Discrimination in Latin America : An Economic Perspective
The chapters presented in this volume adopt a variety of these methodological tools in order to explore the extent to which discrimination against women and demographic minorities is pervasive in Latin America. In chapter two, Castillo, Petrie, and...
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| description | The chapters presented in this volume
adopt a variety of these methodological tools in order to
explore the extent to which discrimination against women and
demographic minorities is pervasive in Latin America. In
chapter two, Castillo, Petrie, and Torero present a series
of experiments to understand the nature of discrimination in
urban Lima, Peru. They design and apply experiments that
exploit degrees of information on performance as a way to
assess how personal characteristics affect how people sort
into groups. Along similar lines, in chapter three, Cardenas
and his research team use an experimental field approach in
Colombia to better understand pro-social preferences and
behavior of both individuals involved in the provision of
social services (public servants) and potential
beneficiaries of those services (the poor). In chapter four,
Elias, Elias, and Ronconi try to understand social status
and race during adolescence in Argentina. They asked high
school students to select and rank ten classmates with whom
they would like to form a team and use this information to
construct a measure of popularity. In chapters five and six,
Bravo, Sanhueza, and Urzua present two studies covering
different aspects of the labor market using different
methodological tools. Based on an audit study by mail, their
first study attempts to detect gender, social class, and
neighborhood of residence discrimination in hiring practices
by Chilean fir. In a second study, they use a structural
model to analyze gender differences in the Chilean labor
market. In chapter seven, Soruco, Piani, and Rossi measure
and analyze possible discriminatory behaviors against
international emigrants and their families remaining in
southern Ecuador (the city of Cuenca and the rural canton of
San Fernando). Finally, in chapter eight, Gandelman,
Gandelman, and Rothschild use micro data on judicial
proceedings in Uruguay and present evidence that female
defendants receive a more favorable treatment in courts than
male defendants. |
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| spelling | wb-10986-26942025-04-16T05:39:57Z Discrimination in Latin America : An Economic Perspective Discriminación en América Latina : una perspectiva económica Discriminacion en America Latina : una perspectiva economica Discriminacion en America Latina : una perspectiva economica Moro, Andrea Nopo, Hugo Chong, Alberto Nopo, Hugo Chong, Alberto Moro, Andrea ABSTINENCE ACCESSIBILITY ADOLESCENTS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AFRO DESCENDANTS ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE BIASES BLACK BLACK-WHITE BLACKS BULLETIN CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT CHILD CARE CITIZENS CIVIL RIGHTS CLASSIFICATION OF RACE CONFLICT COURTS CULTURAL CHANGE DEBATE DEMOCRACY DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS DESCENT DIFFERENTIAL OUTCOMES DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISCRIMINATORY ATTITUDES DISCRIMINATORY BEHAVIOR DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES DISSEMINATION DIVERSE POPULATION DOMINANT CULTURE EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC CONDITION ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POWER ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ETHNIC BACKGROUND ETHNIC COMPOSITION ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION ETHNIC MINORITIES ETHNIC ORIGIN EX-COMBATANTS FAIRNESS FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SIZE FEMALE FEMALE WORKERS FEMALES GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GIRLS GROUP BEHAVIOR GROUP INEQUALITY GROUP MEMBERS GROUP MEMBERSHIP HETEROGENEITY HOME HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DIGNITY HUMAN POTENTIAL HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS HUMANITY INCOME INEQUALITY INDIGENOUS GROUPS INDIGENOUS MEN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INDIGENOUS POPULATION INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION JOB CREATION JOBS JUDGES LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LACK OF INFORMATION LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF POVERTY LIMITED RESOURCES LIVING CONDITIONS MARGINALIZATION MIGRANT MIGRANTS MIGRATION STATUS MINORITIES MINORITY MOTHER MUTUAL RESPECT NATIONALITY NATURAL ENVIRONMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NUTRITION PHYSICAL APPEARANCE PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION CENSUS POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT PREJUDICE PREJUDICES PRODUCTIVITY QUALITY EDUCATION RACE RACE DISCRIMINATION RACIAL BIAS RACIAL CHARACTERISTICS RACIAL CLASSIFICATION RACIAL DIMENSION RACIAL DIMENSIONS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION RACIAL DIVERSITY RACIAL GROUP RACIAL GROUPS RACIAL STEREOTYPES RACISM RACIST RACIST ATTITUDES REMITTANCES RESPECT RURAL AREAS SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOLS SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SEA LEVEL SEGREGATION SEX SEX DISCRIMINATION SEX DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN SKILL LEVEL SKIN COLOR SOCIAL BARRIERS SOCIAL BEHAVIOR SOCIAL CLASS SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL INTEGRATION SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL ORIGIN SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SCIENTISTS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL