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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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This paper compares gender wage gaps for Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador from the mid-1990s to the mid …, the wage gap is substantial when workers with comparable human capital characteristics are considered. Although the gender … the gender wage gaps is more pronounced among poorer individuals. In Nicaragua, particularly, these unexplained gaps are …
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This paper explores the evolution of Brazilian wage gaps by gender and skin color over a decade (1996-2006), using the … along the gender divide, although both noticeably decreased over the course of the last decade. The decomposition results … racial wage gaps, observable human capital characteristics account for most of the observed wage gaps, the observed gender …
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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
This paper models the impact on economic growth of HIV/AIDS when the epidemic is in a mature phase, in contrast with previous studies focused on periods of expansion, as in African countries. Simulations for Honduras, the epicenter of the epidemic in Central America, show that AIDS is not likely...
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Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the regions in the world with the greatest ethnic, racial and cultural diversity. This diversity is a major asset that holds the key to achieving lasting economic and political stability and constructing a fair, cohesive and democratic society. However,...
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Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the regions in the world with the greatest ethnic, racial and cultural diversity. This diversity is a major asset that holds the key to achieving lasting economic and political stability and constructing a fair, cohesive and democratic society. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895449
In Latin America, the inclusion of a race/ethnicity variable in the administrative records of health establishments is … still very rare. Additionally, Health Departments in the countries analyzed have not yet incorporated race … the analysis of existing race/ethnic disparities in access to health services. In this presentation to the ICHAD …
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In Latin America, the inclusion of a race/ethnicity variable in the administrative records of health establishments is … still very rare. Additionally, Health Departments in the countries analyzed have not yet incorporated race … the analysis of existing race/ethnic disparities in access to health services. In this presentation to the ICHAD …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652562
This study analyzes mobility patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic for eight large Latin American cities. Indicators of mobility by socioeconomic status (SES) are generated by combining georeferenced mobile phone information with granular census data. Before the pandemic, a strong positive...
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