This paper analyzes the evolution of gender segregation in the workplace in Mexico between 1994 and 2004, using a … matching comparisons technique to explore the role of individual and family characteristics in determining gender segregation … gender wage gaps by 5 percentage points, while the elimination of occupational segregation would have increased gender wage …

This book presents a set of studies on contemporary discrimination in Latin America that takes advantage of these new … findings that confirm some of the common perceptions regarding discrimination but challenge the conventional wisdom in other … less than inhabitants of other regions, and the discrimination that does occur appears largely to stem from lack of …

This paper analyzes gender differences in three Chilean professional labor markets, business, law and medicine …, utilizing a new and rich data set collected for this purpose. The results show that differences in wages attributed to gender … gender effect and in Medicine, taking into account hours worked, size of firm and region also eliminates gender differences …

evidence presented herein suggests that this gender gap may be driven by taste-based discrimination. This paper exploits a rich … support the existence of a gender gap in access to finance in the Latin American and Caribbean region. Nonetheless, more … of gender gaps in access to finance. …

This book presents a set of studies on contemporary discrimination in Latin America that takes advantage of these new … findings that confirm some of the common perceptions regarding discrimination but challenge the conventional wisdom in other … less than inhabitants of other regions, and the discrimination that does occur appears largely to stem from lack of …