This chapter provides an account of the major family transformations that occurred in recent decades across Latin …-Paredes, 2018a; Juárez & Gayet, 2014). This combination of stability and change has had profound transformations in the family … status in which women raise their children and the family context in which children are raised. We refer to family context as …

based on data derived from the PISA 2009 database, the presented findings show that the vast majority of this gender … dropout rate overestimates male performance means, creating a selection bias in the regular OLS estimation. In order to …

In this paper we discuss the importance of families for understanding economic inequality. Family structure can in …

differ from the results of in-person interventions, they align with theories that link economic deprivation and family …

This paper analyzes gender bias in teaching in low-performing schools in Chile. To carry out the analyses, the authors … teachers' actions that resulted in less attention to female students. Gender bias had an even greater effect in classrooms … Classroom Assessment Scoring System, or CLASS) show a larger gender bias. Greater gender bias is also correlated with lower …

gender-based violence has been limited. Previous studies have highlighted the effect of female political representation on … incidence of gender-based violence in the United States. Using a regression discontinuity design on mixed-gender races, we find … and effort in solving gender-related crimes. …

In this paper we investigate the effect of family connections to politicians on individuals' labor market outcomes. We … identify family ties. Using a diff-in-diff analysis that follows individuals as their family members enter and leave office … having a politician in the family is around 3.5 percent worth of private sector earnings and that each politician is able to …

individuals whose partner is exposed to trade. We find substantial differences by gender. Men respond to import competition by … such response for women, who do not increase labour supply following shocks affecting their partners. Gender differences in …

This paper compares gender wage gaps for Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador from the mid-1990s to the mid …, the wage gap is substantial when workers with comparable human capital characteristics are considered. Although the gender … the gender wage gaps is more pronounced among poorer individuals. In Nicaragua, particularly, these unexplained gaps are …