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Domestic Violence against Women
Biehl, María Loreto - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999
This document is one of a series of technical notes that describe the nature and magnitude of violence in the region, its causes and effects, and how it can be prevented and controlled. The notes provide useful information on designing programs and policies to prevent and deal with violence....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009350546
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Women in the Latin American Labor Market: The Remarkable 1990's
Duryea, Suzanne; Edwards, Alejandra Cox; Ureta, Manuelita - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
the division of labor and time allocation by gender. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009357906
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Gender Earnings Gaps in the Caribbean: Evidence from Barbados and Jamaica
Ñopo, Hugo; Bellony, Annelle; Hoyos, Alejandro - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This paper analyzes gender earnings gaps in Barbados and Jamaica, using a matching comparisons approach. In both … confirm a finding that has been recurrent with this matching approach: the complete elimination of gender occupational … segregation in labor markets would increase rather than reduce gender earnings gaps. The evidence is mixed regarding segregation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677196
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Definitions Matter: Measuring Gender Gaps in Firms' Access to Credit
Piras, Claudia; Presbitero, Andrea; Rabellotti, Roberta - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
support the existence of a gender gap in access to finance in the Latin American and Caribbean region. Nonetheless, more … evidence presented herein suggests that this gender gap may be driven by taste-based discrimination. This paper exploits a rich … of gender gaps in access to finance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010701767
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Women in the Latin American Labor Market: The Remarkable 1990's
Duryea, Suzanne; Edwards, Alejandra Cox; Ureta, Manuelita - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
the division of labor and time allocation by gender. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652650
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Internet Diffusion, Innovation and Employment Growth in the Costa Rican Manufacturing Sector
Monge-González, Ricardo; Rodríguez-Alvarez, Juan A.; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
employment growth and suggest that employee use of the Internet is neither a labor displacement innovation nor a gender or skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654661
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Domestic Violence against Women
Biehl, María Loreto - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999
This document is one of a series of technical notes that describe the nature and magnitude of violence in the region, its causes and effects, and how it can be prevented and controlled. The notes provide useful information on designing programs and policies to prevent and deal with violence....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655830
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Internet Diffusion, Innovation and Employment Growth in the Costa Rican Manufacturing Sector
Monge-González, Ricardo; Rodríguez-Álvarez, Juan Antonio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
employment growth and suggest that employee use of the Internet is neither a labor displacement innovation nor a gender or skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741901
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Discrimination in Latin America: An Economic Perspective
Gandelman, Néstor; Gandelman, Eduardo; Castillo, Marco; … - 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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895493
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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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943595