Are Men Benefiting from the New Economy : Male Economic Marginalization in Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica
The economies of Latin America have undergone extensive reforms, raising concerns about how these changes have affected the labor market. But there is also increasing concern that the reforms may have deeper social ramifications as the new economie...
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okr-10986-194042021-04-23T14:03:42Z Are Men Benefiting from the New Economy : Male Economic Marginalization in Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica Arias, Omar MALES MARGINALIZATION ECONOMIC REFORM HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS MALE EMPLOYEES WAGE INCREASES ECONOMIC SELF SUFFICIENCY OLDER WORKERS EDUCATIONAL LEVEL VULNERABLE GROUPS SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AGED AGING ALCOHOLISM BARRIERS TO ENTRY CAPITAL GOODS COMPETITIVENESS CRIME DEBT DEFICITS DEREGULATION DEVALUATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMIC THEORY EXCHANGE RATE EXPORTS FAMILIES FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING FISCAL REFORM FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GROWTH RATE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INDEXATION INFLATION INFLATION RATE INSURANCE INTEREST RATES LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LARGE PUBLIC ENTERPRISES LAWS LDCS LIVING STANDARDS MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION METROPOLITAN AREAS MONETARY POLICY PENSIONS PRICE INCREASES PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC SECTOR REAL GDP REAL WAGES REDUNDANCY REGRESSION ANALYSIS REORGANIZATION RETIREMENT SAFETY SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SERVICES STATE BANKS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUBSIDIARY TAX COLLECTION TAX RATES TAXATION TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES VIOLENCE WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES WORKERS YOUNG WORKERS The economies of Latin America have undergone extensive reforms, raising concerns about how these changes have affected the labor market. But there is also increasing concern that the reforms may have deeper social ramifications as the new economies strain the ability of certain groups of men to work and to earn good wages, fulfilling their traditional role as providers. Using household surveys broadly covering the period 1988-97 in urban areas of Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica, Arias examines the patterns of unemployment and real wage growth for distinct groups of male workers to see whether there is evidence of a deterioration in men's ability to be economically self-sufficient. He finds no general trend of male economic marginalization. The incidence and duration of unemployment have increased the most for the typically vulnerable group-young, less educated, informal sector workers-but the increased duration of unemployment has also affected older and more educated men. With respect to wages, density and quantile regression analysis indicates that the usual stories of wage marginalization of vulnerable workers can hardly explain the observed variety of wage growth patterns in the three countries. The positive wage performance has been concentrated mainly in the higher quantiles of the conditional wage distribution. This suggests that differences in unobservable worker characteristics, such as industriousness, labor market connections, and quality of schooling, have been key determinants of the ability of male workers in the region to adapt to economic restructuring. These results suggest that assistance should be targeted to some groups so that frustrations in asserting an economic identity do not lead to aggressive behavior. But they also show that we must look elsewhere for the roots of the increase in socially dysfunctional behavior. 2014-08-15T20:00:35Z 2014-08-15T20:00:35Z 2001-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/12/1660277/men-benefiting-new-economy-male-economic-marginalization-argentina-brazil-costa-rica http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19404 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2740 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean ARGENTINA Brazil Costa Rica |
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MALES MARGINALIZATION ECONOMIC REFORM HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS MALE EMPLOYEES WAGE INCREASES ECONOMIC SELF SUFFICIENCY OLDER WORKERS EDUCATIONAL LEVEL VULNERABLE GROUPS SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AGED AGING ALCOHOLISM BARRIERS TO ENTRY CAPITAL GOODS COMPETITIVENESS CRIME DEBT DEFICITS DEREGULATION DEVALUATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMIC THEORY EXCHANGE RATE EXPORTS FAMILIES FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING FISCAL REFORM FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GROWTH RATE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INDEXATION INFLATION INFLATION RATE INSURANCE INTEREST RATES LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LARGE PUBLIC ENTERPRISES LAWS LDCS LIVING STANDARDS MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION METROPOLITAN AREAS MONETARY POLICY PENSIONS PRICE INCREASES PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC SECTOR REAL GDP REAL WAGES REDUNDANCY REGRESSION ANALYSIS REORGANIZATION RETIREMENT SAFETY SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SERVICES STATE BANKS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUBSIDIARY TAX COLLECTION TAX RATES TAXATION TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES VIOLENCE WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES WORKERS YOUNG WORKERS |
