Browsing by Subject "gender"

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    • Evaluating a voucher system in Chile. Individual, family and school characteristics 
      Contreras Guajardo, Dante (Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2001)
      Private provision of education is a topic which has received a great deal of discussion around the world in recent years. Free choice of schools and a voucher system providing public funding to both private and public ...
    • Property Rights and Gender Bias: Evidence from Land Reform in West Bengal 
      Bhalotra, Sonia; Mookherjee, Dilip; Chakravarty, Abhishek; Pino Emhart, Francisco (Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2016)
      While land reforms are typically pursued in order to raise productivity and reduce inequality across households, an unintended consequence may be increased within-household gender inequality. We analyse a tenancy ...
    • The role of social networks in employment outcomes of Bolivian women 
      Contreras Guajardo, Dante; Kruger, Diana; Ochoa, Marcelo; Zapata Sapiencia, Daniela (Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2007)
      This paper explores the role of social networks in determining labor market participation and salaried employment of Bolivian women and men. We define social networks as the share of neighbors that have jobs, and find ...