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Ñopo, Hugo (contributor); Valenzuela, Patricio (contributor) - 2007

Using the 1996-2001 Chilean CASEN Panel Survey, this paper analyzes the impact on income of the switch from salaried employment to entrepreneurship (self-employment and leadership of micro-enterprises). By means of a differencein-differences non-parametric matching estimator the paper alleviates...

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The coronavirus pandemic and its challenges to women's work in Latin America

Gutiérrez, Diana; Martin, Guillermina; Ñopo, Hugo - 2020 - First edition

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Impactos de la epidemia del coronavirus en el trabajo de las mujeres en el Perú

Jaramillo Baanante, Miguel; Ñopo, Hugo - 2020 - Primera edición

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El coronavirus y los retos para el trabajo de las mujeres en América Latina

Ñopo, Hugo; Gutiérrez, Diana; Martín Reyes, Guillermina - Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo - 2020

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Women at Work: Challenges for Latin America Title: Mujeres y trabajo en América Latina: Desafíos para las políticas laborales

Duryea, Suzanne; Ñopo, Hugo; Lund, Frances; Puentes, … - Inter-American Development Bank

"Women at Work: Challenges for Latin America" presents a series of empirical studies that use household survey data … from Latin America to analyze trends in female labor force participation rates, the impact of trade liberalization on women …. This book presents evidence that women are overrepresented in the informal sector, which means that a large and growing …

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New century, Old Disparities: Gender and Ethnic Earnings Gaps in Latin America and The Caribbean

Ñopo, Hugo - Inter-American Development Bank

This book presents a regional overview of gender and ethnic disparities in labor earnings during this last turn of the century. After this introduction, chapter 2 presents the methodology adopted by the book and the data sources employed. Chapter 3 then examines education in the region,...

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Discrimination in Latin America: An Economic Perspective

Ñopo, Hugo; Gandelman, Néstor; Gandelman, Eduardo; … - Inter-American Development Bank

This book presents a set of studies on contemporary discrimination in Latin America that takes advantage of these new tools by focusing on social interactions that range from cooperation, group formation, and the impact of migration in poor families to specific markets such as housing and labor....

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The Gender Wage Gap in Peru 1986-2000: Evidence from a Matching Comparisons Approach

Ñopo, Hugo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

Applying the methodology developed in Ñopo (2004), this paper analyzes the evolution of the gender wage gap in Peru from 1986 to 2000. This methodology has two advantages. First, it recognizes that the supports of observable characteristics distributions differ substantially. Second, it...

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The Persistent Gender Earnings Gap in Colombia, 1994-2006

Ñopo, Hugo; Hoyos, Alejandro; Peña, Ximena - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

This paper surveys gender wage gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent to which individuals with similar human capital characteristics earn different wages. Three sub-periods are considered: 1994-1998; 2000-2001; and 2002- 2006. The gaps dropped from the...

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Ethnic and Gender Wage Gaps in Ecuador

Ñopo, Hugo; Gallardo, Lourdes - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

Returns to labor for workers with similar endowments of productive characteristics in Ecuador are influenced by two characteristics that, arguably, should play no role on the determination of wages: gender and ethnicity. This paper analyzes wage gaps due to both characteristics in Ecuador for...

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