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El valor económico de la mujer: ratios de género, migración y feminización de ocupaciones urbanas en Colombia durante el siglo XX

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  • Irina España-Eljaiek

    (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia)

  • María José Fuentes-Vásquez

    (Universidad de Barcelona, España)

  • Nohemí Samara Gaviria-Meléndez

    (Universidad EAFIT, Colombia)

Abstract

Esta investigación explora la evolución de las ratios de género en Colombia entre 1938 y 2005. Utilizando fuentes censales, los datos muestran un mayor número de población femenina en las áreas urbanas para los rangos de edad de 10 a 14 y de 15 a 19 años. El trabajo explora hipótesis en torno a la persistencia de este mayor número de niñas y mujeres jóvenes en las áreas urbanas. Específicamente, se sugiere que las mayores brechas en las ratios podrían explicarse por una reasignación de la mano de obra vía migración campo-ciudad. Dicho proceso migratorio estaría asociado a la mayor valoración económica de las mujeres en las ciudades. Es decir, las zonas urbanas experimentaron el surgimiento de nuevos sectores económicos que favorecerían la feminización de ciertas labores. Esta feminización estimularía la emigración de niñas desde el campo a la ciudad, alterando las ratios de género en el periodo analizado.

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  • Irina España-Eljaiek & María José Fuentes-Vásquez & Nohemí Samara Gaviria-Meléndez, 2022. "El valor económico de la mujer: ratios de género, migración y feminización de ocupaciones urbanas en Colombia durante el siglo XX," Tiempo y Economía, Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, vol. 9(2), pages 11-46.
    • Handle: RePEc:col:000485:020283
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    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J60 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - General
    • N36 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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