STRUCTURE SOCIETIES SOCIETY SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STATE UNIVERSITY STEREOTYPING UNEMPLOYMENT UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION UNEQUAL TREATMENT UNITED NATIONS URBAN POPULATION VICIOUS CYCLE VICTIMS VULNERABILITY WAGE DISCRIMINATION WAGE INEQUALITY WHITES WILL WOMAN WORKING POPULATION WORTH YOUNG AGE The chapters presented in this volume adopt a variety of these methodological tools in order to explore the extent to which discrimination against women and demographic minorities is pervasive in Latin America. In chapter two, Castillo, Petrie, and Torero present a series of experiments to understand the nature of discrimination in urban Lima, Peru. They design and apply experiments that exploit degrees of information on performance as a way to assess how personal characteristics affect how people sort into groups. Along similar lines, in chapter three, Cardenas and his research team use an experimental field approach in Colombia to better understand pro-social preferences and behavior of both individuals involved in the provision of social services (public servants) and potential beneficiaries of those services (the poor). In chapter four, Elias, Elias, and Ronconi try to understand social status and race during adolescence in Argentina. They asked high school students to select and rank ten classmates with whom they would like to form a team and use this information to construct a measure of popularity. In chapters five and six, Bravo, Sanhueza, and Urzua present two studies covering different aspects of the labor market using different methodological tools. Based on an audit study by mail, their first study attempts to detect gender, social class, and neighborhood of residence discrimination in hiring practices by Chilean fir. In a second study, they use a structural model to analyze gender differences in the Chilean labor market. In chapter seven, Soruco, Piani, and Rossi measure and analyze possible discriminatory behaviors against international emigrants and their families remaining in southern Ecuador (the city of Cuenca and the rural canton of San Fernando). Finally, in chapter eight, Gandelman, Gandelman, and Rothschild use micro data on judicial proceedings in Uruguay and present evidence that female defendants receive a more favorable treatment in courts than male defendants. La discriminación es un proceso que puede ocurrir en distintas circunstancias o mercados y basarse en diferentes características tales como la raza, el grupo étnico o el género. Los capítulos del presente libro presentan una variedad de intentos por detectar y medir la discriminación contra la mujer y las minorías demográficas en América Latina e identificar algunos de los mecanismos a través de los cuales ésta tiene lugar. Se adoptan una variedad de herramientas metodológicas para explorar el grado de penetración de la discriminación como el análisis de regresión, las pruebas de mercado, los experimentos, los estudios de auditoría y los métodos estructurales. El conjunto de evidencia aquí presentado es diverso. Si bien muchos resultados parecen estar de acuerdo con las creencias y percepciones populares del latinoamericano promedio, otros cuestionan estas opiniones y sugieren diferentes vías a través de las cuales puede ocurrir la discriminación. El grado al cual alguna de esta evidencia construida científicamente cuestiona las percepciones populares, crea una oportunidad ad para una discusión fructífera sobre la discriminación y sus mecanismos en América Latina. 2012-03-19T10:04:59Z 2012-03-19T10:04:59Z 2010 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20091210020604 978-0-8213-7835-9 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2694 https://doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-7835-9 English Latin America Development Forum CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo Inter-American Development Bank application/pdf text/plain application/pdf application/pdf text/plain Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank and World Bank |
| spellingShingle | ABSTINENCE ACCESSIBILITY ADOLESCENTS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AFRO DESCENDANTS ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE BIASES BLACK BLACK-WHITE BLACKS BULLETIN CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT CHILD CARE CITIZENS CIVIL RIGHTS CLASSIFICATION OF RACE CONFLICT COURTS CULTURAL CHANGE DEBATE DEMOCRACY DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS DESCENT DIFFERENTIAL OUTCOMES DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISCRIMINATORY ATTITUDES DISCRIMINATORY BEHAVIOR DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES DISSEMINATION DIVERSE POPULATION DOMINANT CULTURE EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC CONDITION ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POWER ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ETHNIC BACKGROUND ETHNIC COMPOSITION ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION ETHNIC MINORITIES ETHNIC ORIGIN EX-COMBATANTS FAIRNESS FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SIZE FEMALE FEMALE WORKERS FEMALES GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GIRLS GROUP BEHAVIOR GROUP INEQUALITY GROUP MEMBERS GROUP MEMBERSHIP HETEROGENEITY HOME HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DIGNITY HUMAN POTENTIAL HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS HUMANITY INCOME INEQUALITY INDIGENOUS GROUPS INDIGENOUS MEN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INDIGENOUS POPULATION INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION