Discrimination in Latin America : : an economic perspective / / edited by Hugo Nopo, Alberto Chong, Andrea Moro

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC : , : Inter-American Development Bank : , : World Bank, , [2010]; copyright 2010
• Descrizione fisica: xxv, 308 pages : illustrations, maps ; ; 23 cm
• Disciplina: 305.80098
• Soggetto topico: Minorities - Latin America - Economic conditions; Minorities - Latin America - Social conditions; Discrimination - Economic aspects - Latin America; Sex discrimination against women - Economic aspects - Latin America; Race discrimination - Economic aspects - Latin America
• Altri autori: ÑopoHugo ChongAlberto MoroAndrea <1967->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 What Do We Know about Discrimination in Latin America? Very Little!; 2 Ethnic and Social Barriers to Cooperation: Experiments Studying the Extent and Nature of Discrimination in Urban Peru; Figures; Tables; 3 Discrimination in the Provision of Social Services to the Poor: A Field Experimental Study; 4 Discrimination and Social Networks: Popularity among High School Students in Argentina; 5 An Experimental Study of Labor Market Discrimination: Gender, Social Class, and Neighborhood in Chile ; 6 Ability, Schooling Choices, and Gender Labor Market Discrimination: Evidence for Chile7 What Emigration Leaves Behind: The Situation of Emigrants and Their Families in Ecuador; 8 Gender Differentials in Judicial Proceedings: Evidence from Housing-Related Cases in Uruguay; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Latin America has often been regarded as a region with deep ethnic and class conflicts. The difficulty of assessing this from an economic perspective is two fold: There is little solid, unbiased, and systematic data to provide convincing empirical evidence, and there is a dearth of empirical methods to identify specific discriminatory-based behavior as opposed to related behavior that might only appear to be discriminatory.This book uses a variety of methodological tools -- regression analysis, market tests, field experiments, audit studies, and structural methods -- to explore the extent to w
• Titolo autorizzato: Discrimination in Latin America
• ISBN: 1-282-45078-6; 9786612450785; 0-8213-8082-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791133303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Latin American development forum.; World Bank e-Library.