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. …

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 …' family background. Although the results show statistically significant gender differences in several dimensions of the …

fieldwork, the econometric work implements a two-stage matching procedure on propensity scores, gender and labor income. This … percent), gender occupational segregation reduces by 30 percent, and females' labor income improves by 93 percent (while males …' earnings increase by 11 percent). Nonetheless, gender equality promotion represents only 1.5 percent of ProJoven's budget …