Earnings Inequality Within and Across Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Groups in Four Latin American Countries

Latin American countries are generally characterized as displaying high income and earnings inequality overall along with high inequality by gender, race, and ethnicity. However, the latter phenomenon is not a major contributor to the former pheno...

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Main Authors:	Cunningham, Wendy, Jacobsen, Joyce P.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS OF GIRLS ACCESS OF GIRLS TO EDUCATION ACCOUNTING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICIES ANTIDISCRIMINATION BETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITY CALCULATIONS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD LABOR CONTRIBUTION DATA SET DATA SETS DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS DEVELOPING AREAS DEVELOPMENT BANK DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISCRIMINATION EARNINGS EARNINGS INEQUALITY EARNINGS MEASURE EARNINGS MEASURES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC STUDIES EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL RESULTS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENDOWMENTS ENROLLMENT ENTRY POINTS EQUAL PARTNERS EQUAL PAY EQUAL RIGHTS EQUAL TREATMENT ETHNIC GROUPS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXTREME POVERTY FAMILY INCOMES FEMALE FINANCIAL SUPPORT GENDER GENDER ANALYSIS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER QUOTAS GENDERS GLOBAL ECONOMY GREATER ACCESS GROUP INEQUALITIES GROUP INEQUALITY HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME INEQUALITY INDIGENOUS WOMEN INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY CHANGES INEQUALITY INDEX INEQUALITY LEVELS INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY VALUES INFORMAL SECTOR INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY INTERNATIONAL BANK LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LATIN AMERICAN LEGISLATION MEAN CHARACTERISTIC MEASURE OF EARNINGS MEASURED INEQUALITY MEASURING INCOME INEQUALITY MEASURING INEQUALITY MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES NET CHANGE NET EFFECT NORMAL DISTRIBUTION PEOPLES PERSISTENT INEQUALITY POLICY MEASURES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION STUDIES POPULATION SUBGROUPS POSITIVE EFFECT POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR RACIAL GROUPS REDISTRIBUTION POLICIES REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGRESSION ANALYSIS REGRESSION RESULTS RESEARCH ASSISTANCE RISING INEQUALITY SECONDARY EDUCATION SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INEQUALITY SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOURCE OF INCOME SOUTH AMERICA VALUABLE VOUCHERS WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE GAP WAGE GAPS WILL WOMAN WORTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9355521/earnings-inequality-within-across-gender-racial-ethnic-groups-four-latin-american-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6724

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6724

Earnings Inequality Within and Across Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Groups in Four Latin American Countries

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