Research and other activities

We invite you to learn about our research in the area of Gender Economics and other related works: books, articles, working papers and dissemination notes, as well as projects, courses, seminars, conferences and workshops in which GenLAC-CEDLAS participates.

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Publications

Books and book chapters

Berniell, I., Berniell, L., de la Mata, D., Edo, M., Marchionni, M., Pinto, M.F. (2022). Motherhood and Female Labor Market Outcomes in Latin America. In: Molina, J.A. (eds) Mothers in the Labor Market. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99780-9_9
Marchionni, M., Gasparini, L., & Edo, M. (2019). Brechas de género en América Latina. Un estado de situación. Caracas: CAF.
Marchionni, M., Gluzmann, P., Serrano, J., & Bustelo, M. (2019). Participación laboral femenina en México y Perú: ¿Qué explica las diferencias?. Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo.
Gasparini, L., & Marchionni, M. (2015). Bridging gender gaps? The rise and deceleration of female labor force participation in Latin America. CEDLAS & IDRC.

Papers

Blog and media posts

Other publications using data from GenLAC

Galván, E., Parada, C., Querejeta, M., & Salvador, S. (2023). Gender Gaps and Family Leaves in Latin America. Review of Economics of the Household, 2023.
Borrastero, C., Gómez, M.C., Viganó, A., Irazoqui, L. & Ponz Guisano, D. (2023). Mujeres y ¿desarrollo? Características, Obstáculos, Beneficios y Paradojas de la Participación de las Mujeres en el Mundo de la Producción. Working Papers 258, Red Nacional de Investigadores en Economía (RedNIE).
Cicowiez, M., Lofgren, H., Tribin, A., & Mojica, T. (2023). Women’s market work and childcare policies in Colombia: policy simulations using a computable general equilibrium model. The Philippine Review of Economics, 60(1).
Aguirre, G., Arvay, I., Auricchio, B., Berniell, L., de la Mata, D., Fainstain, L., Lara, E., Mejía, D., & Palacios, A. (2022). Los desafíos para la Igualdad de Género en América Latina. Documento de trabajo. Caracas: CAF.
Unidad de Comunicación Institucional (2021). La base GenLAC: Evidencia para la equidad de género, Proyecto 2021. Revista ECONO 22(11). FCE, UNLP.

Other activities

Projects

2023-2024: Examining the Situation of Women in the Economics Profession in Argentina prepared within the project Women in Leadership in Economics Initiative (IEA-WE) of the International Economic Association.

A project presented by María Edo, Mariana Marchionni, María Florencia Pinto, and Mariana Viollaz was selected and financed by the IEA (International Economics Association) with the objective of providing evidence about women’s career paths and the associated gender gaps within the economics profession in Argentina, with a specific focus on academia.

2021-2022: Rental Market Discrimination Against Gays and Transgenders in Latin America: A Correspondence Study prepared within the project LGBTQ+ Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean: Measuring Population Sizes and Obstacles to Economic and Social Inclusion of the IADB.

A project presented by Inés Berniell, Joaquín Coleff, Margarita Machelett, Mariana Marchionni, and María Florencia Pinto, was selected and financed by the IADB (Inter-American Development Bank) with the aim of providing evidence about rental market discrimination against gay and transgender individuals in Latin America.

2021-2023: Gender gaps and the motherhood effect in Latin American labor markets. PICT Project 2019-00510 (Foncyt).

A PICT grant was awarded to the project “Gender gaps and the motherhood effect in Latin American labor markets”, and GenLAC is part of this project. PICT Code: 2019-00510.

– Principal Investigator: Mariana Marchionni; Researchers: Inés Berniell, Leonardo Gasparini and Santiago Garganta; Collaborators: Jessica Bracco, Matías Ciaschi and Ana Pacheco.

2019-2020: Motherhood and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Latin American Countries prepared within the project Women’s work – routes to economic and social empowerment of UNU-WIDER.

A project presented by Inés Berniell, Lucila Berniell, Dolores de la Mata, María Edo and Mariana Marchionni (PI), was selected and financed by UNU-WIDER (United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research) with in aim to provide evidence for the UNU-WIDER project “Women’s work: routes to economic and social empowerment”.

– February 2021: The paper was published in the UNU-WIDER working document series.

