The Public Sector Premium and the Gender Gap in Latin America: Evidence from the 1980s and 1990s

Ugo Panizza

No 3252, IDB Publications (Working Papers) from Inter-American Development Bank

Abstract: This paper exploits a rich collection of household surveys to investigate the wage differential between the public and private sectors in 17 Latin American countries during the 1980s and 1990s. The paper also studies how the sector of employment affects the gender wage gap. The paper finds very small premia for male workers and significant premia for female workers. The paper also finds that, on average, Latin American women earn 30 percent less than men with similar skills and that approximately one third of this gender gap results from lack of access to formal sector employment.

Keywords: sex discrimination; wage gender gap; pay equity; public sector; labor market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H50 J45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000-08
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