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Women at Work: Challenges for Latin America

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  • Lund, Frances
  • Duryea, Suzanne
  • Puentes, Esteban
  • Morrison, Andrew
  • Tenjo Galarza, Jaime
  • Ureta, Manuelita
  • Contreras, Dante
  • Cox Edwards, Alejandra
  • Deutsch, Ruthanne
  • Ribero Medina, Rocío
  • Barrientos, Armando
  • Piras, Claudia
  • Bernat Díaz, Luisa Fernanda
  • Rau, Tomás
  • Benería, Lourdes
  • Ñopo, Hugo R.

Abstract

"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's work, tendencies in gender wage differentials and occupational segregation, and the gender implications of pension reform. This book presents evidence that women are overrepresented in the informal sector, which means that a large and growing majority of working women have no access to formal social insurance and labor instruments. A comparative analysis across countries provides a general perspective of the situation of Latin American women in the labor force.

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  • Lund, Frances & Duryea, Suzanne & Puentes, Esteban & Morrison, Andrew & Tenjo Galarza, Jaime & Ureta, Manuelita & Contreras, Dante & Cox Edwards, Alejandra & Deutsch, Ruthanne & Ribero Medina, Rocío &, 2006. "Women at Work: Challenges for Latin America," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 424.
    • Handle: RePEc:idb:idbbks:424
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    1. Sebastian Edwards & Alejandra Cox Edwards, 2002. "Social Security Privatization Reform and Labor Markets: The Case of Chile," NBER Working Papers 8924, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Edwards, Sebastian & Edwards, Alejandra Cox, 2002. "Social Security Privatization and Labor Markets: The Case of Chile," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 50(3), pages 465-489, April.
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    3. Leonardo Gasparini & Mariana Marchionni, 2015. "Bridging Gender Gaps? The Rise and Deceleration of Female Labor Force Participation in Latin America: An overview," CEDLAS, Working Papers 0185, CEDLAS, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
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