Man

Jorge Atria

Associate Professor

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Taxation and Fiscal Sociology; Elites; Economic Sociology; Inequality and Social Stratification

Educación

  •  Sociology, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2004
  •  Master (MSc) in Sociology, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2006
  •  Sociology, FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN. Alemania, 2015
  •  Sociologist, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2004

Experiencia Académica

  •   Adjunct Assistant Professor Part Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Santiago, Chile

    2015 - 2018

  •   Assistant professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR

    Interdisciplinary Studies

    Santiago, Chile

    2018 - 2019

  •   Assistant professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES

    Social Sciences and History

    Santiago, Chile

    2019 - 2024

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Faculty of Social Sciences

    Chile

    2024 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Director "Centro de Investigación Social (CIS)" Full Time

    Fundación Techo (Un Techo para Chile-Un Techo para mi País)

    Chile

    2006 - 2009

  •   Ministry advisor Full Time

    Ministry of Labor and Social Security

    Chile

    2009 - 2010

  •   Executive Director Full Time

    Presidential Advisory Council against Influence Peddling, Conflicts of Interest and Corruption

    Chile

    2015 - 2015

  •   Research Assistant Part Time

    ANID-Fondecyt No 1040266

    Chile

    2005 - 2005

  •   Lecturer, Poverty and Inequality Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Chile

    2008 - 2010

  •   Lecturer, Sociology of Inequality Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Chile

    2015 - A la fecha

  •   Teacher - Poverty, Inequality and Solidarity Part Time

    "Penta UC" - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Chile

    2008 - 2008

  •   Teacher - Poverty, Inequality and Solidarity Part Time

    "Penta UC" - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Chile

    2010 - 2010

  •   Lecturer - Microenterprise 1 Other

    INFOCAP (Instituto de Formación y Capacitación Popular)

    Chile

    2007 - 2007

  •   Advisor at the Tax Policy Area Other

    Ministry of Finance

    Chile

    2022 - 2023

  •   Core Member, Research Grant Committee of Sociology, Social Work and Communications Sciences Other

    National Agency of Research and Development (ANID), Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation

    Chile

    2023 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


HUMAN CAPITAL TRAINING SINCE 2019

1. Postdoctoral Fellow

• González, C. (2024). "Endless working days in a pandemic: the cases of women teleworkers in Chile's commercial and service sectors". ANID-Fondecyt Postdoctoral Fellow, Universidad Diego Portales.

2.- Master’s students

• Allende, P. (2024). “Social representations of money in the upper class” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales.

• Villagra, M. (2023). “Regulating the cannabis market in Chile: assessing elasticities for a potential source of tax revenue via corrective taxation” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Economic Analysis. University of Chile (Co-supervision).

• Tramon, J. (2022). “Territorial tax in Chile: diagnosis and proposals" (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Public Policy. Universidad Diego Portales.

• Messina, G.(2022). “Chilean tax system with a gender perspective: evaluation from the opinion and perception of specialists” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales.

• Ortiz, L. (2021). “Attitudes towards taxation in Chile” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales.

• Concha, M. (2021). “The 2014 Tax Reform: the suspension of agreements between the centre-left and the business elite” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Political Science. University of Chile (Co-supervision).

• Arancibia, A. (2021). “From tax control to control of the labour process. An approach to the case of the workers of the Internal Revenue Service in Chile” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Sociology. Universidad Alberto Hurtado (Co-supervision).

• Joustra, C. (2023). “Dispositions towards inequality according to material class position and subjective status. Relevance of the interrelationship between material class position and subjective status” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales (Co-supervision).

• Águila, F. (2023). “Control in action: Collective Ethnography in Detention Control Hearings” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales.

3.- Undergraduate students

• Maldonado, A. & Molina, N. (2024). “Educational Inequality: The Influence of Secondary Education on Experiences and Expectations” (Bachelor's thesis). Degree in Sociology. Universidad Diego Portales.

• Barra, R. & Quezada, A. (2024). “Algorithm production and its class-differentiating effects according to experts” (Bachelor's thesis). Degree in Sociology. Universidad Diego Portales.

• Astudillo, L. & Castro, A. (2023). “Football fans and their new social role within communities" (Bachelor's thesis). Degree in Sociology. Universidad Diego Portales.

• Inostroza, S. & Santis, R. (2023). “The role of sports in community development of neighborhoods” (Bachelor's thesis). Degree in Sociology. Universidad Diego Portales.

