documenting the broad patterns of national and sub-national differences in income and inequality, building on the seminal … contributions of Engerman and Sokoloff (2000; 2002, 2005) and aiming to capture different dimensions of inequality. We then proceed …, education and the role of elites. Finally, we conduct a "replication" exercise with some seminal papers in the literature …

: education and work. The objective is to provide a current snapshot of gender inequality across key indicators as well as a …This chapter examines gender inequality, focusing on two critical spheres in which gender inequality is generated …, particularly those that highlight other sources of inequality. The second part of the chapter focuses on the worksphere. Here it …

increase with age. Results are robust to using different measures of inequality (income and maternal education). Gaps are …, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay). In the cross-section analysis, we find statistically significant gaps with inequality … smaller but generally remain when adjusting for possible explanatory factors (e.g., family structure, parental education …

(generated by, e.g., technological or climatic change) among other benefits. In this chapter, we study education inequality in … interaction of education inequality with other forms of inequality, primarily income and labor market outcomes. Our analysis is …Education is a crucial asset for a country's economic prospects and for its inhabitants. In addition to its direct …