ABSTRACT

Studies of social inequalities that involve examining the variables of race/ethnicity and gender have been quite widely spread throughout the various countries of Latin America. Beyond national scholarship, multilateral organizations such as CEPAL, the World Bank, and UNDP, among others, have also analyzed inequalities through this sort of lens. Broadly, persistent inequality is observed across all countries—especially when one uses income as an indicator—favoring men over women and the white population over the black (or of African origin) and/or indigenous population (see, among many others, Thorp and Paredes, 2010; Antón et al., 2009; IPEA, 2011).