Abstract: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 differs significantly across class lines. Drawing on a policy-based explanation, we argue that a primary reason why the removal of legal barriers is insufficient for women's economic empowerment due to the presence of a socially unequal care regime, one that sits at the intersection of high-income inequality and the absence of universal care services.

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拉丁美洲不平等照料制度中女性劳动参与率的增长1

摘要：在整个拉丁美洲，使女性能够与男性平等谋生的法律障碍已基本消失。然而，女性在获得经济资源方面仍然落后于男性，而且女性的劳动参与率在不同阶级之间存在显着差异。借鉴基于政策的解释，我们认为，消除法律障碍不足以增强妇女经济权能的一个主要原因是，存在社会不平等的照料制度，该制度位于高收入不平等和缺乏全民医疗服务。