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dc.contributor.authorÑopo, Hugoen
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-24-
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-18T11:48:17Z-
dc.date.available2011-11-18T11:48:17Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/51490-
dc.description.abstractApplying the methodology developed in Ñopo (2004), this paper analyzes the evolution of the gender wage gap in Peru from 1986 to 2000. This methodology has two advantages. First, it recognizes that the supports of observable characteristics distributions differ substantially. Second, it provides deeper insights regarding the distribution of the unexplained gender differences in earnings. For the period under analysis, males earn on average 45 percent more than females. This wage gap is composed of three additive elements: 11 percent differences in supports, 6 percent differences in distributions of individual characteristics and 28 percent unexplainable differences. About half of these unexplainable differences occur in the highest quintile of the wage distribution.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInter-American Development Bank, Research Department |cWashington, DCen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWorking Paper |x675en
dc.subject.jelC14en
dc.subject.jelD31en
dc.subject.jelJ16en
dc.subject.jelO54en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordMatching, Non-parametricen
dc.subject.keywordGender Wage Gapen
dc.subject.keywordLatin Americaen
dc.subject.stwLohndriften
dc.subject.stwGeschlechten
dc.subject.stwMatchingen
dc.subject.stwPeruen
dc.titleThe gender wage gap in Peru 1986-2000: Evidence from a matching comparisons approach-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn601743458en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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