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

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors:	Ugo Panizza
Format:	Working Papers biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:	Public Sector, Labor Policy, Workforce and Employment, Women, H50 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General, J45 - Public Sector Labor Markets, sex discrimination;wage gender gap;pay equity;public sector;labor market,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011236 https://publications.iadb.org/en/public-sector-premium-and-gender-gap-latin-america-evidence-1980s-and-1990s
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