This paper uses the information provided by the Household Sample Survey (1997-1998) to develop a model to explain the structure of wages by gender in Venezuela, taking into account variables such as sector of employment, age, education, among others, using the two-step method suggested by...

The economic literature that studies the salary gaps between men and women produced by children. However, there may also be wage gaps between women with children and women without children, which is known as a motherhood wage penalty and whose study for countries such as Bolivia is scarce....

The economic literature that studies the salary gaps between men and women produced by children. However, there may also be wage gaps between women with children and women without children, which is known as a motherhood wage penalty and whose study for countries such as Bolivia is scarce....

This paper estimates the returns to education in Bogotá in 1997 and 2003 by means of Heckman’s maximum likelihood methodology. The analytical framework used is Human Capital Theory. Instead of using the ‘Encuesta Nacional de Hogares’ (National Household Survey), as does current...

English Abstract: This paper aims to identify what environmental modulators elements favor and contribute to enhance female entrepreneurship from a gender perspective. The qualitative study draws on 10 interviews in depth after being tested on their contents, from a relational perspective, allow...

We estimate wage differentials across different sectors of the Mexican economy. The results suggest that the wage differential between the formal and informal sectors is significant and larger than the differential between industry and services. The findings suggest that significant differences...

Spanish Abstract: Este artículo presenta un modelo de determinación de salarios que usa ecuaciones de réplica para representar las regularidades sociales que originan las preferencias de discriminación de los empleadores. La hipótesis básica es que esas preferencias están sujetas a la...

El presente trabajo explora los determinantes de los diferenciales salarialespor género en Colombia en el período 1997-2003, utilizandola Encuesta de Calidad de Vida. La estimación fue realizada medianteregresiones por percentiles, a fi n de analizar los determinantes envarios puntos de la...

Este documento explora los determinantes de los diferenciales salariales por género en Colombia en el período 1997-2003, utilizando la Encuesta de Calidad de Vida. La estimación fue realizada mediante regresiones por percentiles, con el fin de analizar los determinantes en varios puntos de la...

RESUMEN: La existencia de brechas salariales por género es un fenómeno que, al igual que en muchos otros países, está presente en el mercado laboral colombiano. Esas brechas no son homogéneas en todo el territorio, lo que justifica un análisis detallado de lo que ocurre en cada una de las...