This paper investigates whether social identity considerations-through beliefs and normsdrive women's occupational … choices. We implement two field experiments with potential applicants to a five-month software-coding program offered to women … from low-income backgrounds in Peru and Mexico. When we correct the perception that women cannot succeed in technology by …

"Women at Work: Challenges for Latin America" presents a series of empirical studies that use household survey data … from Latin America to analyze trends in female labor force participation rates, the impact of trade liberalization on women …. This book presents evidence that women are overrepresented in the informal sector, which means that a large and growing …

educated women, or are all women equally affected? By analyzing each of these questions, this study of gender … material for policy-makers, researchers and activists interested in the advancement of equality between men and women. …