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MALES MARGINALIZATION ECONOMIC REFORM HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS MALE EMPLOYEES WAGE INCREASES ECONOMIC SELF SUFFICIENCY OLDER WORKERS EDUCATIONAL LEVEL VULNERABLE GROUPS SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AGED AGING ALCOHOLISM BARRIERS TO ENTRY CAPITAL GOODS COMPETITIVENESS CRIME DEBT DEFICITS DEREGULATION DEVALUATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMIC THEORY EXCHANGE RATE EXPORTS FAMILIES FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING FISCAL REFORM FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GROWTH RATE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INDEXATION INFLATION INFLATION RATE INSURANCE INTEREST RATES LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LARGE PUBLIC ENTERPRISES LAWS LDCS LIVING STANDARDS MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION METROPOLITAN AREAS MONETARY POLICY PENSIONS PRICE INCREASES PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC SECTOR REAL GDP REAL WAGES REDUNDANCY REGRESSION ANALYSIS REORGANIZATION RETIREMENT SAFETY SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SERVICES STATE BANKS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUBSIDIARY TAX COLLECTION TAX RATES TAXATION TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES VIOLENCE WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES WORKERS YOUNG WORKERS Arias, Omar Are Men Benefiting from the New Economy : Male Economic Marginalization in Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica |
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Latin America & Caribbean ARGENTINA Brazil Costa Rica |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2740 |
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The economies of Latin America have
undergone extensive reforms, raising concerns about how
these changes have affected the labor market. But there is
also increasing concern that the reforms may have deeper
social ramifications as the new economies strain the ability
of certain groups of men to work and to earn good wages,
fulfilling their traditional role as providers. Using
household surveys broadly covering the period 1988-97 in
urban areas of Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica, Arias
examines the patterns of unemployment and real wage growth
for distinct groups of male workers to see whether there is
evidence of a deterioration in men's ability to be
economically self-sufficient. He finds no general trend of
male economic marginalization. The incidence and duration of
unemployment have increased the most for the typically
vulnerable group-young, less educated, informal sector
workers-but the increased duration of unemployment has also
affected older and more educated men. With respect to wages,
density and quantile regression analysis indicates that the
usual stories of wage marginalization of vulnerable workers
can hardly explain the observed variety of wage growth
patterns in the three countries. The positive wage
performance has been concentrated mainly in the higher
quantiles of the conditional wage distribution. This
suggests that differences in unobservable worker
characteristics, such as industriousness, labor market
connections, and quality of schooling, have been key
determinants of the ability of male workers in the region to
adapt to economic restructuring. These results suggest that
assistance should be targeted to some groups so that
frustrations in asserting an economic identity do not lead
to aggressive behavior. But they also show that we must look
elsewhere for the roots of the increase in socially
dysfunctional behavior. |
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Arias, Omar |
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Arias, Omar |
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Arias, Omar |
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Are Men Benefiting from the New Economy : Male Economic Marginalization in Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica |
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Are Men Benefiting from the New Economy : Male Economic Marginalization in Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica |
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Are Men Benefiting from the New Economy : Male Economic Marginalization in Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica |
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Are Men Benefiting from the New Economy : Male Economic Marginalization in Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica |
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Are Men Benefiting from the New Economy : Male Economic Marginalization in Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica |
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are men benefiting from the new economy : male economic marginalization in argentina, brazil, and costa rica |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/12/1660277/men-benefiting-new-economy-male-economic-marginalization-argentina-brazil-costa-rica http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19404 |
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