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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Main Authors: Nopo, Hugo, Chong, Alberto, Moro, Andrea
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Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank and World Bank 2012
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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
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
Nopo, Hugo
Chong, Alberto
Moro, Andrea
Discrimination in Latin America : An Economic Perspective
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America
Central America
South America
Peru
Colombia
Chile
Ecuador
Guatemala
Uruguay
relation Latin America Development Forum
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.
author2 Nopo, Hugo
author_facet Nopo, Hugo
Nopo, Hugo
Chong, Alberto
Moro, Andrea
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author Nopo, Hugo
Chong, Alberto
Moro, Andrea
author_sort Nopo, Hugo
title Discrimination in Latin America : An Economic Perspective
title_short 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_sort discrimination in latin america : an economic perspective
publisher Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank and World Bank
publishDate 2012
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spelling okr-10986-26942021-04-23T14:02:03Z Discrimination in Latin America : An Economic Perspective Nopo, Hugo Chong, Alberto Moro, Andrea 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. 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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2694 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 Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank and World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Latin America & Caribbean Latin America Central America South America Peru Colombia Chile Ecuador Guatemala Uruguay