Listar6.1 Documentos de trabajo en investigación socioeconómica por tema "Mujer"
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The Effect of the Kangaroo Mother Care Program (KMC) on Wages: A structural Model
(CAF; Caracas, 2016-04-14)In this paper we analyze the relationship between skills and some outcomes later in life for a population of premature children. Pretreatment skills and characteristics are good predictors of childhood and adulthood skills ... -
Envejecimiento y cuidados: principales características para cinco países de América Latina
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-03-08)En este trabajo analizamos las características de los adultos mayores en situación de dependencia, las estrategias de cuidados y el perfil de las personas cuidadoras, para cinco países de América Latina: Chile, Colombia, ... -
Gender Gaps in Labor Informality: The Motherhood Effect
(CAF; Caracas, 2020-12-15)We estimate the short- and long-run labor market impacts of parenthood in a developing country, Chile, based on an eventstudy approach around the birth of the first child. We assess mechanisms behind these effects based ... -
Intergenerational transmission of teen childbearing in Latin America
(CAF; Caracas, 18/07/2023)Using DHS data for six Latin American countries, we estimate the relation between a mother’s teenage childbearing status and that of her daughter. Restricting the estimating sample to mother-daughter matches in the data ... -
Misallocated Talent: Teen Pregnancy, Education and Job Sorting in Colombia
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-04-20)Policy makers and international organizations often argue that teenage pregnancy affects girls’ life trajectories by, for example, limiting their employment opportunities. These concerns are amplified in regions with high ... -
Motherhood and flexible jobs: Evidence from Latin American countries
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-03-05)We study the causal effect of motherhood on labour market outcomes in Latin America by adopting an event study approach around the birth of the first child based on panel data from national household surveys for Chile, ... -
Motherhood and the Allocation of Talent
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-12-29)In this paper we show that motherhood triggers changes in the allocation of talent in the labor market beyond the well-known effects on gender gaps in employment and earnings. We use an event study approach with retrospective ... -
Motherhood and the missing women in the labor market
(CAF; Caracas, 2018-09-06)Motherhood currently stands out as a key determinant of the gender gap in labor market outcomes. Studies identifying the effect of children have mostly focused in Europe and the US. These results may not be extrapolated ... -
Motherhood, Pregnancy or Marriage Effects
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-12-28)The existence of large child penalties on women’s labor market outcomes has been documented for multiple countries and time periods. In this paper, we assess to what extent marriage decisions and pregnancies (including ... -
The role of unwanted childbirths on female wages and education
(2022-12-21)This paper documents how unwanted childbirths relate to women’s education and wages. Unwanted childbirths, especially early in life, can affect women’s education and labor market decisions. Using data from the National ... -
La violencia de género en América Latina: diagnóstico, determinantes y opciones de política
(Caracas, 2018-01-24)En los últimos años, se ha generado una demanda desde la sociedad civil y los gobiernos de América Latina para identificar los determinantes y las opciones de políticas que permitan reducir la violencia contra la mujer. ... -
Will you marry me, later? Age-of-marriage laws and child marriage in Mexico
(CAF; Caracas, 2020-11-03)We provide empirical evidence on the impact of raising the minimum age of marriage to 18 years old on child marriage, early motherhood, and school enrollment in Mexico. Using a difference-in-differences model that takes ...
