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dc.titleThe Persistent Gender Earnings Gap in Colombia, 1994-2006
dc.contributor.authorHoyos, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorPeña, Ximena
dc.contributor.authorÑopo, Hugo R.
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageColombia
dc.date.available2011-02-07T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2010-05-14T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper surveys gender wage gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent to which individuals with similar human capital characteristics earn different wages. Three sub-periods are considered: 1994-1998; 2000-2001; and 2002- 2006. The gaps dropped from the first to the second period but remained almost unchanged between the second and the third. The gender wage gap remains largely unexplained after controlling for different combinations of socio-demographics and job-related characteristics, reaching between 13 and 23 percent of average female wages. That gap is lower at the middle of the wage distributions than the extremes, possibly due to a gender-equalizing effect of the minimum wage. Moreover, the gap is more pronounced for low-productivity workers and those who need flexibility to participate in labor markets. This suggests that policy interventions in the form of labor market regulations may have little impact on reducing gender wage gaps.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010936
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/The-Persistent-Gender-Earnings-Gap-in-Colombia-1994-2006.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectWorkforce and Employment
dc.subject.jelcodeD31 - Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
dc.subject.jelcodeJ16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeO54 - Latin America • Caribbean
dc.subject.keywordsIDB-WP-174
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationRG-K1113
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