We estimate the effects of drug-related violence on individual labor market outcomes in a transit country. Transit … from drug trafficking activities. We implement a Bartik-type instrumental variables strategy which assumes that violence in … results show that drug-related violence has negative effects on extensive and intensive margin labor market outcomes for …

This paper focuses on gender differences in job mobility and earnings for workers in Brazil. Monopsony theory suggests …’ job durations over time. Four models are specified and point to significant gender differences. Across the models, male … these elasticity differences ranges from 11.4 to 20.5%, compared to an actual gender wage difference of 16.4%. Results of …

leads to a reduction in episodes of gender violence. The effect is particularly strong when focusing on incidents of …This paper studies the effect of female political representation on violence against women. Using a Regression … Discontinuity design for close mayoral elections between female and male candidates in Brazil, we find that electing female mayors …