The Venezuelan labor market segmentation from a gender perspective

Samaria Muñoz de Camacho () and Bernarda Pinilla ()
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Samaria Muñoz de Camacho: Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales, Universidad de Los Andes. Núcleo Liria, Edificio G, Piso 3. Mérida, estado Mérida, 5101 Venezuela.
Bernarda Pinilla: Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales, Universidad de Los Andes, Núcleo Liria, Edificio H, Piso 3. Mérida, estado Mérida, 5101 Venezuela.

Economía, 2013, vol. 38, issue 35, 157-187

Abstract: This paper analyzes the labor market segmentation in Venezuela in 2009 based on the methodology of Multiple Correspondence Analysis. Empirical results show that gender and higher education are elements segmenting the labor market in terms of occupational group, type of industry, employment sector, firm size, and level of income. Results not only show that in Venezuela investing in human capital increases the opportunity to access to better working conditions, but also that there is evidence of the existence of labor supply, institutional and occupational segregation.

Keywords: Labor segmentation; multiple correspondence analysis; occupational segregation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C20 C40 J42 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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