– December 2020: The team presented this paper in the workshop “UNU-WIDER Women’s Work”

IDRC: Project to write the book “Bridging gender gaps? The rise and deceleration of female labor force participation in Latin America”

– Editors: Leonardo Gasparini y Mariana Marchionni

– Book web page: http://labor-al.org/participacionfemenina/

Courses, seminars, conferences, workshops and events

Talk “Women, family and work: what barriers need to be removed?“

– On Wednesday, March 15, 2023, GenLAC researchers Mariana Marchionni, Inés Berniell and María Florencia Pinto gave a talk on “Women, family and work: what barriers need to be removed?”

Presentation of the project results “Discrimination Against Gays and Transgenders in Latin America: A Correspondence Study in the Rental Market” (Nicolás Abbate, Joaquín Coleff, Luis Laguinge, Margarita Machelett, Mariana Marchionni, Julián Pedrazzi & Florencia Pinto) at:

– The 27h Annual LACEA Meeting, November 2022, Lima, Peru.

– LVII Annual Meeting of the Argentine Association of Political Economy, November 2022, Córdoba, Argentina.

– XIII Annual Conference – Inequality and Poverty Network NIP – Uruguay Chapter, October 2022, Montevideo, Uruguay.

– IADB Seminar: LGBTQ+ Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean, July 2022, Washington DC, USA.

Gender economics course. Master in Economics, FCE-UNLP

Inés Berniell teaches this course every year in the Master in Economics at the FCE-UNLP. Gender Economics uses the theoretical framework and statistical tools of Economics to describe and understand the differences between men and women in key economic variables such as labor participation, wages, income, hours of work, occupation, poverty rates, leisure time, among other well-being measures. The course offers an overview of the current state of the literature on gender gaps, with a focus on the labor markets. In each class, there are deep discussions of the frontier research on the different dimensions of gender gaps and the factors that generate them, as well as about the empirical evidence on the effectiveness of several policies designed to reduce these gaps. The course emphasizes the interaction between economic theory and its empirical modeling.

– Link where you can find more information about this course and the FCE-UNLP Master in Economics: https://www.me.econo.unlp.edu.ar/wp/

GenLAC Launch Event

– On Monday, October 25, 2021, the GenLAC launch event was held, with the participation of Raquel Fernández (New York University) and Laura Ripani (Inter-American Development Bank).

– Video of the GenLAC launch event

Research scholarships

Postgraduate scholarships

CONICET scholarship

– Julián Pedrazzi: CONICET scholarship to pursue a PhD in Economics at the National University of La Plata, to work on topics related to gender gaps and immigration in Latin America. Period: 2022-2027. Director: Mariana Marchionni. Co-direction: Inés Berniell.

Foncyt (PICT) scholarship

– Agostina Zulli: Foncyt scholarship linked to project PICT 2019-00510, to work on research related to gender gaps in Latin American labor markets. Period 2022-2024. Director: Mariana Marchionni.

UNLP scholarship

– Julián Pedrazzi: UNLP scholarship to pursue a Master’s Degree in Economics at the National University of La Plata, to work on topics related to gender gaps and immigration in Colombia. Period: 2020-2022. Director: Mariana Marchionni.

Research Initiation Grants

FunDatos (Fundar) scholarship

– Nicolás Abbate: FunDatos scholarship (Fundar), to work on “Data bias and gender perspective: trans and non-binary people in surveys in Latin America”. Period 2021-2022. Director: Mariana Marchionni.

EVC (Scholarships for the Stimulation of Scientific Vocations) scholarship

– Alejo Isacch: Scholarships for the Stimulation of Scientific Vocations (EVC-CIN Scholarship), National Interuniversity Council, to work on research related to gender violence in Latin America. Period 2021-2022. Director: Inés Berniell.

Student scholarship (FCE-UNLP)

– Julián Preisz: Alumni Research Grant (FCE-UNLP), to work on research related to gender gaps in Latin American labor markets. Period 2021-2022. Director: Mariana Marchionni and Inés Berniell.

– Alejo Isacch: Alumni Research Grant (FCE-UNLP), to work on research related to gender gaps in Latin American labor markets. Period 2020-2021. Director: Inés Berniell.