• Cofré, A. & Salazar, J. (2022) “Middle and Lower Class Perceptions and Preferences on Taxation” (Bachelor's thesis). Degree in Sociology. Universidad Diego Portales.

3. Thesis Committee (PhD, Master, Undergraduate)

• Vargas, N. (2024). “Authoritarian legacies in the policy making process of Chilean higher education, 1967-2018” (Phd's thesis). PhD in Public Policy, Universidad Mayor (Thesis Committee).

• Peñailillo, F. (2024). “Adverse effects of NCRE installation: territory de la Estrella and Litueche” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales (Thesis Committee).

• Olivares, P. (2023). “Public policy and homelessness in Chile” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales (Thesis Committee).

• Pizarro, B. (2022). “The problem of social reintegration: Institutional trajectories of immigrants sentenced to the alternative penalties of probation and intensive probation in Chile” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales (Thesis Committee).

• Álvarez, M. (2021). “Municipal management of the Social Household Register 2016-2018” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales (Thesis Committee).

• Olivares, A. (2021). “Choice in inequality: Analysis of attribution of ideas to enrolment decisions in the Chilean education system” (Mster's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales (Thesis Committee).

• Silva, C. (2021). “Economic news in the digital public sphere of Twitter. An approach to the Chilean news environment” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales (Thesis Committee).

• Weinstein, T. (2021). “Feelings of insecurity in the face of crime in Villa Frei: Representations, emotions and practices” (Master's thesis). Master’s Degree in Methods for Social Research. Universidad Diego Portales (Thesis Committee).

• Chamorro, C. & Hernández, N. (2024). “A quantitative approach to the occupational well-being of paid domestic workers in the upper middle sectors in Santiago, Chile.” (Bachelor's thesis). Degree in Sociology. Universidad Diego Portales (Reader professor).

• Brstilo, J. & Matetic, V. (2024). “Conditions and experiences of women's access, use and repayment of bank credit in Chile” (Bachelor's thesis). Degree in Sociology. Universidad Diego Portales.

• Gavilán, C. & Ortega, B. (2023). “Parceling in Linares: New land uses and the logic of finance behind the motivations of social actors” (Bachelor's thesis). Degree in Sociology. Universidad Diego Portales (Reader professor).

• Monsalve, C. & Ramírez, F. (2022). “Explorations of the meritocratic ideal. A case study of the Liceo Bicentenario de Excelencia San Pedro de Puente Alto” (Bachelor's thesis). Degree in Sociology. Universidad Diego Portales (Reader professor).


Difusión y Transferencia


PARTICIPATION IN ADVISORIES AND CONSULTANCIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC POLICIES SINCE 2019

• Advisor at Tax Policy Area, Ministry of Finance. 2022-2023.

• Expert Member of the Consortium of Universities against Informality in Chile [Consorcio de Universidades contra la Informalidad en Chile], convened by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.

