Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51443 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 636
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department, Washington, DC
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes the evolution of gender segregation in the workplace in Mexico between 1994 and 2004, using a matching comparisons technique to explore the role of individual and family characteristics in determining gender segregation and wage gaps. The results suggest that the complete elimination of hierarchical segregation would reduce the observed gender wage gaps by 5 percentage points, while the elimination of occupational segregation would have increased gender wage gaps by approximately 6 percentage points. The results also indicate that the role of occupational segregation in wage gaps has been increasing in magnitude during the period of analysis, while the role of hierarchical segregation in the determination of wage gaps has been decreasing.
Subjects: 
Mexico
gender
labor markets
occupational segregation
JEL: 
J16
J7
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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