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Gender and Economics

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The Gender and Economics Initiative was initiated by the Gender and Development Group in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network. This site provides economic policy makers working in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region with the information they need to decide whether analysis of gender issues should be a high priority in particular areas of policy and programs being developed in the Region. The site includes background studies and summaries of key findings, operational experience and tools in the following policy areas: Trade and Competitiveness; Public Expenditure; Public Sector Downsizing; Labor Markets; Pension Reform; Safety Nets and Transfers; and Child Labor.

The most relevant of the products from the Gender and Economics Initiative for LAC are:

Gender and Economic Policy

PREM Notes

Policy Research Report: Engendering Development English | Spanish

The Home as the Factory Floor: Employment and Remuneration of Home-based Workers
Cunningham, Wendy V.; Gomez, Carlos Ramos

The Impact of Chilean Fruit Sector Development on Female Employment and Household Income
Jarvis, Lovell; Vera-Toscano, Esperanza

Gender, Time Use, and Change: Impact of the Cut Flower Industry in Ecuador
Newman, Constance

Effects of Trade Liberalization on the Gender Wage Gap in Mexico
Artecona, Raquel; Cunningham, Wendy

Breadwinner or Caregiver? How Household Role Affects Labor Choices in Mexico
Cunningham, Wendy

Wage Distribution in Chile: Does Gender Matter? A Quantile Regression Approach
Montenegro, Claudio

Gender Dimension of Child Labor and Street Children in Brazil
Gustafsson-Wright; Pyne, Emily; Hnin Hnin

Children’s Work and Schooling: Does Gender Matter? Evidence from the Peru LSMS Panel Data
Ilahi, Nadeem

Trade and Competitiveness
The Impact of Trade Liberalization on

Gender Equality. PREM Note 86 (PDF 72KB)
English | Spanish | French

Public Sector Downsizing
   Minimizing Negative Distributional Effects
   of Public Sector Downsizing. PREM Note 84
   (PDF 72 KB)
   English | Spanish | French

Labor Markets
Labor Market Regulations for Women: Are they Beneficial? PREM Note 94 (PDF 470 KB)
English | Spanish |French

Pension Reform
Gender-differentiated Impacts of Pension Reform. PREM Note 85 (PDF 72KB)
English | Spanish | French

Safety Nets and Transfers
Gender and the Impact of Credit and Transfers. PREM Note 104 (PDF 59 KB)
English | Spanish

Child Labor
Gender Issues in child labor - PREM Note 100 (PDF 94KB)
English | Spanish | French

For papers on these topics in other regions of the world, and to view the presentations and details of the Gender and Economics Workshop series, please visit the Gender and Economics website by clicking here.

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