Gender wage gap in the private and public labor markets in Mexico.

This research analyze the wage gap by gender in the mexican labor market, taking into consideration the public and private (formal and informal) sectors, prior and after the 2009 economic crisis. An extension of the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition method proposed by Juhn-Murphy-Pierce is used to analyz...

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Autores principales: Rodríguez Pérez, Reyna, Ramos Lobo, Raúl, Castro Lugo, David
Formato: Revistas
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad de Cartagena 2017
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unicartagena.edu.co/index.php/panoramaeconomico/article/view/2105
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Sumario:This research analyze the wage gap by gender in the mexican labor market, taking into consideration the public and private (formal and informal) sectors, prior and after the 2009 economic crisis. An extension of the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition method proposed by Juhn-Murphy-Pierce is used to analyze microdata of the Mexican Household Survey for the years 2005, 2009, and 2015. Results indicate that the wage gap by gender declined in all segments, prior and after the crisis.