Occupational segregation, selection effects and gender wage differences: evidence from urban Colombia
This paper assesses the effects of occupational segregation on the gender wage gap in urban Colombia between 1986 and 2000. The empirical methodology involves a two step procedure where by the occupational distributions ofworkers by gender aremodelled using a multinomial logit model in the...
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| description | This paper assesses the effects of occupational segregation on the gender wage gap in urban Colombia between 1986 and 2000. The empirical methodology involves a two step procedure where by the occupational distributions ofworkers by gender aremodelled using a multinomial logit model in the first stage. In the second stage, the multinomial logit estimates are used not only to derive a counterfactual occupational distribution of women in the absence of workplace discrimination but also to correct for selectivity bias in thewage equations for each occupational category using the procedure suggested by Lee (1983). Besides the explained and unexplained components in conventional decompositions of the gender wage gap, this methodology differentiates between the justified and unjustified effects of the gender allocation ofworkers across occupational categories. The results for urban Colombia indicate that controlling for selectivity bias at the occupational category level is found to be relevant in all years reviewed in this study. They also suggest that a changing composition of the female labour supply in terms of un observables (i.e., ability and motivation) is playing a role in the dramatic reduction of the observed wage gap. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-29052022-06-17T21:33:45Z Occupational segregation, selection effects and gender wage differences: evidence from urban Colombia Segregación ocupacional, efectos de selección y diferencias salariales de género: evidencia de la zona urbana de Colombia Castro, Jairo Guillermo Isaza Occupational segregation gender wage gap multinomial logit selection bias Colombia Segregación ocupacional brecha de ingresos por género logitmultinomial esgo de selección Colombia This paper assesses the effects of occupational segregation on the gender wage gap in urban Colombia between 1986 and 2000. The empirical methodology involves a two step procedure where by the occupational distributions ofworkers by gender aremodelled using a multinomial logit model in the first stage. In the second stage, the multinomial logit estimates are used not only to derive a counterfactual occupational distribution of women in the absence of workplace discrimination but also to correct for selectivity bias in thewage equations for each occupational category using the procedure suggested by Lee (1983). Besides the explained and unexplained components in conventional decompositions of the gender wage gap, this methodology differentiates between the justified and unjustified effects of the gender allocation ofworkers across occupational categories. The results for urban Colombia indicate that controlling for selectivity bias at the occupational category level is found to be relevant in all years reviewed in this study. They also suggest that a changing composition of the female labour supply in terms of un observables (i.e., ability and motivation) is playing a role in the dramatic reduction of the observed wage gap. Este documento analiza los efectos de la segregación ocupacional en la brecha salarial por género en Colombia urbana entre 1986 y 2000.La metodología empírica involucra un procedimiento en dos etapas por el cual las distribuciones ocupacionales de trabajadores por género son modeladas a partir de un modelo logit multinomial en una primera etapa. En una segunda etapa, los estimativos del modelo logit multinomial se usan no solo para derivar una distribución ocupacional contra factual de las mujeres en ausencia de discriminación en el lugar de trabajo, sino también para corregir por sesgo de selección en las ecuaciones de ingresos laborales por género para cada categoría ocupacional, a través del procedimiento sugerido por Lee (1983). Además de los componentes explicados y no explicados en descomposiciones salariales convencionales, esta metodología diferencia entre los efectos justificados y no justificados de la distribución de trabajadores por género a lo largo de categorías ocupacionales. Los resultados para Colombia urbana indican que controlar por sesgo de selección en el nivel de categoría ocupacional es relevante en todos los años revisados en el este estudio. Ellos también sugieren que los cambios en la composición de la oferta de trabajo femenina en términos de variables no observables (por ejemplo, motivación y habilidad) están jugando un rol fundamental en la reducción de la brecha de ingresos por género registrada para este período. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2014-09-22 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer reviewed Article application/pdf https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/cenes/article/view/2905 10.19053/22565779.2905 Apuntes del Cenes; Volumen 33 N°57: enero - junio de 2014; 73-116 Apuntes del Cenes; Volumen 33 N°57: enero - junio de 2014; 73-116 2256-5779 0120-3053 spa https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/cenes/article/view/2905/2642 Copyright (c) 2014 Jairo Guillermo Isaza Castro http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Occupational segregation gender wage gap multinomial logit selection bias Colombia Segregación ocupacional brecha de ingresos por género logitmultinomial esgo de selección Colombia Castro, Jairo Guillermo Isaza Occupational segregation, selection effects and gender wage differences: evidence from urban Colombia |
| title | Occupational segregation, selection effects and gender wage differences: evidence from urban Colombia |
| title_alt | Segregación ocupacional, efectos de selección y diferencias salariales de género: evidencia de la zona urbana de Colombia |
| title_full | Occupational segregation, selection effects and gender wage differences: evidence from urban Colombia |
| title_fullStr | Occupational segregation, selection effects and gender wage differences: evidence from urban Colombia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Occupational segregation, selection effects and gender wage differences: evidence from urban Colombia |
| title_short | Occupational segregation, selection effects and gender wage differences: evidence from urban Colombia |
| title_sort | occupational segregation selection effects and gender wage differences evidence from urban colombia |
| topic | Occupational segregation gender wage gap multinomial logit selection bias Colombia Segregación ocupacional brecha de ingresos por género logitmultinomial esgo de selección Colombia |
| topic_facet | Occupational segregation gender wage gap multinomial logit selection bias Colombia Segregación ocupacional brecha de ingresos por género logitmultinomial esgo de selección Colombia |
| url | https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/cenes/article/view/2905 |
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