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Inequality of opportunity and intergenerational persistence in Latin AmericaHow strong is the transmission of socio-economic status across generations in Latin America?...
Inequality of opportunities Intergenerational Mobility Latin AmericaJournal Article
A macro analysis of gender segregation and job quality in Latin AmericaPart of Journal Special Issue Women’s Work
Gender equality Latin America MacroeconomicsBook Chapter
Self-employment and labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and NicaraguaFrom the book: The Job Ladder
Employment Women Latin AmericaBook Chapter
Informality, labour transitions and the livelihoods of workers in Latin AmericaFrom the book: The Job Ladder
Informality Occupational turnover EducationWorking Paper
The role of tax–benefit systems in protecting household incomes in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic drastically affected household incomes around the world. In developed economies, pre-pandemic tax–benefit policies and emergency transfers mitigated to a large extent the negative income shock...
Taxes Benefits COVID-19Journal Article
Does connectivity reduce gender gaps in off-farm employment?: Evidence from 12 low- and middle income countriesGender gaps in labor force participation in developing countries persist despite income growth or structural change. We assess this persistence across economic geographies within countries, focusing on youth employment in off-farm wage jobs...
Gender gap Youth EmploymentWorking Paper
No taxation without informational foundation: On the role of legibility in tax state developmentThis paper combines cross-national statistical analysis and in-depth historical case studies of Argentina and Chile to explore the relationship between two crucial dimensions of state capacity...
State capacity Information Fiscal capacityPresentation
Eva-Maria Egger to present evidence on reducing employment gender gaps in low- and middle-income countriesEva-Maria Egger will present evidence on reducing employment gender gaps in low- and middle-income countries at a virtual brown-bag seminar hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Malawi on Wednesday 19 May 2021. The...
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A macro–micro analysis of gender segregation and job quality in Latin AmericaLatin America has seen vast improvements in gender educational and health equality...
Gender equality Latin America MacroeconomicsWorking Paper
Motherhood and flexible jobs: Evidence from Latin American countriesWe study the causal effect of motherhood on labour market outcomes in Latin America by adopting an event study approach around the birth of the first child based on panel data from national household surveys for Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay...
child penalty event study female labour supplyTechnical Note
The Economic Transformation Database (ETD): content, sources, and methodsThis note introduces the GGDC/UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database (ETD), which provides time series of employment and real and nominal value added by 12 sectors in 51 countries for the period 1990–2018...
Database Employment value addedWorking Paper
Informality, labour transitions, and the livelihoods of workers in Latin AmericaThis paper studies the incidence and heterogeneity of labour informality in six Latin American countries—Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, and Peru...
Informality Occupational turnover EducationWorking Paper
Does connectivity reduce gender gaps in off-farm employment?: Evidence from 12 low- and middle-income countriesGender gaps in labour force participation in developing countries persist despite income growth or structural change. We assess this persistence across economic geographies within countries, focusing on youth employment in off-farm wage jobs...
Gender gap Youth EmploymentJournal Article
The Long(er)‐Term Impacts of Chile Solidario on Human Capital and Labor IncomePart of Journal Special Issue Welfare and distributive effects of social assistance in the Global South
Conditional cash transfers Human capital Labour incomeWorking Paper
Self-employment and labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and NicaraguaWe study the labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and Nicaragua, focusing on the factors that help men and women move into an advantageous labour market state from an unfavourable state...
Employment Women Latin America