analyzed in this paper. For the Brazilian context, it is presented a list of the main differences between men and women with … relative earnings. Consequently, women benefit values are lower than men's. This situation is not due to social security rules … related to maternity protection. ILO conventions dealing with women protection with respect to social security benefits as …

We estimate the returns to education for women and the racial wage differential among women over the wage distribution … racial wage differentials are higher at higher points of (the conditional) wage distribution. Black women seem to be facing a … in the inequality observed among higher paid women. The paper also reveals that using a probit specification to the …