Abstract

CORTES AGUILAR, Alexandra  and  FLOREZ VERA, María Alejandra. Gender wage gap in departament of Santander, Colombia. Apuntes del Cenes [online]. 2016, vol.35, n.61, pp.267-302. ISSN 0120-3053.

This paper analyzes the factors that influence hourly wage and their differences by gender, for the Department of Santander, Colombia, during the years 2012 to 2014. Specifically, it explores whether the differential is due or not to a discriminatory factor in labor market of Santander, using data from Colombian household survey "Gran Encuesta Integrada de Hogares GEIH". After the descriptive analysis of the labor market in Santander, we make econometric estimations using the Blinder Oaxaca methodology to prove the existence of a discriminatory component. Results indicate that, for the total sample in the Santander region, between 25 % and 30 % of the wage differentials by gender are associated to the unexplained discriminatory component.

Keywords : human capital; gender; wage determinants; wage differentials; wage discrimination.

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