JOB CREATION JOBS JUDGES LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LACK OF INFORMATION LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF POVERTY LIMITED RESOURCES LIVING CONDITIONS MARGINALIZATION MIGRANT MIGRANTS MIGRATION STATUS MINORITIES MINORITY MOTHER MUTUAL RESPECT NATIONALITY NATURAL ENVIRONMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NUTRITION PHYSICAL APPEARANCE PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION CENSUS POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT PREJUDICE PREJUDICES PRODUCTIVITY QUALITY EDUCATION RACE RACE DISCRIMINATION RACIAL BIAS RACIAL CHARACTERISTICS RACIAL CLASSIFICATION RACIAL DIMENSION RACIAL DIMENSIONS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION RACIAL DIVERSITY RACIAL GROUP RACIAL GROUPS RACIAL STEREOTYPES RACISM RACIST RACIST ATTITUDES REMITTANCES RESPECT RURAL AREAS SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOLS SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SEA LEVEL SEGREGATION SEX SEX DISCRIMINATION SEX DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN SKILL LEVEL SKIN COLOR SOCIAL BARRIERS SOCIAL BEHAVIOR SOCIAL CLASS SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL INTEGRATION SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL ORIGIN SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SCIENTISTS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL STRUCTURE SOCIETIES SOCIETY SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STATE UNIVERSITY STEREOTYPING UNEMPLOYMENT UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION UNEQUAL TREATMENT UNITED NATIONS URBAN POPULATION VICIOUS CYCLE VICTIMS VULNERABILITY WAGE DISCRIMINATION WAGE INEQUALITY WHITES WILL WOMAN WORKING POPULATION WORTH YOUNG AGE Moro, Andrea Nopo, Hugo Chong, Alberto Discrimination in Latin America : An Economic Perspective |
| title | Discrimination in Latin America : An
Economic Perspective |
| title_full | Discrimination in Latin America : An
Economic Perspective |
| title_fullStr | Discrimination in Latin America : An
Economic Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Discrimination in Latin America : An
Economic Perspective |
| title_short | Discrimination in Latin America : An
Economic Perspective |
| title_sort | discrimination in latin america an economic perspective |
| topic | ABSTINENCE ACCESSIBILITY ADOLESCENTS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AFRO DESCENDANTS ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE BIASES BLACK BLACK-WHITE BLACKS BULLETIN CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT CHILD CARE CITIZENS CIVIL RIGHTS CLASSIFICATION OF RACE CONFLICT COURTS CULTURAL CHANGE DEBATE DEMOCRACY DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS DESCENT DIFFERENTIAL OUTCOMES DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISCRIMINATORY ATTITUDES DISCRIMINATORY BEHAVIOR DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES DISSEMINATION DIVERSE POPULATION DOMINANT CULTURE EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC CONDITION ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POWER ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ETHNIC BACKGROUND ETHNIC COMPOSITION ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION ETHNIC MINORITIES ETHNIC ORIGIN EX-COMBATANTS FAIRNESS FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SIZE FEMALE FEMALE WORKERS FEMALES GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GIRLS GROUP BEHAVIOR GROUP INEQUALITY GROUP MEMBERS GROUP MEMBERSHIP HETEROGENEITY HOME HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DIGNITY HUMAN POTENTIAL HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS HUMANITY INCOME INEQUALITY INDIGENOUS GROUPS INDIGENOUS MEN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INDIGENOUS POPULATION INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION JOB CREATION JOBS JUDGES LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LACK OF INFORMATION LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF POVERTY LIMITED RESOURCES LIVING CONDITIONS MARGINALIZATION MIGRANT MIGRANTS MIGRATION STATUS MINORITIES MINORITY MOTHER MUTUAL RESPECT NATIONALITY NATURAL ENVIRONMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NUTRITION PHYSICAL APPEARANCE PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION CENSUS POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT PREJUDICE PREJUDICES PRODUCTIVITY QUALITY EDUCATION RACE RACE DISCRIMINATION RACIAL BIAS RACIAL CHARACTERISTICS RACIAL CLASSIFICATION RACIAL DIMENSION RACIAL DIMENSIONS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION RACIAL DIVERSITY RACIAL GROUP RACIAL GROUPS RACIAL STEREOTYPES RACISM RACIST RACIST ATTITUDES REMITTANCES RESPECT RURAL AREAS SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOLS SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SEA LEVEL SEGREGATION SEX SEX DISCRIMINATION SEX DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN SKILL LEVEL SKIN COLOR SOCIAL BARRIERS SOCIAL BEHAVIOR SOCIAL CLASS SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL INTEGRATION SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL ORIGIN SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SCIENTISTS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL STRUCTURE SOCIETIES SOCIETY SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STATE UNIVERSITY STEREOTYPING UNEMPLOYMENT UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION UNEQUAL TREATMENT UNITED NATIONS URBAN POPULATION VICIOUS CYCLE VICTIMS VULNERABILITY WAGE DISCRIMINATION WAGE INEQUALITY WHITES WILL WOMAN WORKING POPULATION WORTH YOUNG AGE |
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