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Social inclusion and economic development in Latin America

Buvinić, Mayra (contributor); Mazza, Jacqueline (contributor) - 2004

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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....

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Discrimination in Latin America: An Economic Perspective

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

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Gender and Racial Wage Gaps in Brazil 1996-2006: Evidence Using a Matching Comparisons Approach

Ñopo, Hugo; Garcia, Luana Marquez; Salardi, Paola - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

This paper explores the evolution of Brazilian wage gaps by gender and skin color over a decade (1996-2006), using the matching comparison methodology developed by Ñopo (2008). In Brazil, racial wage gaps are more pronounced than those found along the gender divide, although both noticeably...

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Gender Wage Gaps in Central American Countries: Evidence from a Non-Parametric Approach

Ñopo, Hugo; Enamorado, Ted; Izaguirre, Ana Carolina - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

This paper compares gender wage gaps for Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s using the non-parametric matching methodology introduced by Ñopo (2008), which allows an analysis not only of average gaps but also their distributions. While a simple...

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Afro-descendants in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru and the Challenges of Measuring Health Gaps

Garcia, Luana Marquez; Morrison, Judith; Bailey, Brittney; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

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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Afro-descendants in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru and the Challenges of Measuring Health Gaps

Garcia, Luana Marquez; Morrison, Judith; Bailey, Brittney; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

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Women at work : challenges for Latin America

Piras, Claudia (contributor) - 2004

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Gender Segregation in the Workplace and Wage Gaps: Evidence from Urban Mexico 1994-2004

Calónico, Sebastián; Ñopo, Hugo R. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008

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 … and wage gaps. The results suggest that the complete elimination of hierarchical segregation would reduce the observed …

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Etnicidad y acumulación de capital humano en México Urbano

Ñopo, Hugo; Winder, Natalia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008

Se analiza la movilidad social y la acumulación de capital humano entre minorías étnicas en zonas urbanas de México, se exploran los cambios en el logro académico y la situación en el mercado laboral y se emplean datos de panel provenientes de la Encuesta sobre la Vida de la Familia...

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