Gender Gaps in Latin American Labor Markets: Implications from an
                    Estimated Search Model

Tejada,; Piras,; Flabbi, Luca; Bustelo,

doi:10.15609/annaeconstat2009.142.0111

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“…Among the factors that can contribute to higher participation in the labor force are education, childcare provision or removing payroll taxes could induce higher female labor force participation (Yang, 1992;Tejada et al, 2021). However, the evidence on the effect of childcare programs is mixed, as reported in Guatemala, where programs for mothers in urban slums increased hours of work but not labor participation (Hallman et al, 2005).…”

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Assessing the Effect of Fiscal Policies on the Gender Income Gap in Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic

Deza,

Gélvez Rubio,

Gutiérrez Preciado

et al. 2024

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Persistent gender economic differences have led to an extensive amount of literature devoted to the gender wage gap. However, wages are only one component of income for women and men, and self-employment income, non-labour income, taxes, pensions, and benefits are mostly omitted from the analysis. In this paper we contribute to the small but growing literature of gendered fiscal incidence by studying the effect of taxes, social insurance contributions and benefits on the gender gaps in disposable income for five Central American countries: El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, and Dominican Republic. Our analysis makes use of tax-benefit microsimulation models based on representative household surveys for each country. We compare results for 2019 and for a year afterwards for each country to determine if there are differences due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Three sets of findings are worth highlighting. Firstly, the tax-benefit systems of Panama and Costa Rica have the largest redistributive effect measured by the size of taxes and benefits at the upper and lower part of the disposable income distribution respectively. Second, Costa Rica is the country that close the gender income gap the most, while in the other countries the tax benefit system does not have an important effect in this regard. Thirdly decomposition of the raw disposable income gender gap indicates that a) labour income is the biggest contributor to the gap in all countries and periods analyzed with a very minor role for tax-benefit instruments. b) almost half of the gap is explained by differences in attributes such as education, age, or geographical location, so a significant gap remains unexplained c) differences in employment rates between genders are less important than differences in remunerations.

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Assessing the Effect of Fiscal Policies on the Gender Income Gap in Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic

Deza,

Gélvez Rubio,

Gutiérrez Preciado

et al. 2024

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“…It is hoped that the empowerment of women and girls is carried out optimally and that there are no role limits that will hinder women from developing. According to Arif et al (2021), Bustelo et al (2019), and Tejada et al (2021), policies to increase the productivities of the labor force will benefit development in the region.…”

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Gender Equality and Economic Growth Toward Fulfillment of Sustainable Development Goals

Anggraeni

Bariyah

Kurniawati

2022

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In implementing the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), gender equality is fundamental to realizing the promises of sustainability, peace, and human progress. In 2020, females made up 49.42% of Indonesia's total population, while at the same time, Indonesia's score on the Gender Development Index was lower than the world's average GDI score. This study aims to analyze the effect of gender equality on economic growth in Indonesia in 2010-2019. In this study, a descriptive quantitative analysis approach was used, with the research object being the 33 provinces of Indonesia. The model used in this study is a multiple regression equation made to handle panel data. The results showed that Women's Life Expectancy had a negative and significant effect on economic growth. In contrast, Women's Average Length of Schooling has a negative and significant effect on economic growth. The study results revealed that improving the quality of women's human resources as measured by education and health and participation rates is a necessary but not sufficient factor in driving overall economic growth. It needs to be accompanied by proper policies that favor women regarding good job opportunities, a safe work environment, and decent wagesKeywords: Gender, Growth, Life Expectancy, Mean Years of Schooling.

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The Effect of Childbearing on the Participation of Married Women in the Labor Market of Iran

Ghaderi,

Shahraki

2024

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Gender Gaps in Latin American Labor Markets: Implications from an Estimated Search Model

Cited by 3 publications

References 30 publications

Assessing the Effect of Fiscal Policies on the Gender Income Gap in Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic

Assessing the Effect of Fiscal Policies on the Gender Income Gap in Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic

Gender Equality and Economic Growth Toward Fulfillment of Sustainable Development Goals

The Effect of Childbearing on the Participation of Married Women in the Labor Market of Iran

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