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Globalization and Inequality in Latin America

Dix-Carneiro, Rafael; Kovak, Brian K. - 2023

We survey the recent literature studying the effects of globalization on inequality in Latin America. Our focus is on … dimensions of inequality, and developing new methodologies to capture the many facets of globalization's relationship to … that focus on distinct aspects of globalization's relationship to inequality. …

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Evolution of gender wage gaps in latin america at the turn of the twentieth century: An addendum to new century, old disparities

Ñopo, Hugo; Hoyos, Alejandro - 2010

This paper complements the findings of Atal, Ñopo and Winder (2010) on gender and ethnic wage gaps for 18 Latin American countries circa 2005 by analyzing gender wage gaps for the same countries between circa 1992 and circa 2007. During this span the overall gender earnings gaps dropped about 7...

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The 'Informality Gap': Can Education Help Minorities Escape Informal Employment? Evidence from Peru

Delgado Montes, Juan Gabriel; Corrales, Javier; Singh, … - 2016

Discrimination in formal labor markets can push discriminated groups into labor informality, where wages are lower and pensions scarce. In this paper, we explore whether education offsets discrimination by empowering discriminated groups to successfully compete for formal jobs. Specifically, we...

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Tropical Storms and Mortality under Climate Change

Pugatch, Todd - 2019

Extreme weather induced by climate change can have major consequences for human health. In this study, I quantify the effect of tropical storm frequency and severity on mortality using objective meteorological data and the universe of vital statistics records from a large developing country,...

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Latin American Household Budget Surveys 1913-1970 and What They Tell Us about Economic Inequality among Households

Gazeley, Ian; Holmes, Rose; Lanata Briones, Cecilia; … - 2018

The article reports an analysis of the findings of a search for household budget surveys for Latin America for the period from the earliest surveys to the late 1960s. Over one hundred studies were located. References to these surveys are available at...

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Two Stories of Wage Dynamics in Latin America: Different Policies, Different Outcomes

Canavire Bacarreza, Gustavo J; Carvajal-Osorio, Luis C. - 2018

This article explores the variation in the wage distributions of two Latin American countries, Bolivia and Colombia, which have had different political and economic strategies in recent years. Using data from household surveys, a decomposition of the wage distribution in each country using...

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Matching as a tool to decompose wage gaps

Ñopo, Hugo - 2004

In this paper I present a methodology that uses matching comparisons to explain gender differences in wages. The approach emphasizes gender differences in the supports of the distributions of observable characteristics and provides useful insights about the distribution of the unexplained gender...

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Legal Minimum Wages and the Wages of Formal and Informal Sector Workers in Costa Rica

Gindling, T. H.; Terrell, Katherine - 2004

The dual economy development models hold minimum wages (among other institutions) accountable for persistent dualism. We use 12 years of micro data on thousands workers in Costa Rica to test whether legal minimum wages have a differential impact on wages in the formal sector vs. informal sector,...

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Education, Governance and Trade-Related Technology Diffusion in Latin America

Schiff, Maurice; Wang, Yanling - 2004

This paper examines the impact on TFP of North-South trade-related technology diffusion in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). North-South R&D flows are constructed based on industry-specific R&D in the North, North-South trade patterns, and input-output relations in the South. The main...

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Privatization discontent and its determinants: evidence from Latin America

Checchi, Daniele; Florio, Massimo; Carrera, Jorge - 2005

Privatization policy faces increasing popular opposition in Latin America. We test for the determinants of this discontent. We use the results of Latinobarometro (2002), a survey of a representative sample of 18522 individuals in 17 countries as our dependent variable of perception, and a...

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