| Autor: |
Diego Emilio Linthon Delgado, Lizethe Berenice Méndez-Heras |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Revista Mexicana de Economía y Finanzas Nueva Época REMEF, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp e706-e706 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2448-6795 |
| DOI: |
10.21919/remef.v17i1.706 |
| Popis: |
Decomposition of the gender wage gap in Ecuador Objective: Estimate the components that determine the gender wage gap in the labor market of public and private employees in Ecuador. Methodology: We used the Blinder-Oaxaca (1973) decomposition method with correction for selection bias on the data from the Encuesta Nacional de Empleo, Desempleo y Subempleo (ENEMDU) for September 2020. Results: The gender wage gap is 35.6 percentage points. Women's endowments (schooling and work experience) contribute to reduce the gap while unobserved factors (discrimination) increase it. Recommendations: Public policy should be oriented towards combating discrimination to reduce gender inequality. Limitations and implications: More research should be focus on studying the determinants of gender discrimination. Originality: This paper provides evidence on gender wage inequality based on a decomposition method with correction for selection bias. Conclusions: We conclude that discrimination against women is the main cause of gender wage inequality in the Ecuadorian labor market. |
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