Research
Find the research (ongoing or completed) on gender and diversity supported by the IDB Group’s Gender and Diversity Knowledge Initiative (GDLab).
MEASURING THE SIZE AND INEQUALITIES FOR THE LGBT POPULATION IN BOGOTA
• Institution(s) leading the study: Universidad de los Andes.
• Financing: GDLab.
MEASURING THE SIZE OF THE LGBT POPULATION AND HOMOPHOBIA IN MEXICO
• Institution(s) leading the study: Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).
• Financing: The Latin American and Caribbean Research Network.
• Publication available in the Labour Economics Journal (*Access requires prior registration)
TELENOVELAS AND ATTITUDES TOWARD THE LGBTQ+ POPULATION IN LATIN AMERICA
• Institution(s) leading the study: Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT).
• Financing: The Latin American and Caribbean Research Network.
• Publication available in the Labour Economics Journal (*Access requires prior registration)
MEASURING LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LGTBQ+ IN ECUADOR
• Institution(s) leading the study: Anova Diagnósticos y Propuestas.
• Financing: The Latin American and Caribbean Research Network.
• Publication available in the Labour Economics Journal (*Access requires prior registration)
IS THERE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST CHILDREN OF SAME-SEX HOUSEHOLDS?
• Institution(s) leading the study: Universidad EAFIT.
• Financing: The Latin American and Caribbean Research Network.
• Publication available in the Labour Economics Journal (*Access requires prior registration)
DISCRIMINATION IN THE RENTAL HOUSING MARKET AGAINST GAY AND TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
• Institution(s) leading the study: Universidad de La Plata, CEDLAS.
• Financing: The Latin American and Caribbean Research Network.
• Publication available in the Labour Economics Journal (*Access requires prior registration)
GENDER AND RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN THE EARNINGS PENALTY OF WORKING FROM HOME BEFORE AND DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
• Institution(s) leading the study: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, and Columbia University.
• Financing: GDLab.
ASSESSING THE ROLE OF TAX-BENEFIT SYSTEMS IN REDUCING THE GENDER INCOME GAP IN LATIN AMERICA.
• Institution(s) leading the study: Universidad Externado de Colombia, University of Essex, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, and Inter-American Development Bank.
• Financing: GDLab.
EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS DURING COVID-19 IN URUGUAY.
• Institution(s) leading the study: Universidad de la República, and Ministry of Labor and Social Security of Uruguay.
• Financing: GDLab.
‘NUDGING SELF-EMPLOYED WOMEN TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIAL SECURITY.
• Institution(s) leading the study: Universidad Privada Boliviana.
• Financing: GDLab.
• Publication available in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
HOW TO OVERCOME GENDER BIAS IN THE RESTAURANT SECTOR IN COLOMBIA?
• Institution(s) leading the study: Good Business Lab - Latin America.
• Financing: GDLab.
• Ongoing research.
PROMOTING THE FINANCIAL INCLUSION OF WOMEN AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN PERU.
• Institution(s) leading the study: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos.
• Financing: GDLab.
SOCIAL PENSIONS AND INTIMATE PARTNET VIOLENCE AGAINST OLDER WOMEN
• Institution(s) leading the study: University of South Florida
• Financing: GDLab.
• Country: Mexico.
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION: EVIDENCE FROM A RANDOMIZED TRIAL IN MEXICO
• Institution(s) leading the study: Redes Sociales para el Desarrollo A.C. (REDDES) & The Stanford Poverty, Violence, and Governance Lab (PovGov).
• Financing: IFD/ICS.
• Country: Mexico.
BUILDING VIOLENCE-FREE HOMES
• Institution(s) leading the study: Universidad Eafit-Centro de Valor Público, University of Göttingen, Grupo ARGOS.
• Financing: CSC/HUD.
• Country: Colombia.
• Ongoing research.
DROUGHTS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: MEASURING THE GENDER-CLIMATE NEXUS
• Institution(s) leading the study: Universidad de los Andes.
• Financing: GDLab.
• Country: Mexico.
A MIXED-METHOD FEASIBILITY TRIAL OF AN EARLY CHILDHOOD, VIOLENCE PREVENTION, PARENTING PROGRAM INTEGRATED INTO PRESCHOOL PROVISION IN JAMAICA
• Institution(s) leading the study: University of the West Indies
• Financing: GDLab.
• Country: Jamaica.
HOW TO REDUCE IMPUNITY AND RECIDIVISM IN GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE?
• Institution(s) leading the study: Universidad EAFIT
• Financing: GDLab.
• Country: Colombia.
EFFECTIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE EXPOSURE TO PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE
• Institution(s) leading the study: Busara Center for Behavioral Economics
• Financing: GDLab.
• Country: Brazil.
• Ongoing research.
WOMEN POLITICAL LEADERS AS AGENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
• Institution(s) leading the study: CEDLAS.
• Financing: GDLab.
OVERCOMING BARRIERS FOR THE ADOPTION OF CLIMATE-SMART CROPS IN GUATEMALA
• Institution(s) leading the study: Paris School of Economics
• Financing: GDLab.
CLIMATE CHANGE, HEALTH, AND CONGENITAL DISORDERS: EVIDENCE FROM MEXICO
• Institution(s) leading the study: Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
• Financing: GDLab.