Abstract

BOTELLO, Héctor Alberto  and  LOPEZ ALBA, Andrea. EFFECT OF MOTHERHOOD ON FEMALE SALARIES IN LATINAMERICA. Semest. Econ. [online]. 2014, vol.17, n.36, pp.13-37. ISSN 0120-6346.

In this article the effect of motherhood on salaries in Latin America is analyzed, studying the number of children and the structure of their ages. The methodology used estimated Mincer equations of labor income per hour with additional use of anti-bias Heckman and Blinder Oaxaca decomposition equation. Results show that mothers earn 13% less salary than women who are not mothers; this difference amounts to 21% when the mother has children younger than five years. For each additional child, the costopportunity for motherhood increases 1.2% of a woman's salary. Discrimination by employers ands labor informality are the main reasons which explain this phenomenon.

Keywords : Motherhood; Salary gap; Selection bias; Latin America.

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