Many factors lie behind observed gender gaps in labor market outcomes in Latin American and the Caribbean. But one remains largely invisible: transport and urban mobility. Women in the region have greater childcare responsibilities and do more unpaid work at home than their male partners. As a study we recently conducted in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires reveals, they … [Read more...] about Women and Urban Mobility: An Unfinished Agenda
Virginia Queijo von Heideken
Virginia Queijo von Heideken is a Regional Economist at the Country Department Southern Cone of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington DC, and previously served as IDB Country Economist in Uruguay. Prior to joining the IDB in 2014, Virginia worked as a Senior Economist and Researcher at the Central Bank of Sweden (Riksbank). She has a Ph.D. in Economics from Institute for International Economic Studies in Sweden. Virginia has published in peer-reviewed journals and edited books in the areas of macroeconomics, monetary policy, gender, and youth.
Implications of a New Global Financial Landscape for the Southern Cone
Global financial markets are at a crossroads, subject to increased short-term uncertainty as well as structural shifts, both of which pose risks to the macroeconomic and development outlook of emerging economies. To start with, central banks around the world are aggressively tightening monetary policy to fight inflation. This has complex ramifications for exchange rate … [Read more...] about Implications of a New Global Financial Landscape for the Southern Cone
Closing Gender Gaps in the Southern Cone: The Path for Growth
As the COVID-19 pandemic struck the Southern Cone countries of Latin America, gender equality gaps, already far too wide, suffered real setbacks, reflecting the fragility of the gains made in recent years. Women took on most of the additional workload at home due to the closure of schools and care facilities, and their participation in the labor market declined sharply. Its … [Read more...] about Closing Gender Gaps in the Southern Cone: The Path for Growth