Gender wage discrimination by distribution of income in Mexico, 2005-2020

Artikel

This paper aims to analyze the hourly gender wage gap between men and women in Mexico for the period 2005-2020. To this end, a number of variables is selected to reflect workers' human capital, household circumstances and workplace characteristics; then, a novel non-parametric method decomposes wage differentials between men and women into its composition and structure effects throughout the distribution of labor income. Results are consistent with the sticky-floor hypothesis, where male workers earn higher hourly wages than female workers at low income levels. However, differentials decrease in the upper part of the distribution and may even reverse, favoring women over men at the highest income levels.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Latin American Economic Review ; ISSN: 2196-436X ; Volume: 29 ; Year: 2020 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 1-20 ; Ciudad de México: Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica (CIDE)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Labor Discrimination ; Economywide Country Studies: Latin America; Caribbean
• Subject: income distribution ; gender wage gap ; gender wage discrimination ; non-parametric methods ; sticky floors

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Mendoza González, Miguel Ángel
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica (CIDE)
• (where): Ciudad de México
• (when): 2020

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.47872/laer-2020-29-5
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/259455
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET