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Segregación educativa y la brecha salarial por género entre los recién graduados universitarios en Colombia

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  • Laura Cepeda Emiliani
  • Juan D. Baron

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En este trabajo mostramos la importancia del area de estudio para explicar la brecha de salarios por género en Colombia. Para minimizar la influencia que pueden tener las diferencias por genero en la experiencia, ascensos laborales y cambios de trabajo sobre la brecha, nos enfocamos en los graduados universitarios con trabajos formales que hayan estado en el mercado laboral como maximo un año. Utilizando bases de datos administrativas y unicas con información detallada acerca de las áreas de estudio de los graduados, encontramos que la brecha salarial en contra de las mujeres es en promedio 11 % y que el 40 % de ella puede ser explicada por diferencias en el area de estudio. Asimismo, una descomposición en la distribución salarial nos muestra que la brecha aumenta a lo largo de la distribucion (de 2 % en la parte baja a 15 % en la parte alta), aunque el área de ´ estudio explica un porcentaje menor, 30 %, de la brecha en la parte alta. Las políticas diseñadas para reducir la brecha deben enfocarse en las distintas decisiones educativas que toman hombres y mujeres y los factores que las influencian. Estas políticas serían mas efectivas en reducir la brecha para los que ganan salarios cercanos a la media.

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  • Laura Cepeda Emiliani & Juan D. Baron, 2012. "Segregación educativa y la brecha salarial por género entre los recién graduados universitarios en Colombia," Documentos de trabajo sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 162, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
    • Handle: RePEc:bdr:region:162
    DOI: 10.32468/dtseru.162
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    1. CONTRERAS CUEVA, Angélica Beatriz & DÁVALOS GARCÍA, Sergio & GONZÁLEZ-MORALES, Olga & ÁLVAREZ-GONZÁLEZ, José Antonio, 2014. "The Employability Of Mexican University Students: An Analysis By Gender And Training Areas," Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 14(3), pages 155-168.
    2. Gerson Javier Perez, 2012. "Primera versión de la política de seguridad democrática: se cumplieron los objetivos?," Revista de Economía del Rosario, Universidad del Rosario, December.

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    Keywords

    brecha salarial por genero; area de estudio; descomposicion;
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    JEL classification:

    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • H62 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Deficit; Surplus
    • H63 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt
    • H73 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Interjurisdictional Differentials and Their Effects

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