Gender Differentials in Judicial Proceedings: Field Evidence from Housing-Related Cases in Uruguay

Eduardo Gandelman, Nestor Gandelman and Julie Rothschild

No 3250, Research Department Publications from Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department

Abstract: Using micro data on judicial proceedings in Uruguay, this paper presents evidence that female defendants receive more favorable treatment in courts than male defendants. This is due to longer foreclosure proceedings and higher probabilities of being granted extensions in evictions and dispossessions for female defendants.

Date: 2008-01
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Working Paper: Gender Differentials in Judicial Proceedings: Field Evidence from Housing-Related Cases in Uruguay (2008)
Working Paper: Gender differentials in judicial proceedings: field evidence from housing related cases in Uruguay (2006)
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