This paper explores the evolution of Brazilian wage gaps by gender and skin color over a decade (1996-2006), using the … matching comparison methodology developed by Ñopo (2008). In Brazil, racial wage gaps are more pronounced than those found … along the gender divide, although both noticeably decreased over the course of the last decade. The decomposition results …

characteristics that, arguably, should play no role on the determination of wages: gender and ethnicity. This paper analyzes wage gaps … due to both characteristics in Ecuador for the period 2003-2007, applying a matching comparisons technique developed in … Ñopo (2008). The results indicate ethnic wage gaps that are notably higher than gender wage gaps. Furthermore, ethnic wage …

Applying the methodology developed in Ñopo (2004), this paper analyzes the evolution of the gender wage gap in Peru … gender differences in earnings. For the period under analysis, males earn on average 45 percent more than females. This wage …

matching comparisons technique to explore the role of individual and family characteristics in determining gender segregation …This paper analyzes the evolution of gender segregation in the workplace in Mexico between 1994 and 2004, using a … gender wage gaps by 5 percentage points, while the elimination of occupational segregation would have increased gender wage …

Gender differences have long been documented in earnings, employment opportunities, and time spent within the unpaid … care economy. This paper joins the recent efforts in the economics literature on gender differences in asset ownership …. Specifically, it investigates whether a gender-specific composition in asset ownership between heads of households and spouses can …

are still gender differences in investment behaviour. We conduct a thorough literature review and empirical analysis based …

training. A non-parametric matching approach is applied to estimate the average program effects. Moreover, the results obtained … by matching are compared to results from standard linear regression and probit models, and a polychotomous selectivity …

The matching method for treatment evaluation does not balance selective unobserved differences between treated and non …, provide a natural application. In an empirical analysis, we first examine the performance of matching versus regression …, where compliance is imperfect among the young. Adjusting the matching estimator for selectivity changes the results towards …