Discrimination in Latin America : An
            Economic Perspective

Nopo, Hugo; Chong, Alberto; Moro, Andrea

dc.contributor	Nopo, Hugo
dc.contributor	Chong, Alberto
dc.contributor	Moro, Andrea
dc.creator	Nopo, Hugo
dc.creator	Chong, Alberto
dc.creator	Moro, Andrea
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:04:59Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:04:59Z
dc.date	2010
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:40:26Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:40:26Z
dc.identifier	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
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-7835-9
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2694
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243082
dc.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.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank and World Bank
dc.relation	Latin America Development Forum
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights	Inter-American Development Bank
dc.subject	ABSTINENCE
dc.subject	ACCESSIBILITY
dc.subject	ADOLESCENTS
dc.subject	AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
dc.subject	AFRO DESCENDANTS
dc.subject	ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE
dc.subject	BIASES
dc.subject	BLACK
dc.subject	BLACK-WHITE
dc.subject	BLACKS
dc.subject	BULLETIN
dc.subject	CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	CHILD CARE
dc.subject	CITIZENS
dc.subject	CIVIL RIGHTS
dc.subject	CLASSIFICATION OF RACE
dc.subject	CONFLICT
dc.subject	COURTS
dc.subject	CULTURAL CHANGE
dc.subject	DEBATE
dc.subject	DEMOCRACY
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS
dc.subject	DESCENT
dc.subject	DIFFERENTIAL OUTCOMES
dc.subject	DISABILITY
dc.subject	DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
dc.subject	DISCRIMINATORY ATTITUDES
dc.subject	DISCRIMINATORY BEHAVIOR
dc.subject	DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES
dc.subject	DISSEMINATION
dc.subject	DIVERSE POPULATION
dc.subject	DOMINANT CULTURE
dc.subject	EARLY CHILDHOOD
dc.subject	ECONOMIC BENEFITS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC CONDITION
dc.subject	ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC POWER
dc.subject	ELDERLY
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
dc.subject	ETHNIC BACKGROUND
dc.subject	ETHNIC COMPOSITION
dc.subject	ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	ETHNIC MINORITIES
dc.subject	ETHNIC ORIGIN
dc.subject	EX-COMBATANTS
dc.subject	FAIRNESS
dc.subject	FAMILIES
dc.subject	FAMILY INCOME
dc.subject	FAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subject	FAMILY SIZE
dc.subject	FEMALE
dc.subject	FEMALE WORKERS
dc.subject	FEMALES
dc.subject	GENDER
dc.subject	GENDER DIFFERENCES
dc.subject	GENDER DIFFERENTIALS
dc.subject	GENDER DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	GENDER GAP
dc.subject	GENDER GAPS
dc.subject	GIRLS
dc.subject	GROUP BEHAVIOR
dc.subject	GROUP INEQUALITY
dc.subject	GROUP MEMBERS
dc.subject	GROUP MEMBERSHIP
dc.subject	HETEROGENEITY
dc.subject	HOME
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN DIGNITY
dc.subject	HUMAN POTENTIAL
dc.subject	HUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
dc.subject	HUMANITY
dc.subject	INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS GROUPS
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS MEN
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS POPULATION
dc.subject	INEQUALITIES
dc.subject	INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subject	JOB CREATION
dc.subject	JOBS
dc.subject	JUDGES
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject	LACK OF INFORMATION
dc.subject	LEVEL OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	LEVELS OF POVERTY
dc.subject	LIMITED RESOURCES
dc.subject	LIVING CONDITIONS
dc.subject	MARGINALIZATION
dc.subject	MIGRANT
dc.subject	MIGRANTS
dc.subject	MIGRATION STATUS
dc.subject	MINORITIES
dc.subject	MINORITY
dc.subject	MOTHER
dc.subject	MUTUAL RESPECT
dc.subject	NATIONALITY
dc.subject	NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	NUTRITION
dc.subject	PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
dc.subject	PLACE OF RESIDENCE
dc.subject	POLICY ANALYSIS
dc.subject	POLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POPULATION CENSUS
dc.subject	POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subject	PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT
dc.subject	PREJUDICE
dc.subject	PREJUDICES
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	QUALITY EDUCATION
dc.subject	RACE
dc.subject	RACE DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	RACIAL BIAS
dc.subject	RACIAL CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subject	RACIAL CLASSIFICATION
dc.subject	RACIAL DIMENSION
dc.subject	RACIAL DIMENSIONS
dc.subject	RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	RACIAL DIVERSITY
dc.subject	RACIAL GROUP
dc.subject	RACIAL GROUPS
dc.subject	RACIAL STEREOTYPES
dc.subject	RACISM
dc.subject	RACIST
dc.subject	RACIST ATTITUDES
dc.subject	REMITTANCES
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	SCHOOL STUDENTS
dc.subject	SCHOOLS
dc.subject	SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
dc.subject	SEA LEVEL
dc.subject	SEGREGATION
dc.subject	SEX
dc.subject	SEX DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	SEX DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
dc.subject	SKILL LEVEL
dc.subject	SKIN COLOR
dc.subject	SOCIAL BARRIERS
dc.subject	SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
dc.subject	SOCIAL CLASS
dc.subject	SOCIAL CONDITIONS
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	SOCIAL EXCLUSION
dc.subject	SOCIAL INCLUSION
dc.subject	SOCIAL INTEGRATION
dc.subject	SOCIAL ISSUES
dc.subject	SOCIAL ORIGIN
dc.subject	SOCIAL PROGRAMS
dc.subject	SOCIAL SCIENCES
dc.subject	SOCIAL SCIENTISTS
dc.subject	SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject	SOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject	SOCIAL STATUS
dc.subject	SOCIAL STRUCTURE
dc.subject	SOCIETIES
dc.subject	SOCIETY
dc.subject	SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS
dc.subject	SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subject	STATE UNIVERSITY
dc.subject	STEREOTYPING
dc.subject	UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	UNEQUAL TREATMENT
dc.subject	UNITED NATIONS
dc.subject	URBAN POPULATION
dc.subject	VICIOUS CYCLE
dc.subject	VICTIMS
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY
dc.subject	WAGE DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	WAGE INEQUALITY
dc.subject	WHITES
dc.subject	WILL
dc.subject	WOMAN
dc.subject	WORKING POPULATION
dc.subject	WORTH
dc.subject	YOUNG AGE
dc.title	Discrimination in Latin America : An Economic Perspective
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.coverage	Latin America & Caribbean
dc.coverage	Latin America
dc.coverage	Central America
dc.coverage	South America
dc.coverage	Peru
dc.coverage	Colombia
dc.coverage	Chile
dc.coverage	Ecuador
dc.coverage	Guatemala
dc.coverage	Uruguay

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