Sex-ratios and work in latin American households: Evidence from Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Chile

Gimenez-Nadal J.I. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Campaña J.C. ; Molina A. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: We analyze the relationship between sex-ratios in the region of residence, and the time devoted to paid and unpaid work by couples in Mexico (2002, 2009, 2014), Peru (2010), Ecuador (2012), Colombia (2012, 2017) and Chile (2015). We find that sex-ratios are negatively related to the time devoted by women to paid work in Ecuador, and positively related to the time devoted by men to paid work in Mexico and Chile. In Colombia, sex-ratios are negatively related to the time devoted by men to unpaid work, while in Mexico and Peru they are negatively related to the time devoted by women to unpaid work. These results illustrate the importance of studying this topic in countries where the evidence is scarce, mainly due to limitations in the data.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.47872/laer-2021-30-3

Año: 2021

Publicado en: Latin American economic review 30, 1 (2021), [25 pp.]
ISSN: 2198-3526

Factor impacto JCR: 3.538 (2021)

Categ. JCR: ECONOMICS rank: 107 / 381 = 0.281 (2021) - Q2 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 3.5 - Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.502 - Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S32-20R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2019-108348RA-I00
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/ECO2012-34828

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Fund. Análisis Económico (Dpto. Análisis Económico)