This paper surveys gender wage gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent to … second and the third. The gender wage gap remains largely unexplained after controlling for different combinations of socio … middle of the wage distributions than the extremes, possibly due to a gender-equalizing effect of the minimum wage. Moreover …

This paper surveys gender and ethnic wage gaps in 18 Latin American countries, decomposing differences using matching …-employed workers and those in small firms. Ethnic wage differences are greater than gender differences, and educational attainment …

This paper complements the findings of Atal, Ñopo and Winder (2009) on gender and ethnic wage gaps for 18 Latin … American countries circa 2005 by analyzing gender wage gaps for the same countries between circa 1992 and circa 2007. During … this span the overall gender earnings gaps dropped about 7 percentage points, while the unexplained component dropped …

This paper surveys gender earnings gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent … the first to the second period but remained almost unchanged between the second and the third. The gender earnings gap … the extremes, possibly due to a gender-equalizing effect of the minimum wage. Moreover, the gap is more pronounced for low …

This paper surveys gender wage gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent to … second and the third. The gender wage gap remains largely unexplained after controlling for different combinations of socio … middle of the wage distributions than the extremes, possibly due to a gender-equalizing effect of the minimum wage. Moreover …

This paper compares gender wage gaps for Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador from the mid-1990s to the mid …-2000s using the non-parametric matching methodology introduced by Ñopo (2008), which allows an analysis not only of average …, the wage gap is substantial when workers with comparable human capital characteristics are considered. Although the gender …

This paper surveys gender earnings gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent … labor market regulations may have little impact on reducing gender earnings gaps. -- gender ; ethnicity ; wage gaps ; Latin … America ; Colombia ; matching …

highest quintile of the wage distribution. -- Matching, Non-parametric ; Gender Wage Gap ; Latin America …Applying the methodology developed in Ñopo (2004), this paper analyzes the evolution of the gender wage gap in Peru … gender differences in earnings. For the period under analysis, males earn on average 45 percent more than females. This wage …

the role of education is prominent. -- Gender ; race ; wage gaps ; Brazil ; matching …This paper explores the evolution of Brazilian wage gaps by gender and skin color over a decade (1996-2006), using the … matching comparison methodology developed by Ñopo (2008). In Brazil, racial wage gaps are more pronounced than those found …

This paper analyzes the evolution of the gender wage gap in Chile during the period 1992 to 2003 using the … suggest that, besides the high educational attainment of females, there are noticeable gender wage gaps in Chile favoring …