The recent surge in violence in Mexico highlighted the economic and political stress faced by the most vulnerable … Mexico from the period from 1985 - 2009. Using statistical data on national, international, and sub-state influences, in … addition to qualitative data derived from studies conducted in Mexico City an the Monterrey Metropolitan area, we find that …

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

from institutional constraints than others; those entering legislature via legal gender quotas. Examining two Mexican state … legislatures, where only one has adopted legal gender quotas, empirical testing gives no support to the hypothesis; ‘quota women … gender quotas are perceived as a threat mainly to male colleagues within the party. Two key aspects are identified that …

look at the case of Mexico, where large-scale international migration has led to significant declines in the male … world, but less evidence of improvements in the gender wage gap. Using an instrumental variables strategy that relies on … and growth. Our findings are among the few that show some movement toward improvements in the gender wage gap in a …