based on data derived from the PISA 2009 database, the presented findings show that the vast majority of this gender …

This paper surveys gender wage gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent to … second and the third. The gender wage gap remains largely unexplained after controlling for different combinations of socio … middle of the wage distributions than the extremes, possibly due to a gender-equalizing effect of the minimum wage. Moreover …

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 …

This paper studies the effect of firms'export activity on the gender wage gap among its workers. Using matched employer …, which reinforces female comparative advantage and reduces (widens) the gender wage gap in white-collar (blue …

congestion policy, spatial planning and transport infrastructure provision, but are also relevant to our understanding of gender …

This paper shows that returns to education are not enough to capture all the returns to human capital. Using …