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dc.titleGender Segregation in the Workplace and Wage Gaps: Evidence from Urban Mexico 1994-2004
dc.contributor.authorCalónico, Sebastián
dc.contributor.authorÑopo, Hugo R.
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageMexico
dc.date.available2011-02-07T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2008-05-06T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes the evolution of gender segregation in the workplace in Mexico between 1994 and 2004, using a matching comparisons technique to explore the role of individual and family characteristics in determining gender segregation and wage gaps. The results suggest that the complete elimination of hierarchical segregation would reduce the observed gender wage gaps by 5 percentage points, while the elimination of occupational segregation would have increased gender wage gaps by approximately 6 percentage points. The results also indicate that the role of occupational segregation in wage gaps has been increasing in magnitude during the period of analysis, while the role of hierarchical segregation in the determination of wage gaps has been decreasing.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010890
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Gender-Segregation-in-the-Workplace-and-Wage-Gaps-Evidence-from-Urban-Mexico-1994-2004.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subject.jelcodeJ16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ7 - Labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ70 - Labor Discrimination: General
dc.subject.jelcodeJ71 - Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ78 - Public Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeJ79 - Labor Discrimination: Other
dc.subject.keywordsWP-636
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
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