Gender and Monetary Policy: An empirical analysis of the impact of interest rate increases on gender inequality in Latin American countries that Adopt the Inflation Target Regime (2006 -2022).
Monetary policy; Gender Inequality; Inflation Targeting, Nonneutrality.
In the present work, we seek to discuss and verify the impact of monetary policy on gender inequality in Latin American countries that adopt the Inflation Target Regime through the econometric methodology of panel data. The impact of interest rate increases on gender inequality in the five countries (Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) analyzed together (longitudinal data) is estimated using the following estimation techniques: 1) MQO model for stacked data (Pooled OLS); 2) Fixed Effects Model (FEM); 3) First Difference Estimator; 4) Random Effects Model (MEA).