New century, old disparities
Subtitle: gaps in ethnic and gender earnings in Latin America and the Caribbean
By: edited by Hugo Ñopo
Series: Latin American development forum series
Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780821386866; 9780821394960
Subjects: Sex discrimination against women; Discrimination; Economic aspects; Ethnic relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Ronald Oaxaca; title: Acknowledgements; title: Overview; title: Education : girls outpaced boys; title: Some basics : the methodology and the data; title: Gender earnings gaps in the region : more schooling but lower earnings; title: The mostly unexplained gender earnings gap : Peru, 1997-2009; title: Is segregation at the workplace a culprit for earnings gaps? : Mexico, 1994-2004; title: Low female participation and high males : overtime : Chile, 1992-2009; title: The resilient wage gap : Colombia, 1994-2006; title: Equality promotion in the country with the highest earnings gaps of the region : brazil, 1996-2006; title: Gender wage gaps in a country with a large indigenous population : Ecuador, 2003-2007; title: Higher gender wage gaps among the poorest : Central American countries; title: The understudied caribbean : Barbados and Jamaica; title: Overlapping disadvantages : ethnicity and earnings gaps; title: Efforts for equality promotion that start to show results : Brazil, 1996-2006; title: No good jobs and lower earnings : Ecuador, 2000-2007; title: Differentials for big minorities : Guatemala, 2000-2006; title: As a way of summarizing and outlining some policy options.