Wage Differential by Gender in Colombia: A comparative analysis between the departments of Huila and Nariño

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https://doi.org/10.17981/econcuc.42.1.2021.Econ.5

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Wage gap, Selection bias, Characteristic effect, Remuneration effect, Wage

Abstract

The economic benefit of work is an aspect that directly affects the level of being a person and, by extension, of society in general. The present job analyses the determining of the wage gap for gender and the department of Huila and Nariño for the year 2018, using dates from GEIH for the decomposition of Oaxaca- Blinder with selection bias correction. The results show the big breach for Huila 20,7 % and Nariño 10,3% indicating that men win in the same proportion with women. Taking into account that women have in average more educational years, the unique effect does not explain the all difference if not the remuneration effect. This difference could to be the mom's role that carry the entrepreneurs to infer productivity and prefer to remunerate men more than women.

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Oscar Hernan Cerquera Losada, Surcolombiana University

He is a full-time full-time professor in the Economics program at the Surcolombiana University, a Master's in Economics at the University of Buenos Aires, an Economist at the Surcolombiana University, and a PhD student in Economics at the University of Buenos Aires. Member of the IGUAQUE research group of the Surcolombiana University. Study areas, econometrics applied to the labor market, economics of education, social economy.

Cristian Jose Arias Barrera, Regional Autonomous Corporation of Alto Magdalena

He is an economist from the Surcolombiana University in 2015. His research interests include the area of ​​education, economic growth and employment.

Valentina Rincon Trujillo, Surcolombiana University

She is a ninth-semester economics student at the Surcolombiana University located in the city of Neiva, department of Huila. He is part of the IGUAQUE research group. His research interests are wage inequality, social; macroeconomic trends, education and economic growth.

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2020-11-28

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Cerquera Losada, O. H., Arias Barrera, C. J., & Rincon Trujillo, V. (2020). Wage Differential by Gender in Colombia: A comparative analysis between the departments of Huila and Nariño. ECONÓMICAS CUC, 42(1), 78–92. https://doi.org/10.17981/econcuc.42.1.2021.Econ.5

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Vol. 42 No. 1 (2021)

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