Brecha Salarial en Uruguay

Borraz, Fernando and Robano, Cecilia (2010): Brecha Salarial en Uruguay. Published in: Revista de Análisis Económico , Vol. 25, No. 1 (2010): pp. 49-77.

Abstract

This study applies the extension of the Machado and Mata (2005) decomposition developed by Albrecht, Vuuren y Vroman (2009) to analyze the gender wage gap in Uruguay. The wage gap is increasing the upper part suggesting a glass ceiling in Uruguay. We also find a positive selection effect.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Wage Gap in Uruguay
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: Gender, quantile regression, selection
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs > J31 - Wage Level and Structure ; Wage Differentials; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J7 - Labor Discrimination > J71 - Discrimination; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C3 - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models ; Multiple Variables > C34 - Truncated and Censored Models ; Switching Regression Models

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