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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. …
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United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including gender equality. Taking a closer look at the intersection of … gender and technology, this collaboration between UNESCO, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Organisation for … the challenges and opportunities presented by the use of emerging technology such as AI from a gender perspective. The …
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This paper evaluates the impacts of increasing female representation in Bolivian municipal councils on public policy choices and welfare outcomes. By combining detailed administrative panel data on municipal expenditures and revenues together with electoral data, an innovative regression...
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This study seeks to determine the impact on female labor outcomes of the amendment to the Colombian labor law that extended maternity leave from 12 to 14 weeks (Law 1468 of July 2011). To identify this impact, labor market outcomes of two groups of women with different fertility rates are...
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This paper studies the effect of mandated employer-provided child care on the wages of women hired in large firms in Chile. We use a unique employer-employee database from the country's unemployment insurance (UI) system containing monthly information for all individuals that started a new...
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This study asks a simple question that has significant implications for gender equality. After decades of increasing … female participation in the labor market, advances in the labor legislation and persistent gender wage gaps, what are the …
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