID-19 Pandemic</>

Abufhele, A., Bravo, D., Lopez-Boo, F. & Soto-Ramirez, P., ago. 2024, In: Comparative Education Review, 68, 3, p. 423-442.

MULTIDIMENSIONAL CHILD POVERTY IN CHILE</>

Telias, A. & Abufhele, A., ene. 2024.

Marrying across Borders in Latin America</>

Robles, A., Pesando, L., Abufhele, A., Bucca, M. & Urbina, D., ene. 2024, In: Socius, 10.

Higher education trajectories of migrants and the role of age of arrival</>

Abufhele, A., Herskovic, L. & Alarcón, S., 2024, In: Higher Education, 88, 6, p. 2205-2230.

Community violence and early childhood language development</>

Abufhele, A. & Laurito, A., 2023, In: Child Development, 95, 3, p. 800-816.

Beyond early motherhood</>

Yopo Díaz, M. & Abufhele, A., 2023, In: International Sociology, 39, 1, p. 27-49.

Declining Quantity and Quality of Births in Chile amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic</>

Pesando, L. & Abufhele, A., 2023, In: Population and Development Review, 50, p. 75-99.

Parental educational similarity and inequality implications for infant health in Chile</>

Abufhele, A., Pesando, L. & Castro T., A., dic. 2022, In: Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 82.

The Covid-19 Pandemic and Maternal Mental Health</>

Abufhele, A., Narea, M. & Telias, A., jul. 2022, In: International Journal of Public Health, 67.

Socioeconomic gradients in child development</>

Abufhele, A., Contreras, D., Puentes, E., Telias, A. & Valdebenito, N., jun. 2022, In: Advances in life course research, 52.

INCREASING COVERAGE OF NURSERIES IN CHILE 2006-2019</>

Telias, A., Godoy, F., Abufhele, A. & Narea, M., ene. 2022.

A mediation analysis to disentangle relations between maternal education and early child development</>

Telias, A., Narea, M. & Abufhele, A., 2022, In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 46, 6, p. 568-575.

The Effect of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Maternal Mental Health and Parenting Practices Moderated by Urban Green Space</>

Narea, M., Asahi, K., Abufhele, A., Telias, A., Gildemeister, D. & Alarcón, S., 2022, In: Clinical Psychological Science, 10, 6, p. 1151-1167.

The normativity of marriage and the marriage premium for children’s outcomes</>

Torche, F. & Abufhele, A., ene. 2021, In: American Journal of Sociology, 126, 4, p. 931-968.

Household Determinants of Teen Marriage</>

Pesando, L. & Abufhele, A., jun. 2019, In: Studies in Family Planning, 50, 2, p. 113-136.

Parental preferences and allocations of investments in children's learning and health within families</>

Abufhele, A., Behrman, J. & Bravo, D., dic. 2017, In: Social Science and Medicine, 194, p. 76-86.