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 surveys gender wage gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching
comparisons to examine the extent to which individuals with similar human capital …

We consider and attempt to understand the gender wage gap across 26 European
countries, using 2007 data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living …

The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men
and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of …

In western industrialized countries men are on average more than twice as active in
entrepreneurship as women. Based on data from a recent representative survey of the adult …

We explore the effects of the growing urbanization of rural areas in Chile, Colombia, and
Mexico and investigate whether the presence of small-and medium-sized cities within rural …

A number of studies document gender differentials in agricultural productivity. However, they
are limited to region and crop‐specific estimates of the mean gender gap. This article …

Even though women today constitute the majority of higher education graduates, they still
earn considerably less than their male counterparts. Previous research demonstrates that …

Policy distortions and financial frictions are two leading candidates in generating capital
misallocation. This paper designs an identification strategy to separate their effects on …

We examine gender wage disparities for four groups of college-educated women—black,
Hispanic, Asian, and non-Hispanic white—using the National Survey of College Graduates …