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....

This paper analyzes gender differences in the Chilean labor market, formally addressing the selection of individuals into schooling levels and its impact on gender gaps. The paper utilizes a new and rich data set containing information on labor market outcomes, schooling attainment and schooling...

The objective of this paper is to study the Chilean labor market and determine the presence or absence of gender discrimination. In order to transcend the limitations of earlier works, an experimental design is used, the first of its kind in Chile. This study also allows socioeconomic...

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 are only present in the legal profession. In...

Research from the United States shows that gaps in early cognitive and non-cognitive ability appear early in the life cycle. Little is known about this important question for developing countries. This paper provides new evidence of sharp differences in cognitive development by socioeconomic...

A pesar de un crecimiento promedio del 2.7 %, entre el año 2000 y el año 2004, la tasa de desempleo promedio en Chile permaneció relativamente alta. La lenta respuesta del desempleo a la recuperación económica ha propiciado un intenso debate sobre las causas de este fenómeno. Este estudio...

El principal objetivo de esta publicación, es brindar en un solo documento, un resumen de las principales cifras del sector de microfinanzas de América Latina y el Caribe. Este documento contiene información primaria recolectada y procesada por el Fondo Multilateral de Inversiones (FOMIN)...

El presente trabajo trata sobre las tendencias de las remesas en América Latina y el Caribe. Para ello se exponen estadísticas e indicadores. Las remesas que recibieron los países de América Latina y el Caribe en 2010 registraron un ligero incremento del 0,2% a tasa anual, luego de un fuerte...

Una presentación de los resultados preliminarios de una evaluación que tiene el objetivo de establecer el impacto temprano y la relación costo-beneficio de la intervención en términos de su contribución a la disminución de los niveles de violencia e inseguridad en el municipio de Santiago...

This working paper advances research on inequality with unique, new data on income distribution in 61 countries, including 20 Latin American countries, to explore the effects of political parties on redistribution. First, consistent with a central, but still contested, assumption of the...