INTERVIEWS AND OPINION SINCE 2019
-Interview with Constanza Santa María, Radio Pauta, "Mercado Central", 27.03.2024.
-Interview with Francisco Aravena, Podcast "Crónica Estereo", "La ética de la elite", 20.11.2023.
-Atria, J. (2023). "Los apellidos del crecimiento". La Tercera Opinion Piece, 08.09.2023.
-Atria, J. (2023). "Un gesto insolidario". La Segunda Opinion Piece, 07.09.2023
-Interview with Mirna Schindler, El Mostrador TV, "Al pan pan", Chapter 59, 23.06.2023
-Interview with Sebastián Reyes, El Desconcierto, 12.11.2022.
-Interview with Juan Pablo Silva, Diario Financiero, 02.01.2022.
-Traces Dreams (2021) - Inequalities. Chapter 43: "Taxation and inequality". Interview with Alice Krozer. Available at: https://www.tracesdreams.com/inequalities-with-alice-krozer/.
-Atria, J., Contreras, D., Joignant, A., Méndez, M. & Rovira, C. (2021). "Elite: sus conflictos internos y su compleja relación con la ciudadanía". CIPER Piece opinion, 10.04.21. Available at: https://www.ciperchile.cl/2021/04/10/elite-sus-conflictos-internos-y-su-compleja-relacion-con-la-ciudadania/
-Interview Radio El Conquistador Puerto Montt, 31.03.2021.
-Interview with Constanza Stipicic, Javier Beghelli and Matías de la Maza, Radio Infinita, "Qué hay de nuevo". 25.03.2021.
-Interview, Radio Universidad de Chile, "Radioanálisis", 26.03.2021.
-Interview with Constanza Santa María and Andrés Vial, Radio Concierto, "Mañana será otro día": "Se sabe poco de quienes tienen el poder en Chile". 23.03.2021.
-Interview with Ivan Guerrero and Werne Nuñez, Radio Rock & Pop, "Un País Generoso": Capítulo 11 – 22.03.2021.
-Interview Radio USACH, 30.11.2020.
-Atria, J. (2020). "Por qué la economía no basta para pensar los impuestos. CIPER Piece opinion, 24.11.2020. Available at: https://www.ciperchile.cl/2020/11/24/por-que-la-economia-no-basta-para-pensar-los-impuestos/
-Atria, J., Grau, N., Inostroza, V., Joignant, A., Madariaga, A. & Sanhueza, C. (2020). "La política económica frente al COVID-19 en Chile y el mundo: una invitación a ampliar las fronteras de lo posible". CIPER Piece Opinion 24.05.2020. Available at: https://www.ciperchile.cl/2020/05/24/la-politica-economica-frente-al-covid-19-en-chile-y-el-mundo-una-invitacion-a-ampliar-las-fronteras-de-lo-posible/
-De Amesti, J. & Atria, J., (2020). "Servicios públicos como asunto de caridad: el verdadero costo social de las políticas focalizadas". CIPER piece opinion, 07.01.2020. Available at: https://www.ciperchile.cl/2020/01/07/servicios-publicos-como-asunto-de-caridad-el-verdadero-costo-social-de-las-politicas-focalizadas/
-Interview with Cecilia Roman, La Tercera, ""La élite tiene un abismo de empatía y no capta la importancia de las demandas sociales". 12.12.2019.
-Maldonado, L., Castillo, J., Iturra, J., Atria, J. & Meneses, F. (2019). "La demanda por igualdad y los caminos que cuentan con amplio respaldo ciudadano". CIPER piece opinion, 06.12.2019. Available at: https://www.ciperchile.cl/2019/12/06/la-demanda-por-igualdad-y-los-caminos-que-cuentan-con-amplio-respaldo-ciudadano/
-Atria, J. (2019). "¿Ventana de oportunidad? La búsqueda de igualdad en una coyuntura histórica". La Tercera piece opinion, 12.11.2019. Available at: https://www.latercera.com/opinion/noticia/ventana-oportunidad-la-busqueda-igualdad-una-coyuntura-historica/897319/.
-Atria, J. (2019). "Evadir impuestos y evadir el Metro: desigual impacto social y desigual castigo". CIPER piece opinión, 18.10.2019. Available at: https://www.ciperchile.cl/2019/10/18/transporte-publico-e-impuestos-desigualdad-de-evasiones/
-Interview with Constanza Michelson, Radio Universo, "Universos Paralelos", 23.07.2019.
-Interview with Alfredo Joignant, Radio T13, Podcast "Hay Algo allá afuera", 22.07.2019.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Premio Liderazgo e Innovación Docente (Teaching leadership and Innovation Award)

    UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES

    Chile, 2023

    Teaching Leadership and Innovation Award 2022, awarded by Universidad Diego Portales to one academic per faculty.


 

Article (25)

A Multidimensional Approach for Measuring Meritocratic Beliefs: Advantages, Limitations and Alternatives to the ISSP Social Inequality Survey
No Taxation without Efficiency? Elite Perceptions of Redistribution and Progressivity in Chile
Tackling wealth accumulation in a context of social upheaval: the property tax in Chile
Construcción de privilegios y actitudes hacia la riqueza: percepciones y creencias de madres y padres de colegios de élite en Chile
La sociología económica y fiscal de los impuestos: perspectivas y hallazgos para Chile
Pandemic patriotism: Official speeches in the face of the global COVID-19 crisis
The Merit of Ascription? Economic Elite Perceptions of Inheritance Taxation
Fiscal Aftershocks: Taxes and catastrophes in Chilean history
Los dilemas de la meritocracia. Entrevista con François Dubet
Relutantes a pagar? Elites econômicas e desempenho do Estado no Chile
Economic Elites' Attitudes Toward Meritocracy in Chile: A Moral Economy Perspective
Prácticas de distinción, justificación y reproducción de la elite: evidencia de los ámbitos financiero y tributario en Chile
Legalism and creativity: tax non-compliance in the eyes of the economic elite
Meritocracia y desigualdad económica: Percepciones, preferencias e implicancias
Risk Exposure, Humanitarianism and Willingness to Pay for Universal Healthcare: A Cross-National Analysis of 28 Countries
Sociología de los impuestos y la investigación de la desigualdad
STUDYING MERITOCRACY IN AN UNEQUAL CONTEXT: PERSPECTIVES FROM CHILEAN SCHOLARS
Top Incomes in Chile: A Historical Perspective on Income Inequality, 1964–2017
Towards a fiscal sociology of Latin America
Income, egalitarianism and attitudes towards healthcare policy: a study on public attitudes in 29 countries
Investigando a la élite económica: Lecciones y desafíos a partir del caso de Chile
Transparencia tributaria en Chile: una aproximación desde la sociología fiscal
Catastros de asentamientos precarios en América Latina: consideraciones metodológicas e implicancias de política
Acceso a redes sociales y de salud de población en extrema pobreza
Capital social y voluntariado: claves para un financiamiento solidario de la vivienda social. El caso de la fundación Un Techo para Chile.

