Abstract

ARCEO-GOMEZ, Eva O.  and  CAMPOS-VAZQUEZ, Raymundo M.. Evolución de la brecha salarial de género en México. El trimestre econ [online]. 2014, vol.81, n.323, pp.619-653. ISSN 2448-718X.

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 wage gap across the distribution of wages. We find a stable pattern of "sticky floors" and a decreasing pattern of "glass ceilings" over the period. We use a semiparametric method to decompose the wage gap on changes in characteristics and changes in prices, and we also correct for selection of women into the labor market. Thus, we come to the conclusion that most of the wage gap is due to differences in prices. When we correct for selection, we find that the wage gap could have been greater suggesting that there is positive selection of females into the labor market. This selection is more prominent for females with low education and in lower quantiles.

Keywords : género; brecha salarial; selección; econometría no paramétrica, México.

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