The position of women in Latin America has dramatically changed over the past two decades as millions have entered the labour force, often better educated than their male counterparts; family composition has changed; and ...

Throughout Latin America, legal barriers enabling women to make a living equal to men are largely gone. However, women continue to lag behind men in gaining access to economic resources, and women’s labor participation ...

Latin American countries have historically failed to secure market incorporation (e.g. people’s participation in the cash nexus, which in turn requires the creation of a sufficient number of formal well-paying jobs) and ...

This article presents both a theoretical framework and a methodology that attempt to capture the complex interactions among labor markets, families, and public policy that currently constitute Latin American welfare regimes. ...

Pocas veces se encuentra una, frente a una obra en la que el mensaje reúne tantas virtudes como el mensajero. Carmelo Mesa-Lago es una eminencia en materia de seguridad social en América Latina y esta obra es dignísima ...

En las economías latinoamericanas se ha empezado a cambiar ciertas estructuras estatales que han hecho más ágiles los sistemas del Estado, y el área de salud no se ha quedado atrás. Romper paradigmas no es fácil e introducir ...