This paper surveys gender and ethnic wage gaps in 18 Latin American countries,
decomposing differences using matching comparisons as a non-parametric alternative to …

This paper presents a methodology that uses matching comparisons to explain gender
wage differences. The approach emphasizes gender differences in the supports of the …

" That raising income levels alleviates poverty, and that economic growth can be more or
less effective in doing so, is well known and has received renewed attention in the search for …

This chapter analyzes the international evidence on the relationship between educational
wage premia and the distribution of personal labor earnings. The aim is to review what is …

Empirical analysis of two decades of pioneering pension and social security reform in Latin
America and the Caribbean shows that much has been achieved, but that critical challenges …

En este trabajo se realiza un análisis de la evolución de la discriminación salarial por
género en Chile para el período 1990 y 2003, utilizando las Encuestas CASEN. Se aplica …

This paper analyzes in detail the two main theories of discrimination that have been
extensively used by economists; they are discrimination by taste (taste-based) and statistical …

This paper uses quantile regression methods where a hedonic equation is estimated for
each quantile of the conditional distribution of housing prices. The survey data are used to …

Market‐oriented economic reform, which accelerated after 1992, has brought substantial
changes to the Chinese economy. This dramatic economic transition was raised two …

Este estudio analiza la existencia de discriminación salarial por género en México en el año
2006. A partir de la teoría de capital humano se utiliza el método de Oaxaca-Blinder (1973) …