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Los desafíos para la igualdad de género en América Latina. Documento de trabajo
(CAF, 2022-03-25)
Este documento de trabajo expone los principales desafíos para lograr una igualdad sustantiva en la región, así como recomendaciones de políticas para avanzar la consecución de la igualdad de género y el empoderamiento de ...
Motherhood and the Allocation of Talent
(CAF, 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, Pregnancy or Marriage Effects
(CAF, 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 ...
Motherhood and flexible jobs: Evidence from Latin American countries
(CAF, 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, ...
Gender Gaps in Labor Informality: The Motherhood Effect
(CAF, 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 ...
Motherhood and the missing women in the labor market
(CAF, 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 ...