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Wage discrimination by gender and race in Paraíba and João Pessoa

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  • Alexsandro Gonçalves Da Silva Prado

    (Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Ã rido (Ufersa))

  • José Alderir da Silva

    (Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Ã rido (Ufersa))

  • Francisco Danilo da Silva Ferreira

    (Insper)

  • Thiago Geovane Pereira Gomes

    (Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (Uern))

  • Vagner dos Santos Torres

    (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN))

  • Rodolfo Herald da Costa Campos

    (Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (Uern))

Abstract

This article aims to analyze whether there was wage discrimination by gender and race in Paraíba and in its capital, João Pessoa, in 2017. The empirical strategy consists of using Mincerian equations that will seek to capture the effects of pro-ductive characteristics and the labor market. work. To achieve this objective, two methods are employed. The first part consists of using the Oaxaca-Blinder (1973) decomposition to verify, through the wage averages of the Mincerian equations, the gross wage differential, focusing on the portion of the wage gap attributed to the explained part (workers’ characteristics) and the unexplained part (“possible discrimination†). The second method applies RIF-regressions to estimate the in-come equations for three quantiles: 25°, 50° and 75°. The results indicate that the productive attributes help in the salary differential between men and women, and the unexplained component indicates that the discriminatory effect tends to in-crease the difference between these agents. Finally, the results of the RIF-regres-sions suggest that there is wage discrimination among all groups studied along the sample quantiles. It was also observed that higher education contributed posi-tively in all analyzed samples.

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  • Alexsandro Gonçalves Da Silva Prado & José Alderir da Silva & Francisco Danilo da Silva Ferreira & Thiago Geovane Pereira Gomes & Vagner dos Santos Torres & Rodolfo Herald da Costa Campos, 2023. "Wage discrimination by gender and race in Paraíba and João Pessoa," Revista de Economia Mackenzie (REM), Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Social and Applied Sciences Center, vol. 20(1), pages 58-91, january-j.
    • Handle: RePEc:aft:journl:v:20:1:2023:jan:jun:p:58-91
    DOI: 10.5935/1808-2785/rem.v20n1p.58-91
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    Keywords

    decomposition of Oaxaca; university education; wage discrimina-tion; RIF-regression; mincerian equations.;
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    JEL classification:

    • J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing

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