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Diferencias Regionales en la Participación Laboral Femenina en Chile

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  • Luz María Ferrada
  • Pilar Zarzosa

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This paper focuses on women’s participation in the Chilean labor market at a regional level. Traditional methods use region-by-region analyses based on assumptions that perturbances are uncorrelated across regions and, most often , that they share identical determinants. Our research shows that both assumptions

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  • Luz María Ferrada & Pilar Zarzosa, 2010. "Diferencias Regionales en la Participación Laboral Femenina en Chile," Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos de Economía, Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile., vol. 47(136), pages 249-272.
    • Handle: RePEc:ioe:cuadec:v:47:y:2010:i:136:p:249-272
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    1. Juan Carlos García & Patricia Cortez, 2012. "Análisis de la participación laboral de la mujer en el mercado ecuatoriano," Analítika, Analítika - Revista de Análisis Estadístico/Journal of Statistical Analysis, vol. 4(2), pages 27-53, Diciembre.
    2. Ferrada, Luz María, 2017. "Job satisfaction in Chile: geographic determinants and differences," Revista CEPAL, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), December.

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    Keywords

    Female labor participation; female labor supply; regional labor market; SURE;
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    JEL classification:

    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
    • C02 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - Mathematical Economics

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