This paper assesses gender differences in the effects of adverse conditions at labor-market entry in a developing … region. Using harmonized microdata from national household surveys for 15 Latin American countries, we build a synthetic … contrast, women from those same unlucky cohorts have higher employment rates and earnings. Our results are consistent with …

This study centers on the household saving rate in Latin America by constructing a new database from 27 household … prove to be significant as well. In terms of household saving promotion, our paper leaves little room for optimism. …

based on a selection of household surveys carried out in various countries in the region: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile …, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua and Peru. It emphasizes the usefulness of household surveys as sources of information …

, especially among women, which contributed to the reduction of poverty and inequality in most countries, although the size of this … changes contributed to the observed reduction in income poverty and inequality we apply microeconometric decompositions to … microdata from national household surveys from seven Latin American countries. We find that changes in fertility rates were …

This chapter reviews the empirical evidence on the levels and trends in income/consumption inequality and poverty in … poverty across countries and regions, an assessment of trends in these variables since the early 1980s, and a general … discussion of their determinants. There has been tremendous progress in the measurement of inequality and poverty in the …

large set of national household surveys carried out in 2020, during the pandemic. In addition, the paper uses …. The findings show that the pandemic is likely to have significant long-run consequences in terms of incomes and poverty if …