TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Nopo, Hugo R.
AU  - Atal, Juan Pablo
AU  - Winder, Natalia
        TI  - New Century, Old Disparities: Gender and Ethnic Wage Gaps in Latin America
        PY  - 2010/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5085
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp5085
        AB  - This paper surveys gender and ethnic wage gaps in 18 Latin American countries, decomposing differences using matching comparisons as a non-parametric alternative to the Blinder-Oaxaca (BO) decomposition. It is found that men earn 9-27 percent more than women, with high cross-country heterogeneity. The unexplained pay gap is higher among older, informal and self-employed workers and those in small firms. Ethnic wage differences are greater than gender differences, and educational attainment differentials play an important role in explaining the gap. Higher ethnic wage gaps are found among males, single-income generators of households and full-time workers, and in rural areas. An important share of the ethnic wage gap is due to the scarcity of minorities in high-paid positions.
        KW  - matching
KW  - gender
KW  - ethnicity
KW  - Latin America
KW  - wage gaps
        ER  -