In this paper I present a methodology that uses matching comparisons to explain gender differences in wages. The … approach emphasizes gender differences in the supports of the distributions of observable characteristics and provides useful … insights about the distribution of the unexplained gender differences in pay. The proposed methodology, a non …

pronounced at the lower extremes of the earnings distribution. -- Matching ; Non-parametric ; Wage Gaps ; Gender ; Ethnicity … characteristics that, arguably, should play no role on the determination of wages: gender and ethnicity. This paper analyzes wage gaps … due to both characteristics in Ecuador for the period 2003-2007, applying a matching comparisons technique developed in …

This paper complements the findings of Atal, Ñopo and Winder (2010) 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 complements the findings of Atal, Ñopo and Winder (2010) 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 documents gender disparities in labor earnings for sixty-four countries around the world. Disparities are … partially attributed to gender differences in observable socio-demographic and job characteristics. These characteristics are … used to match males and females such that gender earnings disparities are computed only among individuals with the same …

This paper documents gender disparities in labor earnings for sixty-four countries around the world. Disparities are … partially attributed to gender differences in observable socio-demographic and job characteristics. These characteristics are … used to match males and females such that gender earnings disparities are computed only among individuals with the same …

-operated farms in Brazil, Paraguay and Peru. Previous studies in Latin America suggest that the gender of the household head is not a …

This paper aims to analyze the hourly gender wage gap between men and women in Mexico for the period 2005-2020. To this …

We analize the gender wage gap in Mexico using the Population Censuses from 1990 to 2010. The wage gap has decreased on … average during this period. In 2010, the gender wage gap was about 6%. However, the average hides important aspects of the …

This paper documents gender disparities in labor earnings for sixty-four countries around the world. Disparities are … partially attributed to gender differences in observable socio-demographic and job characteristics. These characteristics are … used to match males and females such that gender earnings disparities are computed only among individuals with the same …