BookReview (1)

Property threats and the politics of anti-statism. The historical roots of contemporary tax systems in Latin America By Gabriel Ondetti, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2021. pp. 300. $99.99 (clo)

BookSection (15)

El concepto de cultura tributaria y su discusión empírica en la élite chilena
Concentración económica y migración tributaria: una aproximación sociológica al exilio fiscal en América Latina
Desigualdades socioambientales y socioeconómicas en América Latina: Influencia de las elites y posibles respuestas fiscales
Tax Culture: A conceptual proposal and empirical approach to the economic elite in Chile
The wealth defense industry. An exploration of the role of intermediaries in the financial and tax fields in economic concentration
Cambio de paradigma: Principios y orientaciones para proyectar un Estado de Bienestar socialdemócrata en Chile
Introducción. Los impuestos y el pacto fiscal chileno: un diagnóstico general
¿Patriotismo Fiscal? Reformas y narrativas en el Chile post-catástrofes (1939-1960-2010)
El resurgimiento de los impuestos en Chile
Elites, Desigualdad y Desarrollo en América Latina
Introduction: Taxation in times of uncertainty in Latin America
Latin American taxation from a new perspective: Contributions from the relational, historical, and transnational dimensions
La relación entre desigualdad e impuestos como fuente de conflicto social: el caso de Chile
Impuestos y Sociedad: Conceptos, Dilemas y Tensiones
Tributación y Desigualdad en Chile: Características y Perspectivas

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Impuestos justos para el Chile que viene. Diagnósticos y desafíos tributarios para un nuevo pacto fiscal

Proyecto (10)

Being and Appearing from the Economic Elite: Perceptions, Distinctions and Interactions in Chile's Socio-economic Hierarchy [Ser y parecer de la elite económica: Percepciones, distinciones e interacciones en la jerarquía socioeconómica chilena]
Citizens' tax knowledge and preferences: elements for the development and promotion of tax education [Conocimiento y preferencias tributarias de la ciudadanía: elementos para el desarrollo y promoción de la educación tributaria]
Centre for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies (COES)
Tax Culture: Knowledge and morals in the payment of taxes in Chilean society [Cultura Tributaria: Conocimiento y moral en el pago de impuestos en la sociedad chilena]
Tax Policy in Chile: Historical Aspects, Social Actors and Reforms [Política tributaria en Chile: Aspectos históricos, actores sociales y reformas]
ECONOMÍA MORAL DE LA MERITOCRACIA Y PREFERENCIAS REDISTRIBUTIVAS
ELITE ECONÓMICA, CONCENTRACIÓN DE INGRESOS Y TRIBUTACIÓN=> CONFLICTOS REDISTRIBUTIVOS EN CHILE
Centro de Estudios de Conflicto y Cohesión Social (COES)
Doctorado
LOS DILEMAS ETICO-VALORICOS DE LA SOCIEDAD CHILENA EN EL MARCO DE PROCESO DE DIFERENCIACION Y AUTONOMIA DEL SISTEMA LEGAL.
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Jorge Atria

Associate Professor

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

4
Juan Castillo

Profesor Asociado

Sociología

Universidad de Chile

Nunoa, Chile

3
Luis Maldonado

Profesor asistente

Instituto de Sociología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
María de las Nieves Bedregal

Director Integrative Medicine Unit

PUBLIC HEALTH

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

SANTIAGO, Chile

1
Claudia Sanhueza

Directora

Vicerrectoría de Investigación

Universidad Mayor de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
cynthia zavala

Asesora

Departamento Salud Mental

Ministerio de Salud

Santiago, Chile

1
Andres Biehl

Profesor Asociado

Sociologia

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile