Who's In and Who's Out: Social Exclusion in Latin America

Abstract

Five papers explore several different forms of social exclusion in five Latin American countries, focusing on forms of exclusion that are important for the determination of income. Papers discuss residential segregation in Bolivian cities (George Gray-Molina, Ernesto Perez de Rada, and Wilson Jimenez); social exclusion and the two-tiered health care system in Brazil (Denisard Alves and Christopher Timmins); legal status, social exclusion, and the conditions of Nicaraguan immigrants in urban Costa Rica (Edward Funkhouser, Juan Pablo Perez Sainz, and Carlos Sojo); geographic isolation and labor markets in rural El Salvador (Ana Regina Vides de Andrade, Anabella Larde de Palomo, and Lissette Calderon Martinez); and language barriers and schooling inequality of the indigenous in Mexico (Susan W. Parker, Luis Rubalcava, and Graciela Teruel). Behrman is at the University of Pennsylvania. Gaviria is with Fedesarrollo, Bogota. Szekely is at the Social Development Secretariat of the Office of the President of Mexico. Bibliography; no index.