1st Edition
The Economics of Gender Inequality in Latin America
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Prologue
Introduction
PART 1 Theoretical Foundations and Criticisms of the Current Model
1 Work on Feminism of 99%
IGNASI BRUNET ICART AND CARLOS ALBERTO SANTAMARÍA VELASCO
2 The Factory of Superwomen: Imperial Mode of Living, Labor Market, and Subjectivity
NATALIA ESCOBAR VÁQUIRO AND JOHN JAIRO CUEVAS MEJÍA
PART 2 Labor Inequalities and Gender Dynamics
3 Social Inequalities and Household Sustenance: A Longitudinal Perspective on Women’s Economic Participation in Buenos Aires City
SABRINA A. FERRARIS AND MARIO MARTÍNEZ SALGADO
4 Gender, Work and Inequality: Contrasting Profiles in the Continuity of the Work Trajectories of Mexican Working Women
MARINA ARIZA AND MARIE‑LAURE COUBÈS
5 Wage Inequality and the Feminization of Precarity in the Digital Labor Market in Mexico
ANGELINA CLAUDIA SOBRADO LUNA, REYNA ELIZABETH RODRÍGUEZ PÉREZ, AND KARINA JAZMÍN GARCÍA BERMÚDEZ
6 Gender Wage Gap in STEM Fields in Mexico: Analysis of Explanatory Factors and Structural Inequalities
MARIEM MEDEROS MADRAZO, REYNA ELIZABETH RODRÍGUEZ PÉREZ, AND SAMANTHA ANALUZ QUIROZ RIVERA
PART 3 Care, Unpaid Work, and Structural Inequality
7 Everyone Contributes, but Women Contribute Even More: Labor Market Jobs and Caregiving Times in Mexico during the COVID‑19 Pandemic
GABRIELA GRIJALVA MONTEVERDE AND INGRID KURI‑ALONSO
8 The Contours of the Invisibilized: Domestic and Non-Domestic Cleaning Work in Public and Private Spaces in Argentina
MARÍA LORENA CAPOGROSSI, HERNÁN M. PALERMO, AND VERÓNICA CASAS
9 Domestic Workers in Argentina: Progress and Challenges Ten Years after Law 26844
ROMINA CUTULI
PART 4 Gender Violence, Labor, and Structural Inequality
10 Territorial Dynamics of Gender‑Based Violence: A State‑Level Comparative Analysis in Mexico
NATHALIE CHACON‑ORTIZ, JULIA JUÁREZ GARCÍA, REYNA ELIZABETH RODRÍGUEZ PÉREZ, AND UBERTO SALGADO NIETO
11 Gender and Subjective Well‑Being: An Exploratory Analysis for Mexico
CRHISTIAN JOEL GONZALEZ‑CUATIANQUIS AND ABDELALI SOTO VÁZQUEZ
PART 5 Public Policies, Education, and Development
12 Gender, Labor Force, and Development in Mexico and the United States
MYRNA LIMAS HERNÁNDEZ
13 Women’s Labor Force Participation in Chile: How Much Has It Changed after the 2020 Economic Crisis?
LUZ MARÍA FERRADA
Conclusions
Index
Biography
Reyna Elizabeth Rodríguez Pérez is a Professor‑Researcher at the Faculty of Economics, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Saltillo, Mexico.
David Castro Lugo is Professor of Economics at the Center for Socioeconomic Research at the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Mexico.
