Apr 2023
This study tests four "light touch" interventions in the language used in job posts of male- dominated occupations to attract female workers using a discrete choice experiment. This…
Apr 2023
Mobility restrictions have the potential to accelerate automation. Using difference-in-differences and triple-differences empirical strategies, and leveraging cross-industry variation in mobility…
Mar 2023
The files include the data and replication materials for “Grandmothers and the gender gap in the Mexican labor market.” The dataset covers three-generation households from 2005 to 2020. The primary…
Dec 2022
Postsecondary education is undergoing a period of profound change. One of the most significant changes is the emergence of skills-based, non-degree, alternative credentials as both complements and…
Dec 2022
La educación postsecundaria está atravesando un periodo de profundos cambios. Uno de los más significativos es la aparición de credenciales alternativas basadas en habilidades, como opción y…
Dec 2022
O ensino superior está passando por um período de profundas mudanças. Uma das mudanças mais significativas é o surgimento de modalidades alternativas baseadas em habilidades, sem diploma, como…
Nov 2022
This paper documents the existence of significant gender gaps in STEM occupations in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Mexico and estimates the aggregate costs associated with these gaps in Mexico. For…
Jul 2022
We investigate how changes in barriers to female labor force participation and in the child penalty affect occupational decisions, fertility and income. We build a general equilibrium model of…
Jun 2022
In this volume, we study gender gaps in the Southern Cone countries which include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. We assess the importance of gender inequalities and present evidence…
Jun 2022
In this volume, we study gender gaps in the Southern Cone countries which include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. We assess the importance of gender inequalities and present evidence…
Jun 2022
Esta publicación estudia las brechas de género en los países del Cono Sur (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay) y presenta evidencia sobre las consecuencias económicas de las desigualdades…
Jun 2022
Este livro estuda as desigualdades de gênero nos países do Cone Sul e apresenta evidências das consequências econômicas das desigualdades de gênero, suas causas e as políticas que podem contribuir…
Apr 2022
We conducted a paired correspondence experiment in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to measure the extent of labor market discrimination in hiring against slum dwellers. We sent 4,290 online pairs of…
Jan 2022
Marshallian externalities are the benefits obtained by a sector due to geographical agglomeration, and Jacobian effects are spillovers related to the novel combinations that can occur in cities with…
Sep 2020
Bridging the skills gap is necessary to increase productivity and equity. In Latin America and the Caribbean, this challenge has manifested in high rates of youth unemployment, informality, and…
Sep 2020
Es necesario cerrar la brecha de habilidades para aumentar la productividad y la equidad. En América Latina y el Caribe, este desafío se ha traducido en altas tasas de desempleo juvenil, informalidad…
May 2020
Through strategic social investments, mining companies have the potential to promote long- term partnerships that enable local communities to benefit directly and indirectly from the mine operations…
May 2020
Mediante inversiones sociales estratégicas, las empresas mineras tienen la posibilidad de promover asociaciones a largo plazo que permitan a las comunidades locales beneficiarse directa e…
Jan 2020
In this paper, I use Colombian data from 1996-2013 to construct two datasets that are used to assess whether the China Shock has affected the future growth rates of productivity, employment level,…
Jan 2020
This study yields new insights on the changing landscape of Belize's economy and the challenges of equipping students and workers with the skills they need to thrive in an evolving labor market…