This chapter examines socioeconomic inequality in Latin America through the lens of race and ethnicity. We primarily use national census data from the International Public Use Micro Data Sample (IPUMS). Since censuses use inconsistent measures of race and ethnicity, we also draw on two...

This paper surveys gender and ethnic wage gaps in 18 Latin American countries, decomposing differences using matching comparisons as a non-parametric alternative to the Blinder-Oaxaca (BO) decomposition. It is found that men earn 9-27 percent more than women, with high cross-country...

Despite sustained economic growth at the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century, Latin America and the Caribbean still faces high inequality and weak indicators of well-being among certain population groups. Women, people of African ancestry, and indigenous peoples are often at...

En este documento se abordan los impactos potenciales del cambio tecnológico en la transformación de la naturaleza de los trabajos del futuro, su incidencia sobre el empleo, la igualdad de género y el crecimiento económico. Las brechas de género existentes en el mercado laboral podrían...

La Educación Técnico-Profesional (ETP) es un tema de creciente interés en debates regionales sobre educación y desarrollo socio-económico, sin embargo se observa un escaso conocimiento de sus características y resultados, especialmente desde una perspectiva de género.En este escenario, en...