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Grandmothers and the gender gap in the Mexican labor market
Talamas Marcos, Miguel Ángel - 2022
This paper estimates the effect of childcare availability on parents' employment probability using the timing of death of grandmothers-the primary childcare providers in Mexico-as identifying variation. I use a triple-difference to disentangle the effect of coinhabiting grandmothers' deaths due...
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Household Saving and Labor Informality: The Case of Chile
Schclarek, Alfredo; Caggia, Mauricio - 2015
financial characterization of informal workers in Chile. The paper uses the Financial Household Survey conducted by the Central …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314205
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Do behavioral drivers matter for healthcare decision-making in times of Crisis? A study of low-income women in El Salvador during the COVID-19 pandemic
Bernal, Pedro; Daga, Giuliana; Kossuth, Lajos; López … - 2023
Understanding health-seeking behaviors and their drivers is key for governments to manage health policies. There is a growing literature on the role of cognitive biases and heuristics in health and care-seeking behaviors, but little is known of how they might be influenced during a context of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014563893
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Labor Exclusion and the Erosion of Citizenship Responsibilities
Ronconi, Lucas; Zarazaga, Rodrigo - 2015
experiment, as well as household data from nine Latin American countries, the paper shows that non-registered workers are less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314185
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Economic cycle and deceleration of female labor force participation in Latin America
Serrano, Joaquín; Gasparini, Leonardo; Marchionni, Mariana - 2018
models, using data from harmonized national household surveys of 18 countries in the period 1987-2014. We find that female …
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Working less to take care of parents? Labor market effects of family long-term care in Latin America
Stampini, Marco; Oliveri, María Laura; Ibarrarán, Pablo; … - 2020
We use data from time-use surveys and the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) to analyze the relationship between the need to provide family long-term care (LTC) and womens labor supply in four Latin American countries. Descriptive analysis of time-use survey data from Chile, Colombia, Costa...
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How accurately are household surveys measuring the size and inequalities for the LGBT population in Bogota, Colombia? Evidence from a list experiment
Ham, Andrés; Guarin, Angela; Ruiz, Juanita - 2023
This paper studies whether household surveys precisely identify the LGBT population and are suitable to measure labor … in Bogotá, Colombia. Results show that household surveys underestimate the size of the LGBT population and may yield …'s statistical visibility, additional steps are required before household surveys may be used to consistently estimate discrimination …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014518154
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Remittances and the Impact on Crime in Mexico
Brito, Steve; Corbacho, Ana; Osorio, René - 2014
examined using municipal-level data on the percent of household receiving remittances and homicides per 100,000 inhabitants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314153
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Gender disparities in valuing remote and hybrid work in Latin America
Diaz Escobar, Ana Maria; Salas, Luz Magdalena; Piras, … - 2024
This study sheds light on the growing trend and gender dynamics of workplace flexibility in Latin America, underscoring the importance of remote work options in the region's labor market. We explore gender differences in willingness to pay (WTP) for remote work arrangements in Latin America,...
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Child care markets, parental labor supply, and child development
Berlinski, Samuel G.; Ferreira, María M.; Flabbi, Luca; … - 2020
, families with a child make consumption, labor supply, and child-care decisions within a static, unitary household